Thursday, November 12, 2015

Norman Lloyd on upstaging Orson Welles and playing tennis with Chaplin

Norman Lloyd on upstaging Orson Welles and playing tennis with Chaplin: This year, Lloyd became Hollywood’s oldest working actor when he appeared in Judd Apatow’s Trainwreck, which is now available on home video. Given that he was less than a month away from his 101st birthday when he spoke to The A.V. Club, it seems fair to say that Lloyd is also the oldest actor ever interviewed for Random Roles.

5 comments:

Jeff Meyerson said...

I thought Lloyd looked and sounded damn good in TRAINWRECK. We should all make it to his age in the shape he's in.

Bud said...

What a life as an actor! Another one of the few actors that I would actually like to meet and talk with.

Todd Mason said...

If ever the notion that the Director "owns" a film was demonstrated to be ridiculous, one fine example is writer/star Amy Schumer's TRAINWRECK.

Jeff Meyerson said...

What a great interview! He seems to remember everything. Amazing.

Todd Mason said...

Indeed. One can only envy such clarity at his age. (And I'm amused to learn I was his opposite in youthful baseball, being No field, good hit.)