The first time I ever came to Mexico was on a Tristar movie shoot when I was a kid. It was my introduction to this beautiful country and its people and when the place first got under my skin. The movie was written by truly the great screenwriter Alan Sharp (Rob Roy) and he was the reason we were there, but more on that another time.
That first trip to Mexico was with my father and its his birthday today. He was — and still is for that matter — my best friend, my hero as well as my dad. He was a great artist as a painter and my inspiration to this day. Today especially I wish he was here to see the incredible journey of making this independent feature. I wish, in fact, that he was anywhere, because apart from anything else he was the coolest guy I’ve ever known, and the world was just a more interesting place with him in it.
Going to raise a glass to you tonight da.
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(Postscript: it turned into another very long day. By the time we were able to sit down for a drink, most everybody had gone to bed or just fell asleep. Robbie and Phil and Emma, eyes falling out of their heads with exhaustion, had a shot with me in his honour anyway. Very sweet and much appreciated.
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