Sir David Jason has revealed that he was left helpless as a British comedy legend stole his lines unapologetically. The Only Fools and Horses legend, 84, has shared the incident in his new memoir, This Time Next Year. He revealed that at the start of his career, the beloved late actor Terry Scott, who appeared in seven of the Carry On films, took advantage of being the big star when they first filmed together in the 1960s.
David explained: "I got a small role in a sitcom that Terry was starring in with Hugh Lloyd, [called] Hugh and I. "[It was] - a small role, I might add, which got even smaller after Terry noticed that one of my lines was quite funny, and after a quiet word with the director, got the line switched to him. Addressing why he didn't protest the move, he said: "For this wet behind the ears performer, who was still cautiously making his way into the business and in no position to complain, that was quite an eye-opening moment.
" However, sometime after Sir David had more footing in the industry, the pair worked together again and things were decidedly different. "In the 1980s, when I'd now made more of a name for myself, fate brought Terry and me back together again on Danger Mouse..
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"Both of us were older and wiser by then, but Terry struck me as far more relaxed than I remembered him from our initial encounters, and we got on very well during those sessions. No line poaching - just a lot of laughter." Terry died in July of 1994, aged 67.
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