Patsy Kensit thought David Bowie would ‘fall in love’ with her when they filmed ‘Absolute Beginners’ – Film News | Film-News.co.uk
Asked if she’s ever been star-struck, Patsy told OK! magazine: “Meeting David Bowie. I was obsessed with him from 14. At 16 I made a film with him called ‘Absolute Beginners’.
“And the first day we started, he shook my hand and turned away. I was crushed. I was such a daft teenager I thought he’d fall in love with me and we’d run off together.”
While Patsy’s dreams of a romance with the ‘Rebel Rebel’ hitmaker failed to materialise, David was responsible for the “most erotic experience” she has ever had.
She added: “As filming commenced, he was incredibly friendly. One day I was sitting in make-up and he popped his head round the door and I squeaked a ‘Hi’.
“He came in and picked up a hairbrush and started brushing my hair. And it was the most erotic experience of my life.”
The former ‘Emmerdale’ star – who has previously been married to Dan Donovan, Jim Kerr, Liam Gallagher and Jeremy Healy – admitted she’d rather keep her personal life under wraps these days and even if things get tough, she’d rather put on a brave face and go out to work for the sake of her sons James, 27, and Lennon, 21, who she has with her second and third husbands respectively.
She said: “I’m not parading it in front of the world any more. I’ve learnt having a private life is incredible.
“I’ve had lots of ups and downs and there were days in the past when I didn’t want to get out of bed and wouldn’t want to go to work, but I went.
“I thank my boys for this. I never missed a day of work when I was going through a passing in the public eye.
“What example would I be to my boys if when life kicks you in the a*** you crumble? You have to pick yourself up and carry on because what kind of parent would I be?”
