Ray Winstone has shared that he has a long-standing feud with one of Hollywood’s most iconic actors, as he admitted that he wanted to “knock him out” if he was younger
British acting legend Ray Winstone has candidly revealed his desire to “knock out” a Hollywood icon after the star was “rude” towards his wife.
Ray, who has become a cherished figure in British cinema, boasts an impressive CV with standout performances in Sexy Beast, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and the more recent King of Thieves.
Alongside a slew of high-profile awards, Ray’s illustrious career has allowed him to rub shoulders with some of the most esteemed actors in the industry.
Yet, on a recent instalment of the Things We Like podcast hosted by Eamonn Holmes and Paul Coyte, the 68-year-old did not hold back when discussing his disdain for Jack Nicholson.
Ray has previously mentioned his lack of rapport with The Shining actor, but he elaborated on the reasons during the podcast: “We just didn’t get on, you know. I just found him… Listen, he’s getting older, and maybe he has lots of things going on with him. I didn’t like him.”
He continued: “I thought he was so far up his own a*s, it was unbelievable. And, you know, he was very rude – he was very rude to me; he was rude to my wife.
“If he had been a younger man, I definitely would have knocked him out, you know.”
This isn’t the first occasion Ray has expressed his less-than-favourable opinions about Jack.
Back in 2014, at a BAFTA Life in Pictures event following their collaboration in the A-list ensemble cast of The Departed, Ray aired his dissatisfaction with Jack Nicholson, bluntly stating that they “didn’t get on too well.”
Jack may have come under fire from Ray’s comments., but the 88-year-old Hollywood legend has previously been praised by other stars. Morgan Freeman fondly remembered working with him in The Bucket List (2007), as he expressed to IMDb: “I think we all have a private bucket list. It may not be written down, but I’m constantly checking them off. I just checked off Jack Nicholson. Every day was a holiday because I’ve been praying at the temple of Jack ever since Five Easy Pieces.”
Jack’s illustrious career includes roles in some of cinema’s most definitive classics, including The Shining, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, and Broadcast News.
