'Crop circle counsellor' to Prince Charles, Mark Rylance also makes a superb BFG

By Stephanie Bunbury
Updated June 23 2016 - 3:23pm, first published June 22 2016 - 2:14pm
<i>The BFG</i> stars Mark Rylance as the muddle-worded friendly giant. Photo: Disney
<i>The BFG</i> stars Mark Rylance as the muddle-worded friendly giant. Photo: Disney
<i>The BFG</i> is directed by Steven Spielberg and based on Roald Dahl's beloved classic. Photo: Storyteller Distributuion Co
<i>The BFG</i> is directed by Steven Spielberg and based on Roald Dahl's beloved classic. Photo: Storyteller Distributuion Co

Fortunately, Mark Rylance raises the crop circle question himself. I've been reading in old interviews about his fervent interest in this phenomenon where flattened circles of grain crops are left overnight in English fields, supposedly by gluten-fixated aliens. It's the kind of thing usually discussed by bulging-eyed old acidheads at rural music festivals, not Oscar-winning Shakespearean actors, so it's hard to construct a question about it that doesn't imply that he must be a bit barking. Anyway, it comes up when Rylance mentions, just by the way, his ongoing correspondence with Prince Charles.

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