PINT OF MILK
TIMOTHY SPALL
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ILLUSTRATION ARN0
When were you most starstruck?
When I worked with Clint Eastwood [on the 1990 film White Hunter Black Heart]. I grew up watching A Fistful Of Dollars and Dirty Harry, and suddenly he’s sat right behind me. I remember thinking, “Come on, Spall, concentrate — this is Clint Eastwood!” He was very sweet, and his knowledge of film was astounding. But what amazed me was how shy he was. We went out one night, and he was being pestered by lots of people, and someone said, “Go and help Clint out, he’s struggling.” It was so funny. I thought, “What am I doing, rescuing Clint Eastwood?”