When I was young it was Paul McCartney. Then as I got older and more grizzled people always remarked on my resemblance to Mike Read (the DJ not the Eastenders one), Then, as the years and the pounds piled on it was Gordon Kaye from Allo Allo. Last year I went to a comedy club and the compere took one look at me and said "Blimey Harold Shipman's let himself go a bit"
I've been likened variously to Nigel Slater, James Spader and Hugh Grant. The first 2 I can sort of half see if I squint and look at the right photo. The last one was someone in the US who I assume had just seen 4 Weddings and liked my accent.
According to my toddler I look like Kiera Knightley when she's playing the role of Elizabeth Bennett in Pride and Prejudice, but then again she also thinks I resemble the mummy rock troll from Frozen. I think the truth is probably somewhere in the middle of those extremes!
But in that case isn't the term 'bastard' redundant? Wouldn't you only use it if you were mentioning one parent? I'm not down on the latest celeb gossip but I'm pretty sure John Craven isn't in a relationship with kd lang.
I once got free entry into a club because I looked like the doorman thought I looked like Harry Potter. I changed to contact lenses shortly after and the Baja Beach Club closed several years later.
During my early 20s my best friends said I looked like Steve Cram (he's aged a darn sight better than me) but shortly after, when I wore glasses, that mutated into Bob Holness, which was a significant downgrading. My aunt once called my mum to say 'John's on the TV!' when Patrick Kielty did a Saturday night show.
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