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856.0. "'tis always the way" by TOLKIN::OROURKE () Wed Jan 23 1991 12:23

    
    
    Richard Harris comments on British Headlines
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    Irish-born actor Richard harris, who definately has the gift of gab,
    vividly recalls his return to London in 1963 after collecting the best
    actor award for This Sporting Life at the Cannes Film Festival.
    
    "British Actor Wins Major Award," read a banner headline in a London
    newspaper.
    
    A few nights later, after a drinking binge with buddies Richard Burton
    and Peter O'Toole escalated into a fight, the same newspaper appeared
    with the headline: "Irish Actor in Brawl."
    
    "That's the way it's always been," Harris said in a recent interview to 
    promote The Field.
    
    "Whenever I do something great, I'm British.  But whenever I do
    something wrong, I'm Irish.  Well, let me tell you something, if they
    call be British after this firm, I'm going to sue that newspaper."
    
    Harris stars as obsessive Irishman Bull McCabe in The Field, about the
    plight of a farmer who fights for a small piece of land an American
    wants to develop.