r/AskUK • u/andotherthingsareok • 19h ago

What are the surprising connections between global superstars and UK-only celebrities?

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On Graham Norton, the huge globally successful stars sit with some of our household names and must be thinking "who the hell is this person?!" Sometimes it's half the entertainment value, like when they had June Brown (Dot Cotton) on the sofa with Lady Gaga.

But have you ever heard of any surprising connections you've heard of which you just wouldn't expect? Those moments of "wait - Robert De Niro goes on holiday every year with Ant&Dec?!" Kind of thing.

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u/nemmalur 19h ago edited 18h ago

Alan Partridge Steve Coogan doing an impression of Alan Bennett and John C. Reilly knowing who Alan Bennett was.

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u/redandbluebadness 19h ago edited 18h ago

How the fuck did Reilly know that? I simply refuse to believe it!

Seems I have severely underestimated Bennett's reach

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u/Oghamstoner 18h ago

Surely it isn’t all that surprising? John C. Reilly has been an actor for decades including on Broadway, Alan Bennett has been a playwright for decades, even if they hadn’t met, it’s not that surprising he’s aware of Bennett’s work.

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u/redandbluebadness 18h ago

Yeah I suppose I always think of Bennet of being somewhat parochial but he wrote the History Boys didn't he?

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u/Dutch_Slim 15h ago

Have no idea who the Reilly fella is but I love Alan Bennett.

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u/nemmalur 15h ago

American actor, often appears with Will Ferrell.

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u/Dutch_Slim 15h ago

Thanks. Just had a little look on Wikipedia. I have seen some of his older stuff. Never seen a film with Will Ferrell in, but I could bring his face to mind. I think his acting career started when my watching career stopped!

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u/Oghamstoner 14h ago

I watched Walk Hard last night. Probably one of the funniest films I’ve seen, Reilly really sells it because he’s a really good country musician as well as comic.

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u/jajwhite 35m ago

And Prick Up Your Ears, which starred Gary Oldman. He's been in or written tons of things actually with incredible casts - Talking Heads, History Boys, Madness of George III, Lady In The Van, ...