The Gavin and Stacey star performed two totally different robbers in separate motion pictures concerning the well-known 1963 heist and Ronnie Biggs wasn’t a fan of his function in Slip-Up
Larry Lamb has mentioned he riled Nice Practice Theft criminal Ronnie Biggs over his portrayal of him in a 1985 movie.
The Gavin and Stacey star performed two totally different robbers in separate motion pictures concerning the well-known 1963 heist. Larry, 77, additionally starred in Buster as Bruce Reynolds within the 1988 flick with Phil Collins because the main man.
He mentioned he was spending time with Reynolds when he learnt that Biggs wasn’t a fan of his function in Slip-Up.
Larry revealed: “He would come over to my place and we’d simply sit and chat over cups of tea. We have been in my sitting room one time and the topic of Ronnie Biggs got here up, as a result of I had performed him in a BBC movie in 1985.
“I requested Bruce if he talked to him a lot and requested what he can be doing at that second. Bruce mentioned he would most likely be rolling his first spliff of the day.
“So, he phoned him up and mentioned he was with Larry Lamb. Ronnie mentioned: ‘Oh, are you? I hope he performed you higher than he performed me.’”
