>Cushing had a variety of interests outside acting, including collecting and battling model soldiers, of which he owned over five thousand. He hand-painted many and used the Little Wars rule set by H. G. Wells for miniature wargaming. He also loved games and practical jokes, and enjoyed drawing and painting watercolours, the latter of which he did especially often in his later years.
>Cushing was known among his colleagues for his gentle and gentlemanly demeanour, as well as his professionalism and rigorous preparation as an actor He once said that he learned his parts "from cover to cover" before filming began. His co-stars and colleagues often spoke of his politeness, charm, old-fashioned manners and sense of humour
>In 1971 Cushing's wife died of emphysema. Cushing often said he felt his life had ended when hers did,and he was so crushed that when his first autobiography was published in 1986, it made no mention of his life after her death
>While he was in Southampton he met an 18 year old fellow actor Doreen Lawrence and they were engaged to be married. Lawrence broke off the engagement citing his frequent crying and bringing his parents on dates
>In his autobiography, Cushing implies that he attempted suicide on the night of his wife's death by running up and down stairs in the vain hope that it would induce a heart attack. He later stated that this had simply been a hysterical response borne out of grief, and that he had not purposely attempted to end his life; a poem left by Helen had implored him not to die until he had lived his life to the full.
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He was great. He was great in everything he ever played in.
Too bad he didn't live to see Warhammer.
>muh outer space elves
he had real wars to pretend fight
Little Wars is based and Warhammer is now for homosexuals. Age of Sigmar is pozzed shit and every edition of 40k after 5th has been increasingly written by people who don’t understand playtesting, rule interactions or what makes a game balanced and fun.
I dumped warhammer when it became obvious you had to buy a $100 supplement every few months just to keep up with the lore/gameplay.
What an awful company they’ve become (and they were never good).
you know they're free on /tg/ right
They’re not even worth stealing any more. The games are just a confusing sludge now because the company wants people fielding $600 of models per game instead of $300, so there’s no sense of the importance of maneuver or positioning.
Buying Warhammer stocks (or whatever is the main company called) 4 years ago would have been better than buying Bitcoin.
Ah, I see, NOW it is. It definitely wasn’t before. It was a serious hobby for serious people.
>bringing his parents on dates
based Cushing
loki should paly him in a biopic
or at least a movie of him and alec guiness and saruman and their roles in WWI
Good man. Cushing and Lee were one of a kind.
D-don't forget me!
>did the zoomies to get rid of his grief
Why are normalgays like this?
>emphysema
dumb frick roasthole shouldn't have been smoking
>model soldiers, of which he owned over five thousand
autism
>pathologising normal interests and hobbies
What empty lives zoomers lead.
In 1972, he was quoted in the Radio Times as having said, "Since Helen passed on I can't find anything; the heart, quite simply, has gone out of everything. Time is interminable, the loneliness is almost unbearable and the only thing that keeps me going is the knowledge that my dear Helen and I will be reunited again some day. To join Helen is my only ambition. You have my permission to publish that ... really, you know, dear boy, it's all just killing time. Please say that."
He'd go watch cartoons at the theater with Lee and they'd ring each other up and do Sylvester and Tweety Bird impressions to each other.
>not posting the video of his minis
>prefers Napoleonics
>Cushing himself was not a particular fan of horror or science fiction films, but he tended to choose roles not based on whether he enjoyed them, but whether he felt his audience would enjoy him in them.
It's so weird nowadays to hear of an actor who just does his best to entertain his audience and they're always the first thing on his mind. They're all so entitled and combative with the audience now, it's annoying.
You just know Tarkin had a GAR miniature collection which he played against Tagge's homosexual xeno army.
On second thought Tagge is an imperial guard player.
too bad he's mainly remembered for a bit part in star wars
I don't think he minded.
>Cushing was extremely pleased with the final film, and he claimed his only disappointment was that Tarkin was killed and could not appear in the subsequent sequels. The film gave Cushing the highest amount of visibility of his entire career, and helped inspire younger audiences to watch his older films.
I think Tarkin is the only star wars character to die and stay dead
Funny enough my original Snoke theory was that he was Tarkin after surviving the Death Star. It wouldn’t have surprised me.
he sounds like a better person than me, devoid of any cynicism
Better than obi wan who was seething that anyone liked star wars
He was also extremely abusive to him wife and hated fans. Guinness was a real piece of shit.
Man the more I read about him the more he sounds like he was just the complete polar opposite of bitter old Alec Guinness.
>Cushing has claimed that Lucas originally approached him to play the Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, and only decided to cast him as Tarkin instead after the two met each other. Cushing said he would have preferred to play Kenobi rather than Tarkin, but could not have done so because he was to be filming other movie roles when Star Wars was shooting, and Tarkin's scenes took less time to film than those of the larger Kenobi role. Although not a particular fan of science fiction, Cushing accepted the part because he believed his audience would love Star Wars and enjoy seeing him in the film.
This Black person got a 18yo girlfriend when he was old and he brought his parents to their dates and frequently cried too?
Man you wasted that precious Hebe
adorable Grandpa Cushing