Withnail & I 30th anniversary: Richard E Grant and Bruce Robinson on the cult comedy

The star and director of the cult comedy, about two unemployed actors who swap their squalid lives in London for a “holiday” in the Lake District, talk about making the film. Withnail & I, which starred Grant as Withnail and Paul McGann as his companion, was released 30 years ago this year.

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