Sam Frears has a rare condition and wasn't expected to live beyond five. Now 40, he's an actor, an avid rock climber and an inspiration to his family and friends. By Simon Hattenstone
Mary-Kay Wilmers is determined to plug the book she has written about her family of Russian baddies; notably Leonid Eitingon, who hired Trotsky's assassin. Sod Sam, and his illness, and all this mother-son relationship yuck, she says, can't we get something worthwhile out of this?
"People always talk about Sam," she complains. Earlier this year My Friend Sam, a Storyville documentary about her son, was shown on BBC Four. Now an ebook has been written about him. Perhaps it was inevitable. After all, Mary-Kay runs the prestigious London Review of Books, while his father, Stephen Frears, is a leading film director whose work includes The Queen, The Grifters, Dangerous Liaisons and My Beautiful Laundrette.
Sam was born 40 years ago,...
Mary-Kay Wilmers is determined to plug the book she has written about her family of Russian baddies; notably Leonid Eitingon, who hired Trotsky's assassin. Sod Sam, and his illness, and all this mother-son relationship yuck, she says, can't we get something worthwhile out of this?
"People always talk about Sam," she complains. Earlier this year My Friend Sam, a Storyville documentary about her son, was shown on BBC Four. Now an ebook has been written about him. Perhaps it was inevitable. After all, Mary-Kay runs the prestigious London Review of Books, while his father, Stephen Frears, is a leading film director whose work includes The Queen, The Grifters, Dangerous Liaisons and My Beautiful Laundrette.
Sam was born 40 years ago,...
- 7/6/2012
- by Simon Hattenstone
- The Guardian - Film News
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