The Borrowers

The Borrowers, with John Goodman, Jim Broadbent, Celia Imrie, and Mark Williams, is based on the children's books by Mary Norton. Hugh plays the part of the village constable, Officer Steady. The film was warmly received in Britain last year (called "the must-see family film of the Christmas season" by Sight and Sound) and also got very good reviews in the U.S. Although his role is small, Hugh has shared in the favorable comment: "excellent cameo comic turns from the likes of Hugh Laurie and Ruby Wax" (Bristol Evening News); "a hilarious turn by Hugh Laurie" (Dayton Daily News, Feb. 13, 1998); "Hugh Laurie is simply superb as an interfering policeman"(Alan Little, Evening Gazette On-Line); "Hugh Laurie's diffident cop gets some of the best lines when teamed with the blustering Goodman."(Variety, Dec. 8-14, 1997)

John Goodman told the Irish News that the chance to work with Hugh was the "real joy" of making The Borrowers: "The first time I was over here was seven years ago, for a film called King Ralph with Peter O'Toole. Around that time the first of the Jeeves and Wooster series came on. I've always been a Wodehouse fan and Stephen Fry and Hugh just knocked me out. I've been a fan ever since." (Irish News, Dec. 6, 1997)

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