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The Scotsman Simon Pia's Festival Diary Nice to meet a star who really knows the score Duty calls, but still we’re not happy. Having to head off to the Film Festival gala premičre of Enigma and miss the Hibs v Rangers game on television is a bit much. We didn’t even know the score, but succour was at hand.Who should be skipping up the steps to the reception with us, but Stevie "Dougray" Scott and co-star Kate Winslet? "Stevie, what was the Hibs score?" "It was 2-2, man, but we blew it. We should have gubbed them." "Who scored?" "Tam McManus and Orman. Brilliant goal. But Luna should have finished them off at the end." Still, we agreed it was another moral victory over the forces of darkness and Dougray had already started celebrating by the looks of it. Kate did not seem amused and was even more bemused when we complimented her on her lighter. "It’s just a cheap, green one." She seemed relieved when Saffron Burrows arrived as there was no-one else there yet, except for us. Saffron was with her man, Mike Figgis, and kept stroking his ear. That must be why his hair stands on end. Meanwhile, the Scott clan turned up in numbers for their boy "Stevie", all the way from, as Variety in Hollywood quaintly puts it "the post industrial wastelands of Fifeshire, the small town of Glenrothes". Which is just "a ba’ heer awa, ya hoor sur ... fae Lumphinnans". Have we not said this is Fife’s year at the Fest? Meanwhile, we were left to ponder an enigma with Dougray. Why have Hibs not won the cup since 1902? You can take the boy out to Hollywood, but you can’t take Hibs out the boy ©2001 Scotsman |
