Jim Broadbent receives more "recognition" for starring in 'Only Fools and Horses' than he does for winning an Oscar.
Jim Broadbent receives more recognition for Only Fools and Horses than he does for winning an Oscar
The 72-year-old actor, who played DCI Roy Slater in the 80s BBC sitcom, says he’s more famous for appearing in three episodes in 1983, 1985 and 1991 then he is for triumphing at the Academy Awards, when the ‘Harry Potter’ star landed a Best Supporting Actor gong at the 2002 Oscars for his role in ‘Iris’.
Jim - who has also starred in the likes of ‘Bridget Jones’s Diary’ and ‘Paddington’ - said: “I only went in for three episodes – never allowed to forget it.
“I saw one the other day, 'Class Reunion', and it was on and I sort of hovered by the sofa.
“And then I sat down and watched it right through. It was extraordinary. It’s quite non-PC some of it now. It’s sort of, 'Oooh’, it’s 30 years ago.
“But still it’s by far the most recognition I get on the street is for 'Only Fools'.”
Jim - whose latest role sees him star in comedy-drama movie ‘The Duke’ alongside Dame Helen Mirren - is not surprised by the popularity of ‘Only Fools’.
He told the ‘That Gaby Roslin Podcast’: “It’s really quality writing and performing. Beautifully drawn characters. They fit so well into this comedic structure.
“You care about them and you laugh at them, and with them, and it’s very special what John Sullivan did, pulling it together.”
The British sitcom - which was created and written by John Sullivan, and starred Sir David Jason as market trader Del Boy Trotter - ran for seven series from 1981 until 1991, and aired numerous Christmas specials until the show ended in 2003.
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