RIP Bob Hoskins.

So we have to play his one Top 20 hit. Along with Sir Laurence Olivier, he provides trademark vocals on Paul Hardcastle’s long-forgotten follow-up to 19. I worked with him a couple of times and he was exactly the same off-screen as on it. So he was either genuinely like that or else he was acting 24 hours a day. He was especially brilliant with Helen Mirren in The Long Good Friday but I do wonder whether a producer today would be allowed to cast two relatively unknown actors in such major roles. Probably not. Because what are most movies made for today? Just for money.