In 1947, Winston Churchill, then age 73, wrote about his dead father appearing to him and the imaginary conversation that unfolded between the two. When his father asks him what he is doing, Churchill answers him he is trying to copy an old portrait of his. Later on, the father inquiries how the son makes a living. “Not, surely, by these,” he says, pointing at several … [Read more...]
Actor Cox takes on the daunting mantle of ‘Churchill’
What do Albert Finney, Rod Taylor, Timothy Spall, Richard Burton, John Lithgow and now Brian Cox have in common? They have all played British Prime Minister Winston Churchill on film. In Cox’s case, he is in a new film called simply Churchill, opening in South Florida this Friday. The classically trained, Scottish-born actor looks a great deal like the pudgy politician who … [Read more...]