Posted on 08/03/2005 9:17:45 PM PDT by cowboy_code
"No Sean Penn!", John Rhys-Davies, without Oscar censors.
LOS ANGELES — Another Academy Awards ceremony has come and gone. If you're like me, you spent much of it on the edge of your seat, silently praying that none of the winning actors would launch into a noxious left-wing tirade, featuring such sagacious bromides as "War is Not the Answer" (to what?).
It's a common perception that Hollywood is a liberal town, and rightly so. There are a few bold souls, however, who are willing to swim against the tide.
One of these starred in the film that won the most Oscars last Sunday night. He's John Rhys-Davies, who played Gimli in The Lord of the Rings (as well as Sallah in the Indiana Jones movies, in addition to many other roles). His comments over the past month or so regarding world affairs have ignited a firestorm of controversy in his home country of Great Britain.
Rather than taking up the banner of global warming, AIDS, world peace, or some other trendy cause, as most of his colleagues are prone to do, the Welsh-born actor has chosen as his particular hobbyhorse the growing demographic crisis in Europe.
He also regularly heaps praise on President George W. Bush and his war on terror, including the invasion of Iraq. "There are at least four or five [officials in the Bush administration] who could hold their own against the Founding Fathers," he says. This is blasphemous speech in Europe and Hollywood alike.
In a recent interview at a European-style café near Hollywood's Universal Studios, Rhys-Davies jokes about his candor, saying with a laugh that betrays a little nervousness, "Every time I open my mouth, I may be committing career suicide."
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Maybe because it's a year old?
I don't know, but it's a year old and was posted here a year ago.
However, I don't think that fact alone, in and of itself, warrants the classification of a vanity.
If somebody has a life to spare, can I have it?
I don't think it should be called a vanity, either. Maybe it should have been called a bump. ;)
Granted, I don't know the name under which the article was originally published here. A search for No Sean Penn! didn't get it.
You can borrow mine. The dog needs to be walked.
lol!
Rock on Gimli! Tell it like it is!
"posted a year ago, you say", news to me chum. I still liked the info in the article, so I thought to share.
...and his wife's a FReeper.
He was also great in Shogun as Rodrigues the Portaguese pilot.
I thought John Davies was dead of a heart attack a couple of months ago.
Maybe his ex-wife. He is currently not married. He hasn't been married in several decades. His sons are in their early thirties. He does have girl friends about.
When did you hear that rumor? He is alive and well. Two or three years ago, he was seriously hurt but recoved from a "on set" accident in a eastern European non-union film shoot that he latter sued for damages.
Guess I was wrong about that. Thanks for the information.
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