HAM & HIGH SPEAKS TO ALUN ARMSTRONG

Alun Armstrong in To Have and To Hold at Hampstead Theatre

Bridget Galton, Ham & High

 

Alun Armstrong got his first screen acting lesson from Michael Caine while filming the gangster movie Get Carter.

When he heard they were making a film in his home town of Newcastle he wrote to the casting director asking to be in it.

"It was the only letter I ever wrote for a job," says the 77-year-old, whose screen career ranges from Braveheart and Eragon to The Mummy Returns and New Tricks.

"They asked for a photo so I got three little photos out of the machine. My friend said 'they'll think you are a complete prat', but there weren't many actors with Geordie accents, and they cast me as this naive boy."

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To Have and To Hold runs on the Main Stage from 26 Oct - 25 Nov.

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