Don't Take These to Your Beautiful Laundrette
A pair of Daniel Day-Lewis' undies customized by the actor himself for a charity auction run by the UK Guardian. The paper's Simon Hattenstone writes: "Daniel Day-Lewis asked if it was OK to be rude. A few days later I received a pair with felt-tipped genitalia and 'Load of old bollocks' on them."
All of the pairs are currently up for auction on eBay
ANDY,
you saw "my beautiful laundrette"? wasn't it sexy? your a man after my own heart.
Posted by: nic | Mar 22, 2009 2:48:44 PM
The pants say "load of bollocks, old mate" and not "load of old bollocks, mate".
I want them.
Posted by: MoHoHawaii | Mar 22, 2009 2:58:10 PM
sorry, that should be "you're".
Posted by: nic | Mar 22, 2009 3:00:29 PM
I will never forget the eroticism of this movie. It was my first gay movie with people I could identify with.
The "Champagne Kiss" is still in my repertoire! Oh shit! I totally pretend I invented that with new dates! Doh!
Posted by: Derek Washington | Mar 22, 2009 3:10:45 PM
I haven't seen that movie for a long time, and I had totally forgotten about the "Champagne Kiss". Tonight may be a good night for some champagne.
Posted by: Mike in the Tundra | Mar 22, 2009 3:50:09 PM
I became such a fan with the double whammy of My Beautiful Laundrette & A Room With A View in the same season. It was hard to believe it was the same actor.
Is it wrong that I want to bid on them?
Posted by: Stephen | Mar 22, 2009 4:51:57 PM
MohoHawaii: Unlikely; DDL is a Brit and "a load of old bollocks" is a standard expression here that means "a load of crap" - we almost never say "old mate" besides.
Posted by: Ste | Mar 22, 2009 7:10:25 PM
If only he had worn them!
Posted by: Jeff Atwood | Mar 22, 2009 8:31:30 PM
@ Jeff Atwood,
It says they're his, so he probably has.
Posted by: Wheezy | Mar 22, 2009 11:02:37 PM
Ah, the Champagne Kiss! What a wonderful moment. The intimacy of that scene had me twisting in my seat the first time I saw it. One of the most romantic scenes ever. Sigh.
Posted by: soulbrotha | Mar 23, 2009 8:16:12 AM