I turned down the harry potter films..they dont pa...
I turned down the harry potter films..they dont pay enough
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RAY WINSTONE has carved out a reputation as a real movie hardman.
But after his latest role, in the upcoming Indiana Jones comeback, it seems Brit Ray, 51, fancies himself as an action hero.
And taking his lead from Indy star Harrison Ford, he would do it right up to when he is old enough to draw his old age pension.
Ray says: “I’d have a crack at being an action hero at 65, without a shadow of a doubt . . . bring it on baby
On this film I found out I am quite an action man really. I did all the stunts I could, you have to really or else you might as well get a stunt man to do the acting too. I was like a 51-year-old kid."
Despite his macho boasts, Ray’s heroics didn’t go completely to plan. He admits: “I pulled a hamstring. I jumped down these steps and as I was in mid-air, I felt it go.
“The director, Steven Spielberg, has a brilliant picture of my face. I worked through it but the next day I couldn’t do a stunt where I had to run down a moving staircase 150ft up. I’m really scared of heights so I was secretly quite pleased about that.
“I would never have seen myself in an Indiana Jones film. But when I saw the script I liked the way they had gone about it – and Steven Spielberg ain’t gonna make a bad film is he?”
In Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull, Ray plays Mac, a friend and competitor of adventurer Indy.
“I think Mac is confused but overall he is a goody. But then again, I always think my characters are,” says Ray.
The film is set in 1957, the year I was born. I grew up in the East End of London and the aftermath of the Second World War was always in the background.
Twenty years after the war Britain was paying to rebuild Germany but we were still playing among rubble in bombed-out houses.
I had all those memories in my head when I was making this film.”
Plaistow-born Ray knows a lot of show-biz faces, and says of new pal Harrison Ford:
“He’s a really good geezer, a proper bloke, he drives a car like a stunt man and you can go out for a few beers with him after work, I liked him a hell of a lot.
But after his latest role, in the upcoming Indiana Jones comeback, it seems Brit Ray, 51, fancies himself as an action hero.
And taking his lead from Indy star Harrison Ford, he would do it right up to when he is old enough to draw his old age pension.
Ray says: “I’d have a crack at being an action hero at 65, without a shadow of a doubt . . . bring it on baby
On this film I found out I am quite an action man really. I did all the stunts I could, you have to really or else you might as well get a stunt man to do the acting too. I was like a 51-year-old kid."
Despite his macho boasts, Ray’s heroics didn’t go completely to plan. He admits: “I pulled a hamstring. I jumped down these steps and as I was in mid-air, I felt it go.
“The director, Steven Spielberg, has a brilliant picture of my face. I worked through it but the next day I couldn’t do a stunt where I had to run down a moving staircase 150ft up. I’m really scared of heights so I was secretly quite pleased about that.
“I would never have seen myself in an Indiana Jones film. But when I saw the script I liked the way they had gone about it – and Steven Spielberg ain’t gonna make a bad film is he?”
In Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull, Ray plays Mac, a friend and competitor of adventurer Indy.
“I think Mac is confused but overall he is a goody. But then again, I always think my characters are,” says Ray.
The film is set in 1957, the year I was born. I grew up in the East End of London and the aftermath of the Second World War was always in the background.
Twenty years after the war Britain was paying to rebuild Germany but we were still playing among rubble in bombed-out houses.
I had all those memories in my head when I was making this film.”
Plaistow-born Ray knows a lot of show-biz faces, and says of new pal Harrison Ford:
“He’s a really good geezer, a proper bloke, he drives a car like a stunt man and you can go out for a few beers with him after work, I liked him a hell of a lot.
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