Robbie Coltrane’s cause of death has been revealed.
20.10.2022 - 07:15 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Elaine C Smith has told how Robbie Coltrane ’s comedy genius laid the groundwork for Rab C Nesbitt.
The star was given her big break alongside the TV and cinema legend, who died last week, in BBC Scotland’s Laugh??? I Nearly Paid My Licence Fee, in 1984. She revealed Robbie’s hilarious parody of a ranting Glaswegian who confronted them on a city street was a clone of the character that would later make Gregor Fisher a household name.
Elaine also told how Robbie’s success has inspired a generation of Scottish comedians. Starring as alcoholic Rab C Nesbitt’s long-suffering wife Mary Doll, Elaine was struck by the similarities drawn from a character invented by Robbie.
She said: “One of the first things we did in 1984 was the Glasgow Song, which has been circulated on YouTube since Robbie died and it’s really made me smile to see it again. I remember the days when we were creating the show and there was a moment when some guy came up to complain about us filming on the street, which happened all the time in those days.
"We couldn’t make out much about what he was saying, as it was a rushed Glaswegian rant. Robbie had an eye and ear for things and started to impersonate the guy – he was a great mimic.
“He quickly adopted the guy’s behaviour into a character who basically jabbered away and whose only intelligible words were the swear words. He certainly shared a few personality traits with Rab C Nesbitt.”
Robbie’s critically acclaimed straight-acting role in Cracker came as no surprise to Elaine or anyone who worked with him in the Comedy Unit in Glasgow.
She said: “There was a great well of talent in Scotland but there wasn’t enough being made up here, so he was always going to go to London. He was so confident in himself and
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