![]() I remember him setting up sprint cars in our hotel room, so we could do some racing in our suite! He was a lot of fun – and very committed to being present. He would just do it first to make sure it was safe enough. And if I wanted to do something a bit wild – jump off the balcony into the pool, for example – he wouldn’t say no. He was the one that got down on the floor and played with the kids. But I had a wonderful relationship with my father he was very much the ‘fun dad’. At home, he wasn’t ‘on’ all the time, as you have to be on camera. But he also had an introverted side, which people might not have been as aware of. Gigi : You know, my father was a very complex individual. The Edge : And would you say that was true of him in his personal life as well? What was your relationship like? A lot of actors don’t read with other actors – they make the script supervisor or somebody else do it. Gigi : This is true – and he really was generous. ![]() And presumably, characteristics that are really valuable in an actor – to put people at ease, to be giving, and even to act as a guide or a mentor… The Edge : Those are wonderful qualities. I think I would choose ‘fatherly’ as the third word, because apart from my own relationship with him, I think a lot of people also related to him as a father figure. He was also extremely generous – sometimes to a fault. He was always doing some kind of comedy schtick. Yes, my father was very witty, very funny. The first word that comes to my mind is witty. ![]() The Edge : If you had to describe your father in three words, what would they be? ![]()
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