Brandon Lee

[He's here!]

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-60081503

Remember this guy?

[Allant1981]

That's crazy, I've never heard this story before, not a chance I'd have been going back to school at 30

[He's here!]

That's crazy, I've never heard this story before, not a chance I'd have been going back to school at 30

It was big news at the time. Extraordinary he was only exposed years later. I kind of feel he deserved to get away with it.

[speedy_gonzales]

Was there talk of a movie of his story being made???

[He's here!]

Was there talk of a movie of his story being made???

Film has just been released:

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/aug/17/my-old-school-review-audacious-tale-of-thirtysomething-man-who-posed-as-a-teenage-pupil

[speedy_gonzales]

Film was released a couple of weeks ago:

https://metro.co.uk/2022/08/17/my-old-school-the-true-story-of-brandon-lee-at-bearsden-academy-17193777/

Aaahhh! I didn't open the link in the first post as I do remember the story but also had a vague memory someone has bought the rights to it.