Richard E Grant has taken to amusing himself and his fans on Twitter while in government-mandated quarantine by quoting iconic lines of his dissolute character from 1987 black comedy Withnail and I.
The 64-year-old actor, who was caught by new red travel list restrictions when travelling back from South Africa, where he was visiting his elderly mother, had previously taken to social media to reveal the ‘grim’ conditions of his supposedly four-star quarantine hotel.
On Sunday night though, his mood was a little lighter as he shared a quick video clip of himself performing one of out-of-work actor Withnail’s most celebrated lines.
Whispering to the camera, Richard quoted: ‘Alright, this is the plan. We get in there and get wrecked, then we eat a pork pie, then we drop a couple of Surmontil-50s each.
‘That means we’ll miss out Monday but come up smiling on Tuesday morning.’
Raising his eyebrows at the end of the video, the Everybody Loves Jamie star shared his impromptu performance with the caption: ‘Channelling Bruce Robinson’s Withnail to guide me through ten days in quarantine.’