Sir Billy’s success means he has rubbed shoulders with royalty as well Prince Charles is said to be a good friend of the esteemed comedian s.
It’s not surprising that Sir Billy chose to emulate his pal when he was playing the fictional character of King Theodore of Lilliput opposite Jack Black’s Gulliver back in 2010.
Discussing his role in the re-imagining of the classic story, ‘Gulliver’s Travels’, Sir Billy explained: “I tried to be a kind of Prince Charles sort of king.
“I think if he were king, he would be a jolly, casual sort of king.
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I want to tread carefully here, and not because I might step on a Lilliputian and squish him. I want to explain who Gulliver s Travels is for, and who it might not be for.
One person it is definitely for is Gloria DeMent, the 84-year-old grandmother who wrote AP film critic Christy Lemire in horror after spending $96 to take four generations of her family to see The Nutcracker in 3-D. She wrote: It broke my heart when we left the theater that my little great-granddaughters (ages 5-13) had sad little, confused faces.
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Believe me, Auntie Glo, there would have been smiles on those faces after this movie.
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