Category: Derek Jacobi

‘I want to hit 100’: Derek Jacobi on Aids, ageing and failing to boil an egg

by The Guardian | May 22, 2026 | Culture, Derek Jacobi, Film, Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud, Stage, Television, Television & radio, The Guardian, William Shakespeare | 0 |

The giant of stage and screen is 87 and still hates looking in the mirror. At home with his husband, he talks about weeping, sleeping with Daniel Craig, terrifying directors and the joys of white wine and a napDerek Jacobi is...

Rebel Wilson: ‘I always wanted to be like Judi Dench. But people like laughing at me’

by The Guardian | Jun 5, 2025 | Culture, Derek Jacobi, Film, Ian McKellen, Judi Dench, Pitch Perfect 2, Rebel Wilson, The Guardian | 0 |

The actor on plans for a new Pitch Perfect, pretending to lick Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi’s ‘fun grandpa vibe’What’s been the most fun you’ve had on set? FrNthOldPitch Perfect, because it felt like theatre camp. We came...