Big thanks go to Damian’s pal Jonsel Gourkan for tweeting the lovely picture below and inspiring today’s post.
Spot a certain ginger among a bunch of young actors playing in a celebrity football tournament around, according to Jonsel, 1995/96. Both he and Damian were playing for Royal Shakespeare Company and it is clear from the tweet that the competition on the football field was real. Well, we all know Damian knows his footie, don’t we?
When myself and the suave chap known as Damian Lewis played for the @thersc way back when at a celeb football tournament. I assure you that no sonnets were recited when nutmegging a selection of ex-pro's 😂 #football #damianlewis pic.twitter.com/xLCAyr30r7
— Jonsel (@KarateKidJSG) January 30, 2019
So how about traveling back to mid 1990s today and talk about young Damian being as serious about theatre as he was about football? Continue reading “Throwback Thursday to Damian Lewis at the Royal Shakespeare Company”