I am looking forward to seeing Gary Oldman in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy - he is one of my favourite film actors - and I have a personal connection with John le Carre. For my money, Gary Oldman is one of the greatest actors of his generation - a real chameleon who disappears completely into his roles. Dracula, Drexl Spivey, James Gordon, Beethoven, Joe Orton, Sid Vicious, Lee Harvey Oswald, Mason Verger, Sirius Black, George Smiley and Elvis - what a roll-call of heroes and villains!
I interviewed John le Carre when I was writing for the magazine at my local sixth form college in the late 1980s. My English teacher set up the interview and my Dad drove me to his beautiful house, near the cliffs in west Cornwall, with an amazing view of the Atlantic Ocean.
I spent over an hour in his company and, as I left, he signed my copy of A Perfect Spy - and he also presented me with a signed and dedicated copy of The Russia House. With the benefit of hindsight, my interview should have been much better researched and more focused - and we both knew that - but he was charming, put me at my ease and gave me a great interview for the magazine.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-14904737
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