Clare on role that made her
Fans of Gregory’s Girl will have lost count of the number of times they have watched the film. But Clare only watched it in full for the first time three years ago.
“I had seen the first 10 minutes hundreds of times at various screenings I’d attended, but had never sat through the entire film before,” she explained.
“It’s quite common among actors not to watch ourselves on screen, but the BFI in London were doing a special screening a few years ago and I thought it might be my last chance to see it on a big screen.
“My daughter Ellie came with me, so we watched it for the first time together. John Gordon Sinclair was there as well with his daughters – who had never seen it either – and Dee Hepburn was there with her kids, too.
“Gordon’s daughters and Ellie laughed a lot, they really enjoyed it.
“It was quite a magical experience and I was pleasantly surprised. Obviously I’m biased, but I enjoyed it and I also enjoyed the reaction from the audience – I probably enjoyed that more than anything.
“I haven’t heard any talk about plans to mark the 40th anniversary. We did a nice one for the 30th at the Glasgow Film Theatre and we all thought afterwards that there isn’t much more any of us can say about the film, but who knows what might happen.”