![]() Not anymore! The girls are changing, but you never mess with them! I remember that, when someone offered him drugs, he would barely answer, completely doped: "I don’t want it, I don’t feel good."Īsked whether Debbie Harry (Blondie) is still the sexiest rocker to him, as he once said, Parsons responds with a laugh: He was like an old granny, and only twenty years old. At the time I hung out with Sid Vicious he was a hard heroin addict, barely able to lift his head. His house was always full of uninvited guests, and from time to time Blondie, Sid Vicious or Iggy Pop used to "ring" him, and Iggy Pop, according to Parsons’ words, was usually inquiring whether there were some drugs for him. His life changed from the roots after writing the first novel "The Kids", thanks to which he got a job in one of the most popular British music magazine NME.Īccording to his own testimony, he was a kid of 22 years who knew all that was needed about the punk movement, and the ace up his sleeve was that, unlike other candidates who have sent the criticism of the last concert of Pink Floyd, he sent - his novel.įor "only six guilders" a week he moved to a famous place of debauchery, Roseberry Gardens, where punkers and bohemians gathered. In the end it turned out that I might have learned more at school than in the factory considering what the working hours were and how much I had to work. I thought I would gain more life experience by working in a gin factory in Islington from eight o'clock in the evening until eight o'clock in the morning, than at the University. I was a kid, and I got out of school immediately when they left the gate open – tells Parsons with a smile. His son, we learn, did the same a little bit later. In fact, the rule was: "Do not ever hit a woman, and when a man hits you, hit him back twice" - corrects us Parsons.Īt the age of 16 he left school. At that time, he heard an unwritten family rule for the first time: "Do not ever hit a woman and do not let be hit by a man." As the son of a former marine who was awarded Medal for outstanding service during the Second World War, Tony says that it was quite natural that for his fourth birthday he got a punching bag and boxing gloves from his father. Tony was born in London's East End above the grocer’s, where his father was selling fruit and vegetables. Whoever is familiar with the sketch of his exciting life knows what we're talking about. "This is the real Tony", it came to our mind, "the man led by ideas". I had to show to the world that I am capable of something like that - says Parsons, adding that after two years of thinking he invested all of his life savings and future pension and sat down to write without a contract. ![]() I realized what an accomplishment is to get into literature with such a figure. As soon as I got home, I started reading this book and upon closing the covers I had only one idea on my mind - to create the similar hero myself. I thought to myself: " Man, what a jump! From "American beauty" to "James Bond"! He explained to me that his idea was to present Bond as he experienced him reading Fleming when he was 12 years old. We were sitting, sipping wine, and at one moment he revealed to me that he was doing a movie about James Bond. I was at the screening organized by Sam Mendes. But now it’s decided.Printskrin: YouTube/LetterboxView's channel “Would you like me to come to the carpet with no shirt?” he said, getting plenty of cheers. Pop,” as the moderator referred to him, also was asked by reporters if he was planning on showing off his signature look by not wearing a shirt to the red-carpet gala later on Thursday night. I have wine with dinner, and that’s about it.” He added: “All can say is I don’t drug up anymore. “For me, the best is a very good wine, but weed is OK for most people.” “The drugs - everybody should just drop that shit,” said Pop. ![]() He also was asked about his take on drug use now at the age of 69. “I would go from feeling very aggressive to breaking out in laughter.” “I was on acid in more than several of the clips in the movie when I was young,” said Pop. He spoke about his memories from the wild shows they performed in the ‘ 60s and ‘ 70s. “I saw the film for the first time last night and it really hit me, ‘Oh, Christ, I’m a product of those times,'” said Pop, whose real name is James Newell Osterberg Jr. Belarus Filmmakers in Exile Launch Independent Film Academy ![]()
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