Out-of-this-world Scots actor said no ta to audition for Alien movie

THIS week’s Icon, the actor Bill Paterson, appears to have appeared in almost everything. He has a guid Scots voice, not “och aye the noo”, nor yet inarticulate footballer; not at all elocuted but ...

Out-of-this-world Scots actor Bill said no thanks to audition for Alien blockbuster

THEN, in 1979, as intimated earlier, he made a booboo, pooh-poohing an invitation to audition for a role in Hollywood blockbuster Alien. “Nobody will watch this,” he thought. He has called it the ...