O'Toole takes it all in his stride
Manchester online: the upcoming release of Lassie has the pundits asking O'Toole why he's gone against the old cliche, never work with children and animals.
"Don't act with children and dogs?" He smiles. "Well, try children, dogs, horses and hounds, coal miners and a fox. Try acting with that lot. Very tricky. It's painstaking and you need a lot of patience. Which fortunately our director Charles Sturridge did have."