Which actor/actress were you surprised to discover is hugely connected?

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Kate Hudson - my god i had no idea her mum is Goldie Hawn

Just finished season 2 of Running Point (really good)

Tippi Hedren is Dakota Johnson’s Grandmother.

That makes sense as they were both known for their unique, trend setting hairstyles.

The grunge rabbit hole is a very interesting one to go down as well.

Especially Courtney love and Fave Ghrol family connections to government/CIA, Geffen records all being connected.

Re: Danny Dyer, it was the same when he "wrote" a column for Zoo magazine. I know someone who worked there and he said DD would ring up, spew a load of ex-rated anecdotes down the phone, then a poor junior staffer would have to try to cobble it into a printable column.

That’s the same with a few celebrities.

A friend of mine worked for (I think) New or maybe it was Closer, when Kerry Katona “wrote” one for them. Did she fuck!

Moving away from acting a bit, but would Stella McCartney have managed to persuade Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell AND Yasmin Le Bon to walk in her graduation fashion show at Central St. Martin's had she been the daughter of a teacher or accountant?

All credit to her for putting in the hard work, and clearly people won't buy her clothes just because of her family connections. But let's not pretend they weren't a massive help to her career.

Her mum is an actor too. Plus the Fox dynasty goes back further in history - see her Who Do You Think You Are

Another one that surprised me is Guy Ritchie - his mother is Lady somebody, and he went to private school.
I always thought he was working class because of his movies, but definitely not!

Louis Theroux is the son of the great American travel writer Paul Theroux.
Louis is also cousin to actor Justin Theroux, who was previously married to Jennifer Aniston.

Colin Firth went to comprehensive school and had no actors in his family (until his younger brother Jonathan followed him into the biz). His family were not working class though and, honestly, it is increasingly rare to find non-private school educated actors. In the UK certainly.

I fucking hate it when they pretend to be working class, like it’s some sort of a badge of honour, instead of an absolute ballache that holds you back in life.

The late (and great) Tallulah Bankhead’s father was a very prominent politician, he became the speaker of the House of Representatives.

Most definitely not!

I think his posh background was a major part of why Madonna married him. Quite a few Americans are fascinated by the English upper classes. Remember that cringey faux posh accent she affected during their marriage?

I was amazed that Emilia Jones who was totally brilliant in Task, was not only not American but was Aled Jones' daughter. It was a great series and she was the stand out actor in it.

I know for 100% certain that Charlie Higson wrote his own books - to pp who asked.

Kate Winslett has been in the media recently for denying helping her own kids get acting / scriptwriting jobs and claiming that they got them all on their own merits with nobody in the industry having a clue that she was their mum 🤣🤣🤣

Oh wow- I did not know Oliver Hudson was Kate’s brother!!!!!!

Oh my goodness!

I didn’t know that.

Louis Theroux also attended Westminster School, a very elite public school.

The only person this works for is Nic Cage. Afaik he always hid being a Coppola.

Do you know what, if I was her, I would have 100% helped my children out.

But I would have been honest about it for gods sake. Did she really think people would buy it? How many scripts are sent to agents each day and we are supposed to belive that her son is so incredibly talented that his, out of hundreds that week was picked up?

Pull the other one Kate.

Someone mentioned ghostwriters, can’t be bothered to find the post. But I’d be astonished if Richard did and also Graham definitely doesn’t.

I’ve always known he was a Coppola.

Re: Kate Winslitt, I don’t think she was from a showbiz family?

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