In the second part of his interview with Sean McCarthy, Malcolm McDowell talks about working with legendary directors like Stanley Kubrick and Tinto Brass on classic films such as Iff..., O Lucky Man!, A Clockwork Orange and Caligula.

Malcolm McDowell is now 61, and can boast a body of work that includes some of the greatest films of all time, directed by a parade of the finest to ever stand behind the cameras and shout 'Action!'. Yet Malcolm McDowell remains calm, charming, and very giving of his time to those of us who have so many more questions to ask.

Throughout our chat Malcolm breaks into various characters and uncanny impersonations of his old acting and directing friends and colleagues. But throughout, Malcolm remains... Malcolm.

Sean: You acted in three directed by your colleague, the late Lindsay Anderson: If..., O Lucky Man! and Britannia Hospital. What was it about the way he directed that saw you both work together so often? Describe the chemistry between you both?

Malcolm: Of course there was great chemistry, and I liked him very much as a person, and I suppose he liked me. We just got on very well, and was a mentor to me. I was very young, I was 24 when he cast me to star in If..., and I was sort of a 'young' 24 I think – I wasn't very worldly. Lindsay really taught me the ropes, and he gave me great insight into the film business. We became colleagues then; we wrote O Lucky Man! with David Sherwin – myself and Lindsay – we really all made a contribution to that script. It's actually my favourite film of all of them.

The full article is printed in Film Ireland 104.