I have recently been reading an interview with Lewis taken as he prepares to bow out of his role as Bodie and the final episode of The Professionals was being filmed. I love to imagine what he says in this part of the interview and how they both felt on giving up the characters that we love so much.
SO, HOW DID HE FEEL ON THIS RATHER SAD OCCASION
"Numb, and a bit relieved to tell the truth. I've nothing against The Professionals but we've been doing nothing else for the past four years and it feels like five or more now.
Martin and i had a serious talk the other day - we don't often talk too seriously you know - and we realised we've shared a lot of laughs and had quite a few touching moments too. It may have been a difficult four years in many ways but that didn't have anything to do with my companions" (Lewis Collins)
SO, HOW DID HE FEEL ON THIS RATHER SAD OCCASION
"Numb, and a bit relieved to tell the truth. I've nothing against The Professionals but we've been doing nothing else for the past four years and it feels like five or more now.
Martin and i had a serious talk the other day - we don't often talk too seriously you know - and we realised we've shared a lot of laughs and had quite a few touching moments too. It may have been a difficult four years in many ways but that didn't have anything to do with my companions" (Lewis Collins)
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you are very welcome and i'm glad that you like the picture.
I love this picture also and yes there does come a time when the actor has to move on but i'm glad that he remembered the good times to.
Thank you for this likeable picture. Love the last sentence of the interview.
You are very welcome regards to the photo and the last sentence is beautiful isn't it.
I love this image of him and the quote.It's good to know that the good times and the laughs were remembered as well as all the hard work.
You are very welcome as to the photo and i'm glad that you enjoyed the interview.
Thank you!
Edited at 2018-01-12 10:46 am (UTC)
I love how much he remembered all the good times as well as all the hard work that they both put in to making The Professionals.
Thank you for sharing this! :D
I'm glad that you like the pic of Lewis and i am glad that he enjoyed remembering the good times as well as the hard work that was required from both of them.
Thank you for posting!
yes it's good to know that they did manage to become friends, especially over dinner as well.
You are very welcome, i'm glad that you enjoyed the interview, i love the thought of the ending between them, how they left as friends.
I always think it's sad that they didn't enjoy making it as much as we loved watching it.
But it's good that even then they recognised how much laughter there had been
Edited at 2018-02-25 05:33 pm (UTC)
It is lovely to remember the good times too.
Edited at 2018-02-25 05:41 pm (UTC)
It can't have been a peasant experience no matter how much they were getting paid, you can see why neither signed back on.
I hadn't heard about the heart palpitations, they really should have taken better care of them.
Yes, he has often said how much the filming took out of him at the end of the day.
And it wasn't as if he wasn't fit.