He was pretty slimy.

He had this inhalation of breath, which was so creepy.

I did this funny little laugh with a slimy giggle.

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People watch it several times a week there are weekly parties!

Its funny because I dont know the film that well.

Ive seen it a couple of times in my life, but I havent watched it for many years.

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This one time I was at someones house and they put the film on.

Everybody was mouthing the words and looking at me.

I had no recollection of ever saying those things.

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Geri Halliwell had seen me playHamlet.

That was the reason they wanted me to be in their film.

I wanted to get T-shirts that said, Ginger Spice saw my Hamlet.

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I did back-to-back films with Stanley Kubrick and the Spice Girls.

That film hasnt aged.

Kids still watch it.

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Its a lovely thing to be a part of peoples lives.

Young people in bars come up to me.

Im like, ‘What is this going to be about now?

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And all of sudden theyre like, Oh, youre Floop!

I was a magical part of their childhood.

I thought that was a positive thing.

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I had nothing to compare it to, and nothing to live up to in my mind.

I really had no idea.

Thats all anyone remembers of me, which is quite a shocking thing.

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That was the apex of my character arc."

I really enjoyed him but Im quite sanguine about these things.

Everyone has an obsession in America to run things into the ground rather than just allowing them to end.

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Im glad it ended the way it did.

The good thing is they let me do a lot of Scottish ad-libbing.

Theres a Scottish word I gave him numpty.

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Its very old and hardly anyone ever uses it.

So Gutsy Smirf calls everyone numpty.

I brought back numpty to the lexicon.

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He played a white rabbit.

It was me, Mel Brooks, and Jewel together, at last.

You cant pass up an opportunity like that.

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I think Lisa is a genius.

So she asked me if I wanted to be in it and I said yes.

I called to say I liked it.

I guess its always nice to say you like things.

Id love to be inStar Wars.

And he kicks ass!