Yup.
Ollie was trip.
His best movie, IMO, was “The Devils”.
Hard to find, very intense and disturbing, historically based and worth the search.
[and OMG is he freaking gorgeous]
He died during Gladiator after drinking a rugby team under the table an then kicking their asses.
Well played, Ollie.
Well played.
http://www.decadentlifestyle.net/2011/01/03/oliver-reed-the-death-of-a-badass/
He died as he had lived.
Yeah, I read about him a little after that and how he died! It was an amazing amount of liquor he consumed. And I watched some of his appearances on the chat shows after that.
I think you indicated you saw it, but here it is if anyone else is interested. Too funny. I like Shelly Winters, too. Another character.
Shelley Winters & Oliver Reed Carson 1975
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x121v3t_shelley-winters-oliver-reed-carson-1975_fun
I’ll have to see what the Devils is about on IMDB.
Found your Devils:
The Devils (1971)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066993/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2
In 17th-century France, Father Urbain Grandier seeks to protect the city of Loudun from the corrupt establishment of Cardinal Richelieu. Hysteria occurs within the city when he is accused of witchcraft by a sexually repressed nun.