Only just found this out.

by CaptainPugwash75

49 comments
  1. Did you know that Gary Oldman is younger than Gary Numan?

  2. yup, it was the eyes that gave it away for me initially.

  3. She was in Nil by mouth directed Gary oldman. Don’t think they acted together

  4. I did, but genuine thank you for the reminder. It’s such a fun fact.

  5. Poor Gary, he’ll never play a character as iconic as Mo Slater 😔

  6. Frank Skinner, on his radio show, had a segment called “Big Mo-ments” where you’d submit things you didn’t know that everyone else did. Named for exactly this.

  7. NO FUCKING WAY O_O

    Garry Oldman is one of the coolest guys to ever live. Could you actually imagine being his sibling. So cool.

  8. No, no idea. I’ve vaguely heard of Mo as a character, but never watched more than a couple of minutes of Eastenders so didn’t know she was related to one of the great actors. He is wonderfully repulsive in Slow Horses

  9. Did you know that if you Google image Gary Oldman, you shouldn’t forget the “R”

  10. Which means that Mo has – at various points – had as a sister-in-law, Uma Thurman and Isabella Rossellini!

  11. I’ll tell you who knew:

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  12. She took her name Laila Morse from an anagram of “mia sorella” suggested by Isabella Rossellini, Gary Oldman’s then partner.

  13. Not many people know that Sacha Baron-Cohen is actually the cousin of Simon Baron-Cohen, who is one of the most influential theorists ever in regards to autism and is currently a professor at the University Of Cambridge.

  14. Well smack my ass, and called me Charlie!

    No way hozay!

  15. I still refuse to accept Tim Vine and Jeremy Vine are brothers

  16. Her stage name “Laila Morse” is an anagram of “Mia Sorella”. This is Italian for My Sister, and was Maureen’s nickname from Isabella Rossellini, Gary’s ex-fiance.

    Maureen is her real name as well as her character’s name!

  17. Yes, and she stars as the mother of junkie Charlie Creed-Miles in the gritty 1997 film “Nil by mouth” the only full length film Oldman has directed, and has a 10 second cameo in.

    It’s decent, but horrible. Ray Winston is particularly good as a wife beating (Kathy Burke) alcoholic.

  18. I did. And yet every time I’m reminded it comes as a total surprise all over again.

  19. Yes, did you know that Michelle from Two Doors Down is James McAvoy sister?

  20. I hear this fact, I get surprised by this fact, I forget this fact

    This happens every 5 years

  21. Laila Morse – her stage name was suggested by Isabella Rossellini, it’s an anagram of ‘mia sorella’ which is ‘my sister’ in Italian.

  22. I did not know that. Why thank you for sharing!

  23. Yep, one of my old mates used to bang on all the time about how Gary Oldman was his cousin when it was actually once or twice removed.

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