Denholm Spurr is utterly candid about his roller-coaster life experiences and how his work on film and stage has mirrored them.I first saw Denholm Spurr perform in the cramped upstairs studio theatre at the Old Red Lion in Islington.
He was playing a young and frenetically energetic Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet. And he now tells me when we meet in Soho some years later that his performance was more than likely drug-fuelled.It’s the kind of candid comment Denholm excels in.
He’s part of a new generation of actors who are not afraid of their sexuality or their life experiences and often find it populates their work.Denholm told me: “ Not pretending not to be gay affected my career – I probably lost some work.