We had a really good laugh and with all three of us at theatre school the work we got paid for each other's fees. I was at the Corona Academy (now the Ravenscourt Theatre School) with Ray Winstone and Mark Lester. There was a lot made in the press about the rivalry between Mark and I, but it didn't exist. Scrooge just wasn't the massive cinema hit they thought it would be. It was seen as poor imitation of Oliver. Had Oliver not come out at the same time it would have been a success but anyway, it was not the sort of world back then where you'd get one job on back of another.
