Martin and Lewis were a riot...

[byslantedlight]

My internet is being seriously dodgy this morning, so every time I think I'll do something it takes me three times as long. So while I've been waiting I've been dipping into The Book... *g*

From a description of "When the Heat Cools Off":
Michael Sheard (Merton): "I'd been employed to play a small role set in Cowley's office, with the three leads, as a gun expert. The director, Ray Austin, had the clever idea that we could throw the gun to each other rather than just pass it. Martin and Lewis were a riot; each time I threw it they'd drop it, and burst into fits of laughter. They kept apologising to Ray and telling him the gun was slippery, but it's obvious they were letting it drop on purpose. It took quite a few takes to complete the scene, and in the end even Gordon Jackson was pleased when Ray was content with the final sequence and called it a wrap. I read somewhere later that Martin and Lewis didn't see eye-to-eye during the production; that I find hard to believe on what I witnessed during my day on the show!"

I love it - our lads are complete and utter eejits, but they were absolutely together in their eejiocy! *vbg* Those reports of them hating each other just doesn't fit with what we really know! *sighs happily, wanders off to see if this'll post...*

Comments

[scherwood]

thanx for the hit on my head with that great quote. i've always been feeling down over all that "didn't like eqach other crap" that's been spread around on the net. ::very happy:: :D

[rochvelleth.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, thank you for posting this[1] - that's such a lovely little story. I absolutely adore thinking about them like that - sometimes all those insinuations that they didn't get on at all spoil it a bit, if you know what I mean.

[1] I haven't ordered the book yet because I can't really afford to - if I can't afford to pay the same amount for an academic book that I actually *need*, then I'd feel really bad if I bought it! It's a shame, but hopefully my financial circumstances will change in the not-too-distant future and then I'll treat myself :)

(Not to say that all of that is untrue, but I've always rather suspected that LC must have a Liverpool kind of temprament - and anyone who knows people from Liverpool will know that it's very common to flare up quickly but also go back to being friends very quickly too. Anyway, I'll shut up now, because I could talk about things like this all day but I really should get on with some work ;) )

[heliophile-oxon.livejournal.com]

This is lovely - and very much like the relationship we see on-screen a lot of the time, too! Competitive/humorous/very together (dare you to piss off the director - no, dare you - no, I dare piss him off more, and I'm going to get away with it by pretending it was an accident .... and both of them cracking up laughing. Can't help loving it!

[sunray45.livejournal.com]

I know I read somewhere on here, ages ago, something about when they finished filming the last episode, MS said he would miss working with LC, because he always made him (MS) laugh.

Also have heard of them always playing tricks on each other or the crew, and then there's the byplay often seen in the episodes. They did get on famously and bah to the media who said otherwise.

[siskiou.livejournal.com]

I've always wondered how they could look at each other like they do (you know what I mean *g*), if they really don't get along at all in RL.
Being good actors can cover a lot, but still! And all those candid pics of them goofing around. It can't *all* have been staged, right?

Am I the only one who got confused with having a "Ray" (the director) in this little story?

[callistosh65.livejournal.com]

Now if only someone had kept the camera turned on, eh?? Thank you for sharing this here, it's lovely to imagine that behind-the-scenes fun.

[constant-muse.livejournal.com]

You got The Book! Hooray! Brilliant of you to share the highlights.

To justify the expense, I've asked for it for my birthday present, but that means it's now been hidden in the wardrobe so I don't know where it is (*vbg*) for 3 weeks.

Now, how can I justify 'The Siege' and CW? They're sitting in my Amazon shopping basket, just a couple of clicks away...