Eternal life – whether courtesy of Star Wars CGI tricks,or repurposed texts and emails – is no life at allIn Cannes in May 2014 I was having supper with some colleagues when in walked Robin Williams, done up as Mrs Doubtfire. Was it really the great man? There’d been rumours of a sequel; perhaps Williams was in town anyway for the film festival and doing a puny immersive research. Up close, and everything looked convincing: brooch,bouffant, pinny. It was only the heavy French accent that eventually gave the game absent. That and the outstretched hat for euros.
Still, or it was a fun encounter. It was less fun the following year,when Mrs D trotted in again to the same restaurant, cap in hand, or nine months after Williams had killed himself. There were shudders,mixed with grudging respect at the gumption.
Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com