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RIP Bob Hoskins
Apr. 30th, 2014 09:34 amThe Guardian Announcement
I saw him as Nathan Detroit in Guys and Dolls multiple times. The last time I saw it with my roommate, we went backstage between the matinee and evening performances (yes, we saw both) to get autographs. Bill Paterson, who was playing Harry the Horse, went to the actor's area and got everyone he could for us, (we'd already gotten his, Ian Charleson's, and David Healy's -- who told us to look up his brother when we got back to DC, his brother being the President of Georgetown University), but no Bob Hoskins.
After the evening performance, we waited. We got a couple of autographs we'd been missing, including the bands', and we kept waiting. It was terribly late when Bob Hoskins came out and he said, "You've spent all this time waiting for me?" He called us a cab and gave the cabbie some cash and chatted with us until the taxi arrived. He was a genuinely sweet man to a couple of fans.
I've heard other sweet stories about him. I don't know what his private life was like. I know he could play ruthless on the screen, but I'll remember a disarming smile and kindness.
I saw him as Nathan Detroit in Guys and Dolls multiple times. The last time I saw it with my roommate, we went backstage between the matinee and evening performances (yes, we saw both) to get autographs. Bill Paterson, who was playing Harry the Horse, went to the actor's area and got everyone he could for us, (we'd already gotten his, Ian Charleson's, and David Healy's -- who told us to look up his brother when we got back to DC, his brother being the President of Georgetown University), but no Bob Hoskins.
After the evening performance, we waited. We got a couple of autographs we'd been missing, including the bands', and we kept waiting. It was terribly late when Bob Hoskins came out and he said, "You've spent all this time waiting for me?" He called us a cab and gave the cabbie some cash and chatted with us until the taxi arrived. He was a genuinely sweet man to a couple of fans.
I've heard other sweet stories about him. I don't know what his private life was like. I know he could play ruthless on the screen, but I'll remember a disarming smile and kindness.
