.. or did he just say "Sure! I'll be in it!". Donald Pleasence was a great actor and has appeared in many iconic films f
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lorenzb-2 — 11 years ago(October 07, 2014 04:14 AM)
Donald played so many great characters it's hard to count them all. A very adapt practitioner of his craft. That's sorely lacking in today's current crop of actors. I met Danielle Harris once who starred with him in Halloween 4 & 5. She said he was a typical cultured English gentleman who treated her with the utmost kindness and consideration. We took a hit when we lost him.
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proteus122 — 11 years ago(October 13, 2014 08:04 PM)
From his qoutes:
"There was a sort of horror picture that I did called The Mutations (1974). I think I did that solely for the money."
I find his honesty refreshing. At least he had the balls to admit it. Donald never got half the acclaim he should have. RIP. -
darlene-soze — 11 years ago(January 11, 2015 08:08 AM)
I remember in 1997 reading that Sir Anthony Hopkins only did movies at that point for the money. At first I was surprised, but then it made sense. At the point in his life/career, he could retire and 10 years later come out of retirement and still have a pile of movie offers