It’s hard to believe that had the
painter J M W Turner been playing the who-would-you-want-to-play-you-in-a-movie
game he would have picked Timothy Spall. Turner’s self portrait shows he had a
very different view of himself. The Mike Leigh directed pic is about to start
shooting in the UK and Italy.
Images: Top left, Turner’s self portrait and right, actor
Timothy Spall
