oliver reed was in a crash
he named jardins sous la pluie by french composer claude debussy as his favourite track and when asked what book and inanimate luxury item he would take with him on a desert island reed chose winniethepooh by english author a
 he says he was contemplating quitting acting when nicolas roeg cast him in castaway 1986 as the middleaged gerald kingsland who advertises for a wife played by amanda donohoe to live on a desert island with him for a year