Ray Winstone has taken up labouring work as the Sexy Beast star enjoys the simple life at his home in Sicily amid the Hollywood writers' strike.
The Cockney actor, 66, has also finally quit smoking after 44 years on what he calls the “oilies” – oily rag being rhyming slang for 'fag' or cigarette.
He started smoking after marrying wife Elaine, now 63, in 1979, while working on the film Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains alongside Sex Pistol Steve Jones and Paul Simonon of The Clash.
