By Joseph Martinez -
Malcolm McDowell, star of Stanley
Kubrick's classic "A Clockwork Orange", was honored with the 2,465th
star, outside Hollywood Boulevard's British pub The Pig n' Whistle, on
Friday March 16, 2012. He posed with his wife Kelley and their son
Beckett, as the plaque was unveiled to the media and well-wishing fans
from around the country.
Among the ceremony's highlights were
Gary Oldman heartfelt speech that paid tribute to his friend Malcolm
McDowell, hailing the star for inspiring him to take up acting. The
Harry Potter star revealed, "It was like the lights went on in my life,
in much the same way that John Lennon saw Elvis on screen and said
'That's a good job, I'd like to do that for a living'. I saw Malcolm in
this film and I thought, 'This is what I want to do'."
During his
acceptance speech, Malcolm McDowell told the crowd, "For a lad that
grew up in Liverpool (England), Hollywood was this notion of everything
that was incredible in the movies, and Hollywood has meant so much to
the rest of the world - we take it, because we live in LA, sort of for
granted."
The British pub that overlooks the star, The Pig n'
Whistle, has named a special drink in McDowell's honor called The
Clockwork Orange. (photos: © 2012 Joe Martinez / Picturelux)
Malcolm McDowell Trivia per IMDB.com:
- His first wife, Margot Bennett, was Keir Dullea's ex-wife. Keir was the main character in Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), while McDowell was the main character in Kubrick's next film, A Clockwork Orange (1971).
- Has said that his favorite actor of all time is James Cagney.
- Has appeared in three different films involving time travel: Time After Time (1979), Star Trek: Generations (1994) and Just Visiting (2001).
- His performance as Alex DeLarge in A Clockwork Orange (1971) was ranked 100 on the list of the "100 Greatest Film Performances of All Time".
- As he wanted to get into the SAG, he took his mother's maiden name McDowell because there was another British actor called Malcolm Taylor.
What to Watch:
- A Clockwork Orange, 1971
- Caligula, 1979
- Time After Time, 1979
- Star Trek: Generations, 1994
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