This week we welcome Britt Ekland to the Reader Interview chair, to celebrate the 50th-anniversary re-release of British folk horror classic The Wicker Man. So … what to know, and what to ask? There’s her other famous films: as showgirl Rachel Schpitendavel in The Night They Raided Minsky’s in 1968, Anna to Michael Caine’s Get Carter in 1971, alongside Roger Moore’s 007 as Mary Goodnight in 1974’s The Man with the Golden Gun, and as real-life socialite/prostitute Mariella Novotny in 1989’s Profumo affair drama Scandal.
As well as all that, Ekland has done panto (Cinderella in Swindon in 2007); starred on Swedish reality TV show Stjärnorna på Slotted (aka Stars at the Castle – admit it, you’re a fan) and I’m a Celebrity in 2010 (booted out fourth, since you ask). More recently she turned up on season 4 of the BBC’s The Real Marigold Hotel in 2020.
And, of course, there are her high-profile relationships: she married Peter Sellers in 1964 (and was subsequently portrayed by Charlize Theron in 2004’s The Life and Death of Peter Sellers) and inspired Rod Stewart to write Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright) during their time together.
Plenty to mull over this weekend then, as you post your best questions by 6pm this bank holiday Monday May 1, ready for when we all go back to work on Tuesday. (Alarm call for 10am interview with Britt please!)
• The Wicker Man: Final Cut is released on 21 June in UK cinemas and on home entertainment on 4 September.
