In 1994, I confronted my fears of cold-calling by attempting to book one of the great wild men in the history of Hollywood, actor Lawrence Tierney, to appear in our low-budget feature film.
Great stuff! And also very well remembered, given that I was around when much of this was going on. I met Lawrence Tierney at a party not long after you guys dealt with him and he was very nice, but to this day had the strongest handshake I think I’ve ever encountered. I heard bones in my mitt crackle when he squeezed it!
Thanks for the kind words and for reading. The Film Threat website had gathered a bunch of Larry stories after he died, and some of them were flat out insane, like a journalist who was driving Fay Wray around Los Angeles for a story, and decided to stop in to visit Larry at his apartment, who started flirting with her. Things like that. My stories were tame by comparison. But I couldn't find that Film Threat compilation of stories recently, going to email them.
Great stuff! And also very well remembered, given that I was around when much of this was going on. I met Lawrence Tierney at a party not long after you guys dealt with him and he was very nice, but to this day had the strongest handshake I think I’ve ever encountered. I heard bones in my mitt crackle when he squeezed it!
I still remember that handshake too!
What a great read Keefe! I'm curious if Michael ever crossed paths with Oliver Reed. Very similar lifestyles.
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Thanks for the kind words and for reading. The Film Threat website had gathered a bunch of Larry stories after he died, and some of them were flat out insane, like a journalist who was driving Fay Wray around Los Angeles for a story, and decided to stop in to visit Larry at his apartment, who started flirting with her. Things like that. My stories were tame by comparison. But I couldn't find that Film Threat compilation of stories recently, going to email them.