What are some of Peter's favorite things?
Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens? Erm, no... Sound
of Music aside, here are some of his favorite things...
Actors
Richard Burton, Kevin Costner, Richard Griffiths, Al Pacino, James
Spader. John Travolta was Peter's teenage idol.
Directors
Robert Altman, Oliver Stone
Films
When asked if he could choose any role in cinematic history to
play, what would he choose, Peter said Han Solo in Star Wars.
- American Beauty
- The Big Chill
- Field of Dreams
- Glengarry Glen Ross
- Short Cuts
- The Spy Who Came In From The Cold
- Toy Story
Flashback for Methos
Ancient Egypt with a beautiful actress playing Cleopatra!
Books
Start your own Peter Wingfield Book Club!
- Sharpe series by Bernard Cornwell
- Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
- The Alchemist by Paul Coelho
- Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby (fiction about being an Arsenal
Football Club fan, which Peter is)
- Hi-Fidelity by Nick Hornby
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series by Douglas
Adams
- poetry by Dylan Thomas
- Peter has also mentioned reading A Brief History of Time
by Stephen Hawking, though he didn't say it was a favorite!
Words
"Succulent" and "fecund" (and his least favorite
word is "no").
Curse word
"Bollocks"
Music
But does he dance to these?
Phil Collins, Everything but the Girl, Manic Street Preachers,
George Michael, Oasis, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Paul Simon, Sting,
The Worry Dolls plus Queen, Bruce Springsteen (just like Methos...),
the Jim Byrnes Band and... the King's Singers??? You know, the people
who sing "Lollipops, lollipops, ooo, lolli-lollipops"?
Peter admits that it's the most embarrassing record he has!
Peter says that putting on Paul Simon's Graceland album
stops Edan from crying! Actually, "Lollipops" is kind
of cute. Maybe he can play it for Edan too...
Sounds
His son Edan's laugh and... the applause of a large crowd!
(Cheeky git!)
Animal
Cats. All sorts but especially tigers and cheetahs.
Sports
London's Arsenal Football Club is his favorite team. As for playing
sports, Peter has trampolined, pole vaulted, sailed, parachuted,
ran marathons, played tennis and football (that's soccer in North
America), and snowboarded.
Brand of beer
Brains Dark, brewed locally in Cardiff, Wales.
Toppings on pizza
Anchovies, red peppers, parma ham.
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