Christopher Plummer Dies At 91

[Music] heartbreakingly tender heartwarmingly timeless christopher plummer's role is captain von trapp in the sound of music not only made him a star it made him a legend i'm very grateful to the sound of music in making me well known for start and able to choose projects rather than ask for them but he was never fond of the sound of music which he often referred to as that movie christopher described the musical as being sentimental and gooey but he always seemed content on stage begin his career in the 1950s christopher acted on broadway and with ontario's famed stage company the stratford festival both of which he would often return to throughout his career the first time you saw your name up in lights it wasn't big enough christopher made his big screen debut in 1958's stage struck you want me to write you an exit speech well it's much too early in the morning for that while he would go on to build an illustrious film career it wasn't until his 2010 role as a gay father beginners that he won an academy award if andy wasn't going to be monogamous why should i be winning at age 82 christopher was the oldest oscar winner in history it's a sort of general acceptance of your work so it is it's thrilling more recently christopher was nominated for a golden globe and an academy award for his work in all the money in the world a surprising nod considering he was a last-minute replacement for scandal play kevin spacey i said yes thank you very much i'll take the risk always candid christopher admitted in his 2008 memoir in spite of myself that he was wildly promiscuous in his younger days yes you have to be the bad guy to be interesting that's what we all thought but it all changed when christopher married his third wife elaine in 1970. we're never in each other's hair occasionally we have a you know knock down fight but it's usually so theatrical that we break up laughing and say oh my god oh that was over the top but christopher's connection with his only child amanda was a little more complicated admitting that he was an absentee father in his daughter's formative years christopher eventually built a bond with amanda later in life when i got to know her it wasn't an obsessive parent it was just a new a new friend and so we treated ourselves like friends which is actually terrific as for his relationship with acting you could say it was a lifelong bond we don't retire in our business we either die on the stage or in front of a camera i hope i'm properly made up the time look as young and and rosario-like as i won't want to be you

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Length: 3min 11sec (191 seconds)

Published: Fri Feb 05 2021