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05
June 2006
Edward
Woodward Declines Wicker
Man Role
Actor
Edward
Woodward
turned down a role in
the Hollywood remake of
his hit film The Wicker
Man because he would no
longer be the
star.
The
1973 cult horror classic
is returning to the big
screen with Nicolas Cage
in the lead
role.
Edward
Woodward, now 76,
originally played the
police sergeant
investigating the
mysterious goings-on of
a remote Scottish
island.
He
has given his blessing
to the remake but
refused to be in
it.
"I
was asked to be in it
but I didn't really want
to go back," he said in
an interview on Terry
Wogan's UKTV Gold chat
show Wogan Now And
Then.
"I've
been there. There's a
slight difference when
you are starring in
something. When you get
to my age, which is 76,
you have already starred
in things and then
gradually the parts get
smaller and smaller and
smaller and you don't
star in things any more.
They say, 'Get over
there'. You say 'OK',
you tug your forelock
and go."
Edward
Woodward enjoyed fame
with Eighties TV show
The Equaliser and
previously played a
secret agent in British
series
Callan.
He
underwent triple bypass
surgery in 1996 after
two heart attacks and
has worked sporadically
since.
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