Guests of REEDing the web

July 2003 guests...

URL: My website features quite a few images of him in The Assassination Bureau at http://www.studio69.org/emmapeel/bureau.html

Comments:
Good to see that there is a site out there for Ollie. I came to notice him through The Assassination Bureau (watching it for my favourite actress Diana Rigg) and thought he was utterly beautiful. I haven't seen much of his work since.

Thanks again for the website!!

Name: Gary Taylor

Country: England

Fave Films: The Curse of the Werewolf, Oliver, Gadiator.

Fave Site Item: The people who put the page together as well as ALL the people who take the time to mail and give their thoughts on Oliver.

Comments:
I just wish I could have gone for a FEW drinks with him, and asked him lots of questions!

Name: Sheila Ward

Comments:
OLIVER REED IS A GOD . I WOULD LIKE TO DEICATE THIS TO OLIVER REED, WHO I HAVE ADMIRED AND LOVED + SEXY SINCE I SEEN THE FILM OLIVER !, I HAVE FOLLOWED HIS LIFE EVER SINCE, HE WAS THE MASTER !!!! FAVOURITE ONES ARE OLIVER!, HANIBAL BROOKS, GLADIATOR AND THE REST. NEVER FORGET, I WILL BE NAMING MY FIRST MALE TO BE BORN AS OLIVER, IN HIS MERMORY........LOVE U ALWAYS OLIVER, U WERE THE BEST.

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Name: Linda Henson

Country: USA

Fave Films: Still researching! I'd say The Three and Four Musketeers will be hard to beat!

Fave Site Item: This site is great. Appreciated all the info. Will be back!

Comments:
Obviously I'm coming on board with comments rather late in the scheme of things. I've been a "closet" admirer of Oliver Reed for years, initially mesmerized by the mysteriously charismatic Bill Sikes.

Was he a chauvinist? Was he eccentric? Was he controversial? Was he charismatic? Was there a sensitive & reflective side? Most definitely to all the aforementioned. But, there was also an intense and immensely gifted actor who seemed to put 110% into his performances regardless of whether or not critics approved.

As I understood it, he was a committed professional, having quite a respectable work ethic, despite his extra curricular activities. It seemed to me that he lived his life on "his" terms, regardless of what the rest of the world thought and I admired him for that! He seemed committed to getting as much out of this life as he could...and it appears that he made every attempt to do so.

How many of us can make that same claim? Did he have issues? Yeah, well, don't we all? (Fortunately for most of us,we're not under the constant scrutiny of the press).

He also seemed approachable and most definitely genuine! I truly admire & respect high-profile personalities that are so. Despite his eccentricities, I'd say he was an actor who was, overall, "well grounded" and worked at staying that way. The same certainly cannot be said for "many" others in his profession.

I wish I'd met him, just to be in the presence of that kind of sensitivity, charisma, intensity and gusto. I think he would've drank a toast to this classic t-shirt saying..."Drink in Moderation, Eat Right, Exercise -- Die Anyway!"

What a void that has been left....Hope all's well for you Ollie,wherever you are!