From BILLY BUDD to his first on-screen pairing with Vanessa Redgrave. And a sequel to THE LIMEY?
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Terence Stamp has been such a willing and wondrous raconteur over the years that it's hard to know where to guide him in an interview. You do your research and you find the most amazing stories about making his big-screen debut as the titular Christ figure in BILLY BUDD, turning down the role of ALFIE (thus launching his friend Michael Caine to international stardom), working with Marlon Brando in SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE, playing drastically against type as transsexual Bernadette Basinger in THE ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA: QUEEN OF THE DESERT and wreaking thickly-accented vengeance on Los Angeles scumbags in THE LIMEY. Do you opt for the greatest hits package, or do you go searching for that one untold gem lurking somewhere behind those piercing blue eyes?
Judging from previous interviews, Stamp is game to go anywhere, but at the moment he's quite keen to discuss his starring role in Paul Andrew Williams's UNFINISHED SONG, which hit DVD this week. Stamp plays Arthur, a grumpy retiree devoting what's left of his life to caring for his sickly wife, Marion (Vanessa Redgrave). As her condition worsens, Arthur reluctantly takes an interest in the local show choir to which she belongs, and, wouldn't you know it, the old curmudgeon slowly emerges from his craggy shell. It's a familiar story and an unabashed tear-jerker, but the opportunity to watch Stamp and Redgrave on screen for the first time together makes it pretty irresistible. And good luck holding it together when Stamp solos on Billy Joel's "Lullabye
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