SEAN BEAN REVEALS WHY ANEMONE IS UNLIKE 26 OF HIS OTHER ICONIC APPEARANCES
Reflecting on his famous tally of screen deaths - an estimated 26 to date - Sean Bean insists TV and film bosses sometimes regret the decision.
Memorably killed off in Game of Thrones, The Lord of the Rings and recent BBC crime drama This City Is Ours, to name but three, the Yorkshireman, now chuckles: "They say, 'Oh, we should have kept you alive.' I say, 'It's too ******* late now!'" Currently seen starring alongside pal Daniel Day-Lewis in movie Anemone, Sean reassures us: "I've survived this one."
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Back as slovenly spy Jackson Lamb in the latest series of Slow Horses, I hear Manchester United fan Sir Gary Oldman is badgering producers to offer pal Sir Alex Ferguson an unlikely cameo on the show...
DUE to reach his century just before Christmas, Dick Van Dyke mischievously remarks: "I'm not officially 100 until December...two months. It'd be funny if I didn't make it."
Dick's publisher is banking on him making the milestone: the Mary Poppins star's book, 100 Rules for Living to 100, is scheduled for release a month before the big day.
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Possibly the best dressed British thespian of them all, dapper film star Bill Nighy, 75, playfully announces at his own expense: "It's basic insecurity. I've spent my whole life slightly overdressed, and it's too late to stop now."
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Over a decade since she last appeared in a British pantomime as the Wicked Queen, Priscilla Presley is desperate to make a lucrative comeback. Back in the UK of late to promote her new memoir, Elvis Presley's ex-wife admitted: "I'm really trying to get back in [to panto], so get the message out."
Someone sign her up, pronto!
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The late, great Dame Jilly Cooper had one notable concern about Heaven. Imagining her reunion with hubby Leo, who died in 2013, Jilly had recently giggled: "He must be up there with his first wife! She was ravishing and beautiful...it might be quite awkward when I get there."
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A long-time fixture on the London party circuit, saucy socialite and author Kathy Lette, 66, claims to have finally called time on garish outfits. "I've just packaged up all my fashion faux pas and taken them to a charity shop," the Aussie motormouth, pictured, insists. "Every time I hear a knock at the door, I presume it's the fashion police coming to arrest me for sartorial sins...much of what I've worn is as regrettable as it is unforgettable." Kathy's many admirers naturally beg to differ...
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