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Bridge, I agree with you that her memory and accounting is likely more accurate than Ioan's particularly if he'd already had a bit of a rough weekend. :wink: As for the "FBI Car"- not the safest or brightest move. One could only hope that the account was slightly exaggerated to make a better story, though I fear not. I think on one of the talk shows when they showed the infamous shower picture, Ioan said something to the effect of " I do myself no favors" (paraphrased as I can't look it up). That seems true too. GG

Strange how what we once found endearing has become cringeworthy. Is it since we understood a little more of the workings behind his public persona, I wonder?

Yeah, tell us about that, Ioan.........sheeeeeeeesh! :wall: :wall:

Re: Fan adventure
It's clear that family and friends of Ioans freaked out when he told them about it and that's why the story changed in his version. However, it's funny that he says he was an 'idiot' to invite them in, yet more recently he got into some stranger's car, was driven to a cash machine and then handed over $250! That's a lot more threatening than 2 middle aged female fans who just wanted to chat. I've never heard of the 250$ story :shock , but I agree that that if it is true (I hope it was exaggerated for effect reasons) that's far more threatening than letting two middle aged fans into his flat. BTW, can you imagine the response if someone did that now, especially if Alice answered the door! I think that gone are the days where fans could hope to be invited in, especially if AE answered the door. :sad :roll:

Exceptionally nice article about AG. Thanks Annee.

Isn't that a lovely article? Can't beat that,can you? Hope we'll see LOTS like that in the future.

Good interview there, annee! So Welshboy finally admits what we've known all along - that he's eccentric! Maybe he has more in common with his fans than he thinks! :wink:

Great find, Annee! I loved this interview.

What a wonderful article!! Thanks for posting!! I really do hope that a lot of people will buy or at least watch the movie!

Shipmate wrote: Wow, I hadn't ever heard about the episode of the $250 cash machine thing! WHEN did that happen?!! Boy, talk about a potentially dangerous situation, huh? Shipmate (and others), Ioan recounts the story in the Graham Norton show interviews. I viewed them on You Tube but I think someone posted them here in the forum. It happened when he was in LA for filming. he doesn't say which movie, but certainly before he had moved to live there. And yes, he admits it was very stupid. He comments that his friends told him that he'd been had! Susie D

YES!!!! or WORSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Obviously,just plain didn't have his thinking cap on that day!

Just naiive like a lot of us. As for the other stuff.......the fans who visited him. There will be truth in both accounts. I have read the interviews Ioan gave and his answers to the question. I suspect (and I'm just guessing) there is a certain amount of embarrasment on his part. He is, afterall, human and only afterwards was told by his family, his agent and probably the people at A & E that he was naiive and foolish. You must know how it feels when you have done something like that and you feel a bit silly and sick in the stomach and you hope against hope that everyone will forget it and move on. Honestly, I do feel a bit sorry for him because journos are still bringing it up in interviews! By the way...................re the embellished stories thing. You might be suprised to know that in Australia we love people who tell what we call "tall stories". It is a time-honored Aussie tradition. So when Ioan goes on TV and embellshes his stories we love it. We always know that there will be a small amount of truth in it and we really don't care cos it is so downright entertaining! Even Hubby enjoys watching them on You tube and the likes. To us it is endearing. And Ioan is a great story teller!! :applaud: If you're not sure what I mean, perhaps watch the movie "Big Fish" with Albert Finney and Ewan McGregor. An american movie about a man who tells wild stories all his life to his son. he is then dying and it is the story of how he and his son have to reconnect and how the son has to understand that there was always some truth in his Dad's stories. The consummate story teller! Anyway enough from me............here endeth the lesson!!!! :love: Susie

If you're not sure what I mean, perhaps watch the movie "Big Fish" with Albert Finney and Ewan McGregor. An american movie about a man who tells wild stories all his life to his son. he is then dying and it is the story of how he and his son have to reconnect and how the son has to understand that there was always some truth in his Dad's stories. The consummate story teller! Anyway enough from me............here endeth the lesson!!!! :love: Susie I absolutely love that movie, Susie. And I think you are quite accurate on what a good storyteller does. A storyteller, actor, entertainer will pay attention to how the audience reacts, if there is a lull they will either eliminate or reduce that part of their story in the re-telling and play up the areas that get the laugh or shriek of horror. It's not considered lying, it is, as you implied, entertainment. There is an element of truth, but did everything happen exactly as stated? Probably not, as most people would find a recitation of everything moment by moment kind of boring and the deathnell for an article or talk show.

re the embellished stories thing. You might be suprised to know that in Australia we love people who tell what we call "tall stories". It is a time-honored Aussie tradition. So when Ioan goes on TV and embellshes his stories we love it. We always know that there will be a small amount of truth in it and we really don't care cos it is so downright entertaining! Even Hubby enjoys watching them on You tube and the likes. To us it is endearing. And Ioan is a great story teller!! :applaud: No-one enjoys a great story-teller more than I do, Suzie, and I don't mind Ioan making the story 'bigger' than is. And he is good at telling stories, as we all know. But a good story teller will not talk about 'the fools' in his story while they are in the room, because than the story is no longer entertaining, but painfull. The way he does it by making his fans look like deranged idiots is what annoys me. We are all sitting 'in the room' when he tells his story, because his interviews travel all around. He is talking about real people here. People with emotions, who can get hurt and do not deserve to get hurt. I know that he doesn't seem to know/register/acknowledge that we are real, but I know I am. :cool: It could have been me, that he is talking about. I guess, because he such a 'computer-illeterate' he doesn't realise that his words travel all around the world in no time. Reminds me of what Jamie Bamber said in People magazine, and allthough he spoke of his looks, I think the same thing applies to actions and spoken words. "I'm aware that it (a scene where he works out or whatever) is going to cause miles and miles of Internet chats." I believe that Ioan is complete unaware of the impact of the Internet and how easy something he say in Australia travels to Europe, USA and everywhere else.

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