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Larry Lamb riled infamous Great Train Robbery crook Ronnie Biggs over portrayalThe Gavin and Stacey star played two different robbers in separate movies about the famous 1963 heist and

Ronnie Biggs wasn’t a fan of his role in Slip-UpCommentsShowbizDavid O'Dornan and James Caven21:03, 01 Jun 2025Larry Lamb played a Great Train robber - twice(Image: Jed Cullen/Dave

Benett/Getty Images) Larry Lamb has said he riled Great Train Robbery crook Ronnie Biggs over his portrayal of him in a 1985 film.

The Gavin and Stacey star played two different robbers in separate movies about the famous 1963 heist. Larry, 77, also starred in Buster as Bruce Reynolds in the 1988 flick with Phil Collins

as the leading man.

‌ He said he was spending time with Reynolds when he learnt that Biggs wasn’t a fan of his role in Slip-Up.

‌ Larry revealed: “He would come over to my place and we would just sit and chat over cups of tea. We were in my sitting room one time and the subject of Ronnie Biggs came up, because I had

played him in a BBC film in 1985.

“I asked Bruce if he talked to him much and asked what he would be doing at that moment. Bruce said he would probably be rolling his first spliff of the day.

Article continues below “So, he phoned him up and said he was with Larry Lamb. Ronnie said: ‘Oh, are you? I hope he played you better than he played me.’”