Donald Sutherland hated smoking so much that he once wore a gas mask to a party
nme.comKeira Knightley has opened up about filming Pride And Prejudice with Donald Sutherland, and revealed one of his biggest pet peeves.Sutherland, who played Mr.
Bennet in the 2005 adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel, died last week at the age of 88 following a long illness.Knightley played Elizabeth in the film, one of the five daughters of Sutherland’s character.
In a contribution to The Guardian’s tribute to the late veteran actor, Knightley spoke about her first impressions of him, and their experience together on set.The 39-year-old actor explained how Sutherland was vehemently against smoking, and how he had a “clause in his contract that no one was allowed to smoke anywhere near him.”“Most of the rest of the cast were in their late teens and early 20s, all chugging away,” she added.“We used to manically wash our hands and spray ourselves with perfume after, so he wouldn’t know.
He’d sniff the air as soon as he came on set and we’d all nervously shuffle about.“At some point during filming, he came to a party we all had in a gas mask so we could all smoke.
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