MK Shrimper
Striker
Under no circumstances do I believe it was said with real malice & intent. He's just playing upto the typecast character. Which will be the exact reason the magazine brought him in, to give these kind of ridiculous answers. You can't blame him for that. What would you do MK? You're in a situation, where you've been typecast as a "hard man". A magazine comes along & offers you money, to continue that hard man persona into the "advice" column. With a wife & 3 kids at home, would you say No?
Come on mate, There's a massive difference between critiquing someone's acting ability & mocking the way they speak. If Kermode got a slap over it, he'd fully deserve it. Its not DD being the immature idiot. He hasnt mocked the way Kermode speaks? DD had admitted in various interviews, most of his films are naff & he took the role, just for the money. But that doesn't give a jumped up keyboard warrior, like Kermode, reason to attack DD on a personal level.
I just don't understand this idea that because you're behind a keyboard (or in Kermode's case, behind a microphone), then you've got free reign to mock, ridicule & antagonise complete strangers
Excuses excuses. Plenty of actors have been typecast as the hardman - Ray Winstone for example. I don't ever remember reading that he gave advice to someone to cut someone up. He crossed a line, even if he meant it or not (which as a father, I sincerely hope not). Danny - engage brain before opening mouth, especially in ther public arena and the age of Twitter.
And as for Kermode - Dyer always says he wants to be know as a serious actor - so hey, why not say no to the next thug/hardman role that comes up and play SOMETHING ELSE. Maybe you'd get a bit of respect instead of the mysonogystic crap you're easy drawn to like "Pimp".