SEAN CONNERY, Anthony Head, of Little Britain, and Al Pacino may not seem to have much in common, but they do share one distinction. The big three party leaders would like to be portrayed by them.
Connery was the definitive James Bond: brooding, earthy, unforgiving, dark, and, yes, a little misogynist. So who wants him for a body double? Step forward Charles Kennedy, who, without a hint of irony, said: “Sean Connery. An earlier Connery, something around the Goldfinger period.”
For years Anthony Head appeared in those yuppie romance advertisements for Nescafé Gold Blend, then became a star of the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. He looked a delight in his fishnet stockings as Frank N. Furter in The Rocky Horror Show. Head is the Prime Minister in Little Britain.
So who else should he play but Tony Blair, who told easyJet inflight magazine that Head was his choice. “But without Sebastian, I think.” Sebastian has a crush on the PM, you see.
What about Al Pacino, the still centre of the Corleone clan in The Godfather, drinking only water, politely insisting that it’s only business, burning a hole in the screen and his enemies with a restrained brilliance? So why did Michael Howard choose Pacino? “Because he is my wife’s favourite actor.
Who do you think should play them?
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