Somebody asked about ‘surprising connections between global superstars and UK-only celebrities’ – 23 highly unlikely links

13.

‘Kim Hartman – Private Helga Geerhart from ‘Allo ‘Allo – is the aunt of Christopher and Jonathan Nolan.’
–JasterBobaMereel

14.

‘The classic is Martine McCutcheon being the bridesmaid at Liza Minelli’s and David Guest’s wedding.’
–klymers

15.

‘When I was a teenager I worked in a luxury hotel. It was an old castle you could rent out. We had one group the owners were really excited about and we were told to keep it secret.

Billy Connolly, Jeremy Irons, Twiggy and their families were all staying together for a week at the castle. There was an author as well but teenage me didn’t recognise them. They all seemed lovely.’
–LettusLeafus

16.

‘Eunice Huthart, the winner of season 3 of UK Gladiators in 1994 – who went on to come back to the show as the gladiator Blaze – is godmother to Shiloh Jolie-Pitt, Brangelina’s firstborn.

After her Gladiators career she became a stuntwoman, including doubling for Famke Jansen in Goldeneye and Angelina Jolie in the Tomb Raider movies (hence the godparenting thing). She is still working in stunts, and was recently stunt coordinator on Ryan Gosling’s Project Hail Mary.’
–Bubbly_Safety8791

17.

‘Steve Coogan had a brief fling with Courtney Love, who has described it as ‘one of my great shames.”
–pecuchet

18.

‘Alice Cooper used to play golf with Ronnie Corbett.’
–smith9447

19.

‘Eric Clapton and Davina McCall always crosses my brain as a mental couple.’
–RevolutionarySeat890

20.

‘I only found out today that Ant Anstead from Wheeler Dealers has been in a relationship with Renée Zellweger for a few years.’
–PerfectWasteOfTime

21.

‘Pedro Pascal being very close friends with Russel Tovey and Robert Diament is always a bit crazy to me as they’re always the dude from History Boys and the guy who runs the art gallery in Margate to me.’
–poodleflange

22.

‘I’m sure I remember Paul O’Grady saying he was close friends with P!nk.’
–ellasfella68

23.

‘It doesn’t happen that much anymore, but cheap British character actors appearing in Hollywood movies with scenes filmed in Pinewood are a pleasure. I always wondered whether David Lynch kept in touch with Pauline Quirke after he directed her in The Elephant Man…’
–joshii87

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