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'I ran away to Paris to be a writer and ended up begging': Bill Nighy on dashed dreams, golf emojis and playing a cranky novelist
As his new film & Sons hits the screen, the actor turned podcast agony uncle relives his ‘cliched’ ambitions, deplores working lunches – and yearns to do the splits like Prince
TL;DR
- Bill Nighy plays a reclusive novelist named AN Dyer in the new film '& Sons'.
- Nighy prefers phone calls to Zoom and avoids working lunches.
- He has specific preferences for emojis, liking the flamingo and purple dahlia but disliking smiley faces.
- Nighy once ran away to Paris with aspirations to be a writer but ended up begging.
- He has a successful podcast called 'Ill-Advised' where he acts as an agony uncle.
- Nighy draws parallels between his character's artistic ambition and his own past desire to write.
- He expresses admiration for figures like Steve McQueen and Prince for their confident restraint and stage presence.