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...John Gielgud is the hottest young talent around...
Question: Is it possible to make a movie or TV series without John Gielgud? Answer: Yes. But it is not easy...
Since 1980 his face has been seen on more screens than the MGM lion. Famous to serious theatergoers for more than 50 years, the reserved, sometimes frosty-appearing Gielgud has, in his 70s, suddenly assumed a new role-that of Major Movie Star. "Isn't it amazing?" he exclaims, as surprised and delighted as anyone else who has suddenly hit the jackpot. "It's the most extraordinary piece of luck...
...ritual champagne shower after a winning game. "Gentlemen!" he says reprovingly, as he expropriates a bottle and glass from a giant paw. "This is Paul Masson champagne." Holding a bottle close to one dull-looking jock, he asks, "Can you read?" "Vintage 1980," the (cowed) player replies. "Remarkable," responds Gielgud with good-natured sarcasm...
...natural kind of hauteur and arrogance," he admits, "but actually I'm very shy and humble." On this warm summer day, sitting over lunch at the Ivy, an old theatrical restaurant in London's West End, he is none of those things, however. He is instead the Gielgud his friends say they see, the irrepressible Mr. Chat, full of observations, anecdotes and gossip. "You needn't say a word when you're with him," says Ralph Richardson, a close friend for 53 years. "Sometimes I will say yes or no or really? Afterward he will tell...