Mark Addy has been plagued by ‘The Full Monty’ soundtrack for more than 25 years.
Mark Addy has been plagued by ‘The Full Monty’ soundtrack for more than 25 years
The actor, 58, who played down-on-his-luck steelworker Dave in the 1997 film, which has been given a reboot by Disney featuring the original cast, added he still gets people putting on ‘You Can Leave your Hat On’ and ‘Hot Stuff’ in pubs when he’s there.
He told the Radio Times: “There was a time when, if I walked into a pub, somebody would bang it on the jukebox.
“What do they think I’m going to do? It does still happen. You’ll sometimes hear ‘Hot Stuff’ and think, ‘Oh, what a coincidence’.
“It’s a tribute to the film that people still remember it and associate me with male nudity. Personally, I’m taking it as a compliment.”
Mark has also suggested audiences of the new Disney version of the film will not be left “traumatised” by the ageing cast’s nudity after they were seen stripping at the end of the movie.
He told the Big Issue: “Stripping is addressed. I don’t want to give too much away, but they do get recognised as the guys who are famous for taking their clothes off 25 years ago.
“Some of us are in our 70s-I’m not but I’m getting there.
“So, it’s dealt with in a creative way that’s not too traumatic for the viewers.”
The original film was made for a budget of just £3 million but went on to take more than £20 million at the box office.
Along with Mark, ‘Trainspotting’ star Robert Carlyle, 62, will return to his ‘Full Monty’ role for eight episodes in the Disney series, which is set 25 years on from the events of the original film.
Robert has also suggested stripping won’t feature in the show, telling the Radio Times: “No one needs to see that these days.”
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