Saying ‘no’ to Donald Sutherland was the start of a beautiful friendship
From our UK edition
I’d only been working for a few months as a researcher on the Observer’s magazine. One late evening, the deputy editor rushed over to me in the open plan office. I’d been working on a project and didn’t want to go home. ‘Look’ he said, ‘the actor Donald Sutherland is in town to promote his latest film.' ( I can’t remember its name). ‘Have you heard of him.’ I nodded. ‘We forgot to get anyone to go and none of the features writers are free. Would you like to try your hand at an interview?’ I told him that I wasn’t going to have sex with him. He looked at me seriously and then burst out laughing He paused. ‘Look he can be very difficult.
