‘I spat in Sean Connery’s face 16 times’: Ron Perlman on making The Name of the Rose

'I spat in Sean Connery's face 16 times': Ron Perlman on creating The Name of the Rose

'When the spitting scene proved impossible, Sean pulled me aside and said: "Ron, unless you actually spit in my face, we'll be stuck here forever." So I finally did it – and then had to repeat it over and over again'

I came across an article about an intriguing book that received rave reviews in Italy, a whodunit set in the Middle Ages involving monks battling over a fictional lost section of Aristotle's Poetics. I thought: "This is right up my alley." Ever since I was young, I've been captivated by medieval and religious architecture, and Aristotle's Poetics remains my favourite piece of literature. Continue reading...