Christopher Eccleston on "Two Virgins" photo in "Lennon Naked"

This is from a Q&A at BAFTA given on May 4 2010, after an advance screening of BBC movie "Lennon Naked". Christopher was asked about a scene where he and Naoko Mori reconstructed the shooting of Lennon's "Two Virgins" album cover and his answer was hilarious.

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[blackbirdnum9]

aw hes adorable

man, i wanna see this new program but i dont live in the UK

[lolfangirl]

@blackbirdnum9 If you're lucky enough to have a zone-free DVD player, you can buy it on Amazon.co.uk or HMV. :)

[Pioqua]

bello come il sole! Ma quando esce Lennon?

[lolfangirl]

@Pioqua I don't speak Italian, but I think I understand the question. Christopher Eccleston has played John Lennon in a BBC TV movie called "Lennon Naked" that will be on BBC4 in June 2010. I went to an advance preview. And yes, he is beautiful. :)

[hazelmay64]

I thoroughly enjoyed Chris' performance in this film

[MOONST0MP]

@JuanMacready It must be hard playin a rock star but this was the worst I have seen yet, I thought the guy who played Johnny Rotten in 'Sid and Nancy was bad, also the bloke who played Shaun Ryder in '24 hour party people' but this was worse. I think the best performance I have seen was Val Kilmer as Jim Morrison in 'The Doors' he got him spot on and Val Kilmer isnt really a good actor but he played Jim Morrison perfect.

[JuanMacready]

@MOONST0MP Eccleston is more and more miscast these days. I could see him playing Lennon in 1980, but no way in the 1960s.

[MOONST0MP]

@JuanMacready 46? Fuck me, surly they could've found a young actor somwhere, I cant belive he agreed to do it, it just did not work!

[JuanMacready]

@MOONST0MP He's 46 and was playing Lennon in his 20s. Plus he sounded more like Ringo.

[MOONST0MP]

@JuanMacready Exactly! I think Chistopher Eccleston is a great actor but his performance playin John Lennon was just awful, he looked like Worzel Gummage and sounded like Paul O'grady, and yes he was suposed to be playin a 23 year old when he is....? well I dont know how old he is, early 40s mabey?