If Lenny Henry ruled the world -
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Lenny Henry, the shrunken head in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, talks about if he ruled the world
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Thanks to Wizardnews
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Comedian and actor Lenny Henry was born in Dudley, West Midlands on August 29, 1958. He was one of seven children, and was educated at Bluecoats School where he gained seven CSEs. Thanks to advice and support from his loved ones and science teacher James Brooks, Lenny made an early bid for stardom and won New Faces at the tender age of 16 thanks to his comedy routine and impressions.
He made his sitcom debut in 1976 in The Fosters and has worked continuously since then, appearing in gag-laden shows such as Tiswas, Three Of A Kind, Lenny Henry Tonite, and Chef!, as well as more serious offerings, including Alive and Kicking, White Goods, and Hope and Glory.
He is now back delivering punchlines in The Lenny Henry Show which concludes on Friday, and he can be currently heard at cinemas nationwide as the voice of a shrunken head in the blockbusting Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Lenny has been married to popular comedienne Dawn French, 46, for 20 years and they have an adopted 12-year-old daughter called Billie.
IF YOU RULED THE WORLD...
Q. WHAT WOULD BE YOUR FIRST ACT AS RULER?
“Try and get them to drop the Third World debt. It seems strange that an African child can be born owing the Western economy money. We should just drop the debt.”
Q. WHO WOULD BE YOUR MOST TRUSTED ADVISER?
“I’d have a few – I’d work with Nelson Mandela (retire, schmetire) and Bono. Kevin Cahill and Richard Curtis are good people to have in your corner too. Also Yoda from Star Wars – because he knows everything , pretty much , Yoda does... Do you see what I did there?”
Q. WHO WOULD YOU BANISH?
“Probably the guy who made that ’F*** you, you ho, I don’t want you back’ record. Do I really need this kid swearing at me all day? It would be quite good to banish bigots, murderers , rapists and paedophiles. I’d round up the usual suspects.”
Q. WOULD YOU BE A DICTATOR OR A BENEVOLENT LEADER?
“I hope I’d be a benevolent leader. Although if I didn’t have my own parking space I’d be pretty miffed.”
Q. WHO WOULD YOU SINGLE OUT FOR A KNIGHTHOOD AND WHY?
“I’m not sure I’d have knighthoods. Maybe I’d work out a big one-off cash payment in readies, like Jim Bowen on Bullseye. ’There you go son , put that in your pocket –that’s safe’.”
Q. WHO WOULD YOU SEND TO THE TOWER/PUT IN THE STOCKS?
“Robert Kilroy-Silk because it’d be funny.”
Q. WHICH LAW WOULD YOU ABOLISH?
“Stop and search. Enough already – have just cause and the right documentation or leave people alone.”
Q. WHICH LAW WOULD YOU INTRODUCE?
“The law that says I get to snog Halle Berry once or twice a day whenever I feel like it.”
Q. WHICH BUILDING WOULD YOU DEMOLISH AND WHY?
“The Trocadero in London. It’s ugly.”
Q. WHICH RULER/MONARCH DO YOU MOST ADMIRE OR HAVE MOST IN COMMON WITH?
“The singer Prince – because he’s ’Fonk-ay’.”
Q. IF YOU COULD CHANGE THE NATIONAL ANTHEM FOR ANOTHER PIECE OF MUSIC, WHAT WOULD IT BE AND WHY?
“I’d probably change it for Eric B’s I Know You Got Soul because you wouldn’t begrudge standing up then. You’d have to get up to get down!”
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