Then you get into it, especially if you start talking about football, fighting and Muhammad Ali. Then the ladies get very bored and start delivering ultimatums.

He was forced to leave the set of the Channel 4 television discussion programme After Dark after arriving drunk and attempting to kiss feminist writer Kate Millett uttering the memorable phrase "Give us a kiss big tits". His next project with Ken Russell a film version of Women in Love was first released during the same year in which he wrestled naked with Alan Bates in front of a log fire. The film was released after his death with some footage filmed with a double digitally mixed with outtake footage.

Robert Oliver Reed (13 February 1938 – 2 May 1999) was an English actor known for his burly screen presence. Reed exemplified his real-life macho image in "tough guy" roles. At the peak of his career in 1971 British exhibitors voted Reed one of the most popular stars at the box office (5th).