Just in from Sue W:

Richard E Grant’s motto could pretty much be “Life’s too short to sit still.” But not if you go by appearances. The unconventionally handsome actor, writer and director looks very laid-back in his indigo denims and crisp, white shirt, lounging nonchalantly in a chair in his dressing room at the Bath Theatre Royal. And there’s a look of quiet control behind those disconcertingly turquoise eyes.

It’s just about an hour before curtain-up of Simon Gray’s comedy Otherwise Engaged, which plays at London’s Criterion Theatre until the end of January. Surrounded by the rich fragrance of oriental lilies and an array of good-luck cards, Grant couldn’t be less like the melodramatic, shambolic, struggling alcoholic actor whom he so brilliantly brought to life in Withnail and I, the cult 1987 film that made his name. That was before he notched up a further 30 movies, including Stephen Fry’s Bright Young Things, Robert Altman’s Gosford Park, The Player and Prêt à Porter, Francis Ford Coppola’s Dracula and Martin Scorsese’s Age of Innocence.

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Thanks Sue.