The Trip's Rob Brydon: 'Michael Caine loves my impression'
Rob Brydon has said that Sir Michael Caine enjoyed being impersonated by the Welsh comedian and Steve Coogan in The Trip.
One of the more memorable moments from the original Trip series and film was Brydon and Coogan competing to do the best Caine impression.
Speaking to The Huffington Post, Brydon said that he received a letter from Caine about the impression.
"I've never met Michael Caine. He emailed me and that was nice... It was a brief email," he recalled.
"I think he joked that he should have been paid for it or something. Jokingly. I must stress, jokingly. Something like, 'I appeared in that movie so much, and yet I didn't get paid'. But he liked it very much."
Brydon added that Sir Anthony Hopkins also greatly enjoyed being impersonated in The Trip.
"I got to know Anthony Hopkins a bit since we did The Trip To Italy,...
One of the more memorable moments from the original Trip series and film was Brydon and Coogan competing to do the best Caine impression.
Speaking to The Huffington Post, Brydon said that he received a letter from Caine about the impression.
"I've never met Michael Caine. He emailed me and that was nice... It was a brief email," he recalled.
"I think he joked that he should have been paid for it or something. Jokingly. I must stress, jokingly. Something like, 'I appeared in that movie so much, and yet I didn't get paid'. But he liked it very much."
Brydon added that Sir Anthony Hopkins also greatly enjoyed being impersonated in The Trip.
"I got to know Anthony Hopkins a bit since we did The Trip To Italy,...
- 8/13/2014
- Digital Spy
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