The actor on David Foster Wallace, the Chateau Marmont hotel, his favourite local restaurant, Strictly and his loyalty to Hull City AFC
Tom Courtenay, who made his name in the 1960s in films that have become classics – The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, Dr Zhivago, Billy Liar– has been enjoying a tremendous new lease of life, at the age of 78, in 45 Years, directed by Andrew Haigh and co-starring Charlotte Rampling. It is a marvellous film about the delicate equilibrium of a marriage and what happens after a letter arrives one morning, out of the blue, with news that has the power to change everything. Courtenay plays Geoff Mercer with a convincing mixture of cussedness and vulnerability (as can be seen on DVD, out now).
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