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Stephen Fry:
Does anyone remember - there's a wonderful line in that film, "The Agony and the Ecstasy," which is where Charlton Heston plays Michelangelo, and Rex Harrison plays--
Alan Davies:
Charlton Heston played Michelangelo? The effete Italian homosexual?
Stephen Fry:
Yes, that's the one, he was not effete--
Alan Davies:
Played by the president of the gun club?
Stephen Fry:
He was athletic! He was an athletic Italian homosexual!
Alan Davies:
I thought he was a wussy one!
Stephen Fry:
He may well have preferred man-on-man action, that doesn't mean he was a bleeding fairy! He was butch, like me!
Alan Davies:
When I say "wussy one" I don't mean he was, that he was gay, I mean, he was a bit of a...[makes limp wrist actions]
Stephen Fry:
No, you've got it the other way round.
Alan Davies:
I thought Da Vinci was the hard case, and...
Stephen Fry:
No, Michelangelo was an animal. He was physical...
Alan Davies:
Michelangelo was! He never washed, he stank.
Stephen Fry:
Very strong, a big beard...but he preferred to take it up the carriageway, so there we are.
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