US EditionDanny Dyer says death of beloved mentor sent him into ‘spiral of madness’
- Danny Dyer, a 47-year-old actor, said the death of his mentor Harold Pinter in 2008 sent him into a 'spiral of madness'.
- Their close relationship began when Nobel Prize-winning playwright Pinter cast Dyer in his 2000 play Celebration, first staged at London's Almeida Theatre.
- Dyer stayed at Pinter's house, where he learned about authors like WH Auden and CS Lewis, and later recalled struggling during a New York performance in 2001 after drug use.
- Dyer described feeling so bad about letting Pinter down that Pinter reassured him, but Dyer said he did not hear of Pinter's death until seeing it in a newspaper.
- Dyer has been working on a play about his connection with Pinter and recounted his turbulent years following the playwright's death during an interview on the BBC Radio 4 program Desert Island Discs.
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‘Rivals’ Actor Danny Dyer Says Harold Pinter’s Death Triggered Him Into “Spiral Of Madness”
Rivals actor Danny Dyer says the death of his mentor and champion, Nobel prize-winning playwright Harold Pinter, caused him to suffer a “spiral of madness.” Dyer, a longtime familiar face on British TV and film and freshly appreciated for his role in Disney’s Rivals, told the BBC’s Desert Island Discs radio show that he hadn’t […]
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Danny Dyer shares his guilt after death of mentor Harold Pinter sent him into 'spiral of madness' - The Mirror
The former EastEnders actor said he was 'lost' and 'angry at the world' after the Nobel Prize-winning playwright died in 2008. He expressed his guilt and how he was a 'bit of a lost soul' and 'angry at the world'
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