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The Saint Actor Ian Ogilvy ‘I was slim when I was young, a 28in waist, now I’m 38in. I was mistaken for Christopher DEFINITE Biggins a few years back’ ARTICLE We ask a celebrity a set of devilishly probing questions – and only accept THE definitive answer. This week it’s the turn of former Saint Ian Ogilvy The prized possession you value The temptation you wish you could above all others… My Honda Valkyrie resist… Playing video games. motorbike. I’m 73 now and my wife The treasured item you lost and wish Kitty says I’m a bit old for it, but I love you could have again… My waistline. it to death. We live in LA and I enjoy I was very slim when I was young; riding it up to the Hollywood sign. probably a 28in waist. Now I’m 38in. The biggest regret you wish you could The person who has influenced you amend… Spending too freely when I The unlikely interest that engages Titus, 47, lives there with my grand- The happiest moment you will cher- most… My aunt Betty, who forged was younger. I got into terrible debt. your curiosity… Knives. I’ll happily children Barnaby, 17, and Matilda, 14. ish forever… The day the crew star- documents for British agents during watch shows about them on US TV. We’ll also be joined by my stepdaugh- ted calling me ‘Guvnor’ while I was The book that holds an everlasting res- the war. She taught me if something’s My wife thinks I’m crazy. ter Emma, 53, and her daughter shooting Return Of The Saint in onance… Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake. beyond your control, don’t waste time Lulabelle, two. We’d have a long lazy 1978. It meant that they’d accepted I read it aged 19 and I worrying about it. The poem that touches your soul… me after Roger Moore. was mesmerised The Life That I Have by Leo Marks. lunch at The Five Horseshoes pub in The film that you can by its language. It’s just a lovely, simple poem which Henley. I’d have a pint or two of a great The saddest time that shook your watch time and time It sowed the seed we had read at our wedding in 1992. local ale. In the evening, Kitty and I world… The death of my older sister again… Singin’ In in me to want to would see a brilliantly funny play in Kerry from a brain tumour when she The Rain. I’m The misapprehension about yourself write and I’ve pub- the West End with all my friends in it, was 49. My mother never got over it. musically illiter- you wish you could erase... I was mis- lished several books, then we’d all celebrate at Joe Allen res- taken for Christopher Biggins in taurant in Covent Garden. I’d have a The unfulfilled ambition that con- from novels to children’s stories. ate so it’s an odd choice, but it’s so charm- London a few years back. I signed an steak with more beer. The next morn- tinues to haunt you… To do a freefall The priority activity if you ing you simply can’t watch autograph but the man looked at it ing would begin with coffee in St parachute jump. were the Invisible Man for a it and feel miserable. and said, ‘Oh. I thought you were Mark’s Square, Venice, continue with The philosophy that underpins your day… I’d go to the American Christopher Biggins.’ a few scuba dives over the Great Bar- life… I like Voltaire’s line from Can- National Rifle Associa- The piece of wisdom The event that altered the course of rier Reef and end recovering in Paris. dide about ‘tending one’s own garden’. tion headquarters in Vir- you would pass on to a your life and character… Moving to If everyone looks after their little part ginia and wreck all their child… Don’t believe America in 1989. I was 46 and at of the world, everything will be OK. guns and computers. your adoring grand- mother’s compliments. the time I was very famous through The order of service at your funeral… The unending quest that They’re all lies! The Saint, but I just wasn’t enjoying There’ll be no funeral – I find them drives you on… To prove that it. Going to the US gave me a fresh The figure from history vile. Just flush my ashes down the loo. all psychics are frauds and start – and I met my wife over here. ghosts don’t exist. for whom you’d most like to The way you want to be remembered… buy a pie and a pint… Oscar The song that means most to you… It As surprising. I don’t think I have been, The pet hate that makes Wilde. He was so funny, intelligent may sound odd, but I don’t have one so it’d be nice if others thought I had. your hackles rise... Reli- and a great storyteller. because music means nothing to me. gious fundamentalism – it The Plug… Ian’s new film We Still makes me very angry. The crime you would commit knowing The way you would spend your fantasy Steal The Old Way is released on you could get away with it… I’d empty 24 hours, with no travel restrictions... digital download on 10 April and on Y M the bank accounts of all the vile TV The day would begin with Kitty at DVD and Blu-ray on 17 April. His A L Above: Gene Kelly in Singin’ In The , A n Rain. Top right: Ian in Return Of The evangelists across America and return lunchtime with a sunny walk in the memoir Once A Saint is out now. es R Saint. Right: the Great Barrier Reef the money to their gullible donors. Oxfordshire countryside. My son As told to Rob McGibbon tu A E X F E , R es AG im Y NEXT WEEK ett PS... l Puzzle Extra – our fiendishly , G es R tu Michelle Dockery and Jim Broadbent team up in The Sense Of tricky eight-page special – A E F pe returns for Easter l Monty O sc / An Ending – in cinemas from Friday. Katherine Jenkins leads the le Don says now’s the time OO P cast of Carousel at the London Coliseum from Tuesday. And to start growing your own steve : S H l P vegetables PLUS OGRA Shakin’ Stevens kicks off a UK tour in Carlisle next Saturday T Britain’s best TV guide HO P PLEASE RECYCLE Our newspapers, magazines DAilY MAil WEEKEND is publisHed BY AssOciAted NewspApeRS Ltd. PRinted BY PRinOvis UK Ltd, 4 DAKOTA DRive, LiveRPOOL L24 8RJ. ReGisteRed AS A newspApeR AT THE POst OFFice. © AssOciAted NewspApeRS Limited 2017. 86 weekend and polythene wrapping are 100% recyclable..
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