Ian Dury Fun Facts, Quotes and Tweets

25^th June 2010

Quote: "The Christmas dinner scene, when he spikes his wife's new lover's dinner with hash. That really happened; that came from Baxter. There's a letter on screen that Ian writes to (his daughter) Jemima; that's the actual letter he wrote to her. They went to the lockup where they put all his costumes and stuff and brought it all out for the film." Andy Serkis had a lot of help from Ian Dury's son Baxter and the Dury family as he prepared to play the late punk icon in biopic Sex & Drugs & Rock 'n' Roll.

24^th June 2010

Quote: "I actually had the chance to meet him in the mid-'90s. The meeting wasn't great, I have to say. He was very much out of order. He didn't suffer fools, put it that way, and he'd had a few to drink. But I was very glad, when I got to play the role, that I'd seen that side of him." Lord Of The Rings star Andy Serkis on his less than friendly meeting with punk icon Ian Dury, who he plays in biopic Sex & Drugs & Rock 'n' Roll.

23^rd April 2009

Fact: Ray Winstone and Olivia Williams have joined the cast of the upcoming Ian Dury biopic, in which Lord Of The Rings star Andy Serkis will play the late British punk. Naomie Harris will play Dury's girlfriend and Winstone will portray his father in Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll, which will also feature Pirates of the Caribbean star Mackenzie Crook.

24^th March 2009

Fact: Bosses at clothing company Worn Free are paying tribute to late British rocker Ian Dury by creating a run of limited edition T-shirts ahead of the ninth anniversary of his death. The Worn Free line will feature reprinted shirts the star wore throughout his life and proceeds will go to his favourite charity. Each shirt comes with a photo of the Blockheads frontman wearing the item. Dury lost his battle with liver cancer on 27 March, 2000.

9^th June 2006

Fact: THE OFFICE star Martin Freeman will hit the stage with the late Ian Dury's legendary band THE BLOCKHEADS at London venue The 100 Club tonight (09JUN06) - where he will sing the group's anthem SEX AND DRUGS AND ROCK AND ROLL.

9^th June 2006

Fact: THE OFFICE star Martin Freeman will hit the stage with the late Ian Dury's legendary band THE BLOCKHEADS at London venue The 100 Club tonight (09JUN06) - where he will sing the group's anthem SEX AND DRUGS AND ROCK AND ROLL.