Reading through all your stories of celebrities staying in hotels has reminded us of one of our favourite bits of transatlantic culture clash.
In the early 00s, Samuel L Jackson had an extended visit to London in which he stayed at the Sanderson Hotel for a month or so. During his time there, he became fascinated by British soap operas. Not because of the storylines, but “because they contain ugly people, especially EastEnders.”
Sam was particularly astonished by Phil Mitchell, who he insisted wouldn’t get the women he did if he was in America. |