Bob Hoskins Was The Little Londoner Who Made It Big: ‘The ‘Mafia – I’ve Shit ‘Em’
British actor Bob Hoskins shows his pleasure as he hears that he has been nominated for the best Actor Oscar for his role in the film “Mona Lisa”, in which he starred with Michael Caine. Date: 11/02/1987
BOB Hoskins was one of the most remarkable actors of his era. His energetic performance in The Long Good Friday was phenomenal.
Tim Stanley gets it:
Two parts made his name. The first was the Thatcherite gangster Harold Shand in The Long Good Friday, which is one of the best movies about bad people ever made. Read the script and Harold is simply a monster: he rules his manor with fists and bottles, pays off the filth and carves up the competition. Director John Mackenzie meant the movie to be an indictment of capitalism in the raw. But Hoskins turned Harold in a very human Macbeth – a villain who loves his mum and isn’t afraid to cry in the shower after a hard day’s slitting throats. Achieving that degree of sympathy isn’t a case of simply reading lines well. Hoskins embodies the character in such a way that during his lowest moments you want to reach through the screen and hug him. And when his anger boils, it feels like he might just reach out the other way and throttle you to death.
The other was Mona Lisa. But that gangster film was stella:
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