Alec Newman
Alec Newman Trivia
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Trivia
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In 1995, Alec won the Jubilee Trophy, an award for stage combat.
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Alec's favourite tv show is a Scottish show called Chewin' the Fat.
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In February and March 2007, Alec performed on stage at "The Young Vic". He played the role of Courtine in Soldier's Fortune, a Restoration comedy directed by David Lan.
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Alec had not read any of the Dune books before playing the main character, Paul Atreides, in the Dune miniseries.
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Alec's father, Sandy Newman, was a member of Marmalade, a seventies rock group from Scotland.
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His favourite novel is Cervantes' Don Quixote.
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Alec played Paul Atreides aka Muad'Dib in the TV Mini Series Dune and Children of Dune.
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Quotes
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(about playing Detective Inspector Jim Buchan in "Reichenbach Falls") Alec: My only problem making this film is that Buchan is a heavy smoker, but I kicked the habit two years ago.
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Alec: The biggest influence on my career was a footballer called Kenny Dalglish. Because of him, I thought I wanted to become a footballer.
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(on being Scottish and living in Los Angeles) Alec: At the end of the day if Scotland are playing football there's only one team I will be shouting for!
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Alec: I have a really bad desire to play Macbeth.
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(on having to fight Matt Keeslar in "Dune") Alec: I went to the gym every day, I was terrified I'd look fat.
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