{"id":1065,"date":"2010-01-06T15:04:09","date_gmt":"2010-01-06T15:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ofah.webhostingireland.ie\/blog\/?p=1065"},"modified":"2019-09-14T14:53:39","modified_gmt":"2019-09-14T13:53:39","slug":"only-fools-success-great-actors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/only-fools-success-great-actors\/","title":{"rendered":"Only Fools Success &#8211; Great actors"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"d7386eeb5bdcd2f43c1295b58ceaf130\" data-index=\"3\" style=\"float: right; margin:5px 0 5px 5px;\">\n<amp-auto-ads type=\"adsense\"\r\n              data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1609637348681190\">\r\n<\/amp-auto-ads>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Only Fools Success &#8211; Great actors<\/h2>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Jim Broadbent\" longdesc=\"http:\/\/ofah.net\/longdescription.asp?imagename=jim-broadbent.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/ofah.net\/images\/jim-broadbent.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Jim Broadbent\" hspace=\"10\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\" align=\"right\" \/>There is a  lot of writing around at the moment and Jim Broadbent is the reason why.<\/h3>\n<p>For a long time David Jason has been considered as one of Britiains finest  actors. Joining him\u00a0at the moment has to be Jim Broadbent known to many in only  fools as &#8220;Slater&#8221; or Raquels original husband.<\/p>\n<p>Jim Broadbent is in the latest <strong>Indiana Jones<\/strong> movie. He has  just recently received some great reviews for his part in <strong>When Did You  Last See Your Father<\/strong>, which he is joined by fellow Brit actor Colin  Firth. He is also working on <strong>Harry Potter<\/strong> and the  <strong>Half-Blood Prince<\/strong>, this will also help to elevate his  status.<\/p><div class=\"d7386eeb5bdcd2f43c1295b58ceaf130\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:5px 0 5px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ofah2-response -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1609637348681190\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5593259115\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<div>Jim Broadbent has been on the acting scene for years and first appeared on  our screens\u00a0in Only Fools and Horses as\u00a0Detective Chief Inspector Roy Slater in  the Series 3 episode : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/\"><strong>May the Force be with  you from Only Fools <\/strong><\/a>, where D.I. Slater (The Slag) is on the track of a stolen  microwave oven &amp; Delboy is in the frame. Still Del knows who did it, so Del  pulls off a classic deal with Roy.<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20091110165630\/http:\/\/www.ofah.net:80\/immediacy-113\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"jim broadbent\" longdesc=\"http:\/\/ofah.net\/longdescription.asp?imagename=slaterinterview.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/ofah.net\/images\/slaterinterview.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"jim broadbent\" hspace=\"10\" width=\"105\" height=\"174\" align=\"right\" \/>Take a  look at our interview with Jim Broadbent here<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Jim Broadbent played a great part and John Sullivan soon decided to bring  him back. Ironically Jim was shortlisted to play Del Boy before David Jason was  finally chosen.\u00a0Back in these early eighties sitcom episodes\u00a0who would of  thought that he would end up becoming one of the UK&#8217;s best actors, as well as an  Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. His acting seems to be effortless compared to  many of America&#8217;s best.<\/div>\n<div>Jim Broadbent is just one of many British actors enjoying success in  Hollywood. Colin Firth is another along with James McAvoy, Ray Winstone as well  as a host more.\u00a0Some critics worry that Britain is being left behind when it  comes to making movies, we have some of the greatest actors in the world, but  they have to go to America to get the best part. Well done Jim on another  milestone since fools and Horses.<\/div>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/only-fools-success-great-actors\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"125\" src=\"\" class=\"alignright wp-post-image tfe\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><p>Only Fools Success &#8211; Great actors There is a lot of writing around at the moment and Jim Broadbent is the reason why. For a long time David Jason has been considered as one of Britiains finest actors. Joining him\u00a0at the moment has to be Jim Broadbent known to many in only fools as &#8220;Slater&#8221; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[48,67,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-characters","category-news","category-only-fools-and-horses"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Only Fools Success - Great actors<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Only Fools Success - Great actors There is a lot of writing around at the moment and Jim Broadbent is the reason why. 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