Britt Ekland on The Wicker Man 50th Anniversary: An Empire Podcast Interview Special
The Empire Film Podcast
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The Wicomann turns 50 this year and to celebrate Studio Canal, are re-releasing the final cut version of Robin Hardy and Anthony Shafer's seminal folk horror movie remastered in glorious 4K. Of the major cast members, sadly Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Diane Cilento and Ingrid Pitt have all passed on, only the legendary Britt Eklund is still with us. She suffered the ignominy of being doubled not once but twice with her dialogue, Scottish accent and all, dubbed by Annie Ross and her body doubled,. one of the film's most famous scenes by a local exotic dancer. But as I discovered in this fun interview, Eklund now aged 80
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