Ray Winstone slams 'rude' star he wanted to 'knock out' as he reignites feud
Ray Winstone reignited a huge Hollywood feud.The actor, 68, branded fellow star Jack Nicholson"rude" and slammed him for being "up his own a***" 20 years after the pair's initial falling out.
The Quadrophenia actor starred alongside Jack in the Oscar-winning flick The Departed in 2006. However, despite the film's huge success, the two stars did not see eye-to-eye during production.
And now, almost two decades on, it's clear Ray's thoughts of the 88-year-old icon haven't changed. He blurted out his thoughts in an open chat with Eamonn Holmes and Paul Coyte's podcast Things We Like with Eamonn & Paul.
After Eamonn bluntly asked him for his thoughts on his fellow actor, Ray admitted the pair's issues. " We just didn't get on," he said.
"I just found him... Listen, he's getting older, and maybe there are a lot of things going on with him. I didn't like him, I thought he was so far up his own a*** it was unbelievable. And he was very rude. "
Ray went on: "He was very rude to me, he was rude to my wife, if he had been a younger man, I'd have definitely knocked him out."
And after he admitted he is "brilliant at what he does," he said he "can't make an excuse for him". "y grandfather was an old man, but he was a gentleman. He was a lovely man.
"So f*** him, basically. Really. Why should I say I like him? I don't. You ask me the question, you get the answer."
Ray and Jack worked alongside each other in the film directed by Martin Scorsese. While Ray took on the role of mob handyman Arnold 'Frenchie' French, Jack was the mob boss.
Speaking of their fall out back in 2014, Ray confessed: "Me and Jack did not seem to get on too well. Maybe he was going through a funny time." Saying they "didn't click," he continued: "'Everyone else loves him to death – I just wanted him to be a great guy. We just did not click."
He later also told The Independent he wasn't a fan of arrogance, but confessed: "He's not the first person I've clashed with. He won't be the last."
While Ray's thoughts on the actor are clear, others have been more full of praise for The Shining star. Morgan Freeman previously fondly remembered working with him in The Bucket List (2007).
Talking to IMDb, he said: "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."
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