Hollywood actor helps out at the Swan at Enford in Wiltshire as he and his neighbours fight to save their local
It was a pleasant surprise when a visitor to the Swan at Enford, a thatched pub tucked away in the folds of the Wiltshire countryside, found themselves being served a pint by one of the UK’s most famous actors.
“They had come in off the main road and asked if it was my pub,” said Rupert Everett, the star of films such as Another Country, My Best Friend’s Wedding and The Madness of King George.
“I lied at first and said, ‘Yes it is.’ I couldn’t resist. But I’m not the gay Jeremy Clarkson – I’m only a tiny cog in a large wheel here.”
Unlike most actors, Everett has not been working behind the bar because he has fallen on hard times. Instead, it is as part of a grand community effort to save the Swan, which faced closure until villagers stepped in and began to maintain a building that has been at the heart of the village for more than 350 years.
