He talked about his drinking problem coming from his Irish grandfather all the time on ROTR. He needs to quit, its taking a toll on his looks and he’ll end up like Richard Burton (Welsh), Richard Harris (Irish) and Oliver Reed (Brit).
You know, when reading this I thought of Oliver Reed, one of the greatest English actors ever.
I am going to use this post as an opportunity to plug one of my fav OOP movies ever, Treasure Island with Charlton Heston, where Reed is Captain Billy Bones.
The clip is prescient in that Oliver Reed dropped dead in a pub in real life a few years later. The drink WILL do you in.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6x8SeGHrOps&feature=related