As they were passing a hat round for money ... The period that followed saw directors develop an idea of a “Bob Hoskins type”, with the result that the work was sometimes patchier.

Hoskins did not have a good time playing the ... "I went to this one do where I got talking to a very county lady with a big hat and there was this weasel in her hat with a big pr--k!" ...

Bob Hoskins was hailed as the original tough guy ... In those days we just passed round the hat,'' he recalled. ''I had a wife and kid to support on that, and so I wasn’t going to say no to ...