HENDRY TOOK HIS CUE FROM TV GREATS
SNOOKER ace Stephen Hendry says he learned to play the game by copying stars on the telly.
The seven-time world champ, who is making a comeback after nine years of retirement, revealed he didn’t have a proper coach until he was an established player.
Hendry, 52, said: “In the beginning, I learned everything from watching TV and trying to do the shots – watching the likes of Jimmy White and Steve Davis.
“I wanted to learn their games. I didn’t have a coach until later on in my career.”
Speaking on The High Performance Podcast, Hendry said he practised on his own at a club as a teenager. He added: “My dad would drop me off at 10 in the morning.
“I’d stay until six with an hour for lunch and I’d practise on my own seven days a week.”
Ahmed thinks the world needs films more than ever.
The Oscar nominee, 38, said: “At this moment, when we’re in such a divided society, there’s so many political divisions and political problems and actually we’ve lost faith in our politics.
“A lot of us are looking to stories to heal us and give us a story that we belong.”
Riz’s role as a drummer who loses his hearing in Sound Of Metal has made
SOUND OF METAL him a frontrunner for Best Actor.
The London-born star said: “With our film, knowing it was connecting through trying to remedy the representations of the deaf community, I’ve found that very animating.”
STARRING: Riz Ahmed, Olivia Cooke WHERE TO WATCH: Amazon Prime Video