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En Ra Ha! Eddie Marsan As Britain’s Finest Male Actor

November 19th, 2008by Jett Loe · 9 Comments

Eddie Marsan and Sally Hawkins

Eddie Marsan

Eddie Marsan

Is Eddie Marsan the finest male cinema actor working in Britain today?  On the basis of Happy Go Lucky I’d say yes.

I was so impressed with him, and this film, that I actually called into an NPR show, (NPR!), that Mike Leigh was on in order to ask him a question, (I called under a false name of course…cause, really, it’s a bit fan boy innit?).

Go see Happy Go Lucky.  Really.

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9 responses so far.

  • 1 Tom // Nov 19, 2008 at 3:52 pm

    Gosh, didn't know Anthony LaPaglia was doing Leigh films nowadays..

  • 2 Nole Kennedy // Nov 23, 2008 at 7:58 am

    My wife and I went as saw this movie and were extremely impressed. What a great film.

  • 3 Burke // Jan 3, 2009 at 6:05 pm

    He gets my vote too, I just can't get his performance out of my head. I've seen it twice and I have to laugh out loud whenever I think about En Ra Ha. And so touchingly sad when he is rejected. And how about the flamenco dance teacher? Fab.

  • 4 jettloe // Jan 3, 2009 at 6:10 pm

    - yeah he's pretty good – can't tell you how much he brightened up my day when I was watching Hancock! :

  • 5 Burke // Jan 4, 2009 at 1:05 am

    He gets my vote too, I just can't get his performance out of my head. I've seen it twice and I have to laugh out loud whenever I think about En Ra Ha. And so touchingly sad when he is rejected. And how about the flamenco dance teacher? Fab.

  • 6 Jett Loe // Jan 4, 2009 at 1:10 am

    - yeah he's pretty good – can't tell you how much he brightened up my day when I was watching Hancock! :

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  • 8 Flange Coupler // Jun 29, 2010 at 10:27 am

    Yeah, excellent performance!

  • 9 Petero // Jun 29, 2010 at 11:22 am

    Great as Marsan was in “Happy,” he is even more fiercely brilliant in the BBC production of “Little Dorrit” by Chas. Dickens, also released in 2008.

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