The Cannes Film Festival is on at the moment and I’m coming to terms with the fact that the Husband starred in one of the films being shown there. Really.
How did it happen? Shortly before the Husband took Early Retirement from work he was approached by Nick Scott, a friend from work who is a keen amateur film maker, and asked whether he would be willing to take part in a short film that Nick was about to make. The Husband said Yes, despite never having acted before in his life. He then spent two of the coldest and snowiest weekends this winter in an allotment near Forest Hill station acting the part of a gardener who grows an unusual crop – IT equipment. I’ve seen a draft of the script and it was as surreal as the plot. I’ve also seen some still photos of the experience and the Husband was wearing a particularly extrordinary wig and aged 25 years during the course of the film. )
The three minute film, called “Earth to Earth”, was one of hundreds of films submitted to the organisation Straight 8 and it was one of six films chosen to be shown at Cannes this week as part of the showing of excellent short films from around the world. So, there you are, the Husband is a film star at Cannes.
We’ve had the opportunity to go to Cannes as we have tickets to get into the showing of the film. However, we’ve decided that there is no way that we will be able to find accommodation anywhere near Cannes at a price we can afford, so we will wait until the film is shown in London before we go to see it.
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If your husband becomes a huge star, could he introduce me to Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward? (Well, I thought I would ask!)
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Cop Car, the Stepdaughter (age 22) offered to go with the Husband as his young glamorous escort. She also requested the phone numbers of Orlando Bloom, Jude Law, Johnny Depp or Brad Pitt. I agreed with her about Johnny Depp but wanted to add to the list Alan Rickman and Harrison Ford.
I recognize some of the names you list, Val, but the only face that I would recognize would be Harrison Ford. It's the generational thing, I guess!
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