In the world of geekdom, Mr John Rhys-Davies is a legend.
and being an avid eBayer, decided to start our conversation there.
Mr. Rhys-Davies was on fine form (making me laugh from his first words Im John Rhys-Davies!
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Im afraid Im bidding, yes.
Im buying an autograph.
I want to buy an autograph of Albert Einstein!
[He lets out an almighty laugh!]
Ill tell you what I generally tend to go for people whom Ive actually worked with.
Ive got the most wonderful and sensational picture of my dear and greatly missed friend Jeanne Moreau.
I just thought that Einstein one should have!
Exactly yes, as in theLord Of The Ringsorcs!
What is your relationship to horror?
Are you a fan of the genre?
He was rather pleased with that.
Its something that everyone wants to do.
Everyone wants to do a cowboy film, dont they and everyone wants to do some horror.
I really loved the script forAux.
I thought it was brilliant, I thought it was authentic.
The other actors were marvelous.
My father was in the Home Guard, actually, he was in the restricted trade.
He was born in 1909, so he would have been thirty-one, or thirty-two.
He was an ex-heavy weight amateur champion of Wales.
He was recovering people from Dunkirk everyone was tasked with various jobs, to get the troops back.
But thats really beside the point!
It was a damn good script.
It a period of history that all of us are attached to.
I mean I was born in 44, sort of four years after this really.
[He sighs] Well, you know they have the money to do it.
I mean, poor Tolkien must be spinning in his grave.
If they think they can make more money, then they will.
That would make a far more interesting account of Tolkiens words, in a world like that.
[We both laugh] I agree with you, theres nothing original about the proposition.
Oh yeah, wasnt he in the other one?
[Laughing] Unbelievable considering your own fictional father was in it too!
[That big laugh booms out again!]
Welcome ever smiles, and farewell goes out sighing!
It was so rich.
And of course the real secret about him is, hes funny because he doesnt realise hes small!
John Rhys-Davies, thank you very much!
Auxis out now at Showcase cinemas.
