Entry for March 22, 2007

Have you seen the ads for the new film, "300"?
Well, the star of that film is Gerry Butler, who was at Glasgow Uni in the year below me. As best I can tell he is playing a Trojan with a Paisley accent. I don't mean to sound jealous, but I could do that. Admittedly I'm not as good looking or indeed as buff as Mr Butler, but I have other qualities: I have Grade 4 piano; I can recite the first 20 elements in the periodic table; and I can now say "Will you please give me that?" in broken German. Surely, with just a little imagination, these are qualities that a halfway decent writer could work into a film about a warrior king.
But no! Hollywood has passed me over for a good-looking, sculptured prince of a man. Fate has been cruel to me. But for Tinseltown's grossly unfair attitude towards slightly overweight greying middle-aged Lanarkshire men who can't act, that could have been me!