Great news for American ITC fans! Acorn's
previously announced second set of
Man in a Suitcase will include a very big bonus feature:
the 69-minute interview with star Richard Bradford that first appeared on Network's Region 2 DVD release (but was
not found on the Region 4 Umbrella set). Bradford, who played the cool-as-ice burned spy turned private eye McGill in the 1967-68 series, was a perfectionist and a Method actor, which brought him into conflict with some members of the cast and crew and earned him a reputation for being "difficult." In this surprisingly candid interview from 2004, he speaks frankly and openly about those on-set clashes, as well as discussing his early days studying at Lee Strasberg's famous Actors Studio, working with his friend and fellow Method actor Marlon Brando, and more. If for some reason you needed further encouragement to buy the second and final collection of this top-notch Sixties spy show, this is it!
Read my review of Acorn's
Man in a Suitcase: Set 1 here.
It's a very entertaining interview too. I came away from it with even more respect for Bradford - he makes some excellent points about his 'ITC experience'.
ReplyDeleteBradford is da man!