Guy Pearce has paid a moving tribute to Terence Stamp, who died on Sunday aged 87, calling the legendary English actor ‘an inspiration’.
Pearce, 57, co-starred with the London-born Stamp alongside Hugo Weaving in the Australian-made hit from 1994, The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert.
Speaking on X on Monday, Pearce remembered his old colleague fondly, referring to him by his nickname.
‘Fairwell dear Tel,’ began Pearce. ‘You were a true inspiration, both in & out of heels. We’ll always have Kings Canyon, Kings Road & F’ing ABBA. Wishing you well on your way.’
He signed the message, ‘Ralph!’, and added four kisses and three love heart emojis.
Weaving, Pearce and Stamp all won great acclaim for Priscilla, a musical comedy, which saw the straight actors play ‘drag queens’ who stage a travelling show centred on them lip synching to famed pop hits.
Guy Pearce (pictured) has paid a moving tribute to Terence Stamp, who died on Sunday aged 87, calling the legendary English actor ‘an inspiration’
Pearce, 57, (left) co-starred with London-born Stamp (centre) alongside Hugo Weaving (right) in the Australian-made hit from 1994, The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Stamp’s role in the film, as a transgender woman, was singled out as one of his best in a career that spanned five decades.
To contemporary audiences, he was likely best known for his role as General Zod in the ‘Superman’ and ‘Superman II’ movies.
But in the 1960s, Stamp was considered one of the biggest names of the era, winning the coveted Best Actor prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1965 for his role as a crazed stalker in The Collector.
The son of a tugboat stoker, Stamp was born in 1938 in London’s East End.
Considered bright and highly intelligent, Stamp went into advertising after leaving school and later won a scholarship to study drama.
He shared a flat with another young London actor, Michael Caine, and landed the lead role in the 1962 adaptation of ‘Billy Budd’, a story of brutality in the British navy in the 18th century.
That role earned him an Academy Award nomination and filled him with pride.
Celebrated for his dashing good looks, he became a favourite of London’s tabloids after dating the famed actress Julie Christie.
Weaving, Pearce and Stamp won great acclaim for Priscilla. Pictured: A scene from the film
The pair came to epitomise the ‘Swinging London’ of the ’60s and were immortalised in a hit song by Brit band The Kinks in the song ‘Waterloo Sunset’, released in 1967.
That same year, Stamp and Christie teamed up for the film Far From The Madding Crowd.
At one point, he was favoured to play James Bond, but after Sean Connery won the part, Stamp started working in Europe.
Stamp dropped out of the limelight and studied yoga in India before landing his most high-profile role – as General Zod, the megalomaniacal leader of the Kryptonians, in ‘Superman’ in 1978 and its sequel in 1980.
He went on to appear in a string of other films, including a highly acclaimed performance in The Hit in 1984. A few years later, he made an impact as a ruthless financier in Oliver Stone’s hit film Wall Street (1987).
He also starred in Poor Cow (1967). Some scenes from this gritty drama were later used in the highly acclaimed crime drama The Limey (1999), directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Steven Soderbergh.
In 2002, Stamp married for the first time at the age of 64 – to Elizabeth O’Rourke, a pharmacist, who was 35 years his junior. They divorced in 2008.
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