Dr Hugh Laurie
I didn’t even know until recently that Hugh Laurie’s Dad was actually a real-life doctor. Ran Laurie sadly passed away last year, and Hugh has always thought his father was disappointed that he took a “short-cut” and became a TV doctor, rather than a real physician. Well, Hugh, your Dad might have been disappointed that you took that route, but you have made millions of people happy by doing it! I’d say that’s a pretty good pay-off…
Just imagine how great a doctor Hugh Laurie would have made, though. I mean, the guy’s obviously very smart so he would have managed to graduate no problem in the first place, but I was thinking more about his bedside manner. I’d love to have a doctor that could make you laugh or smile when you were feeling at your worst; same as I’d love to have a decorator who could paint like Doug Hyde!
I imagine Dr Laurie going into paediatrics, where he could be the medical professional and the professional clown all rolled into one. I’m not sure all adults would appreciate a joke-telling doctor when they’re in hospital. They’d probably worry he wasn’t taking their condition seriously enough, whereas kids don’t think about that. I hope Dr Laurie wouldn’t be as grumpy as House, but I also hope he’d be as much of a medical genius! That’s a lot to ask for in someone who took the decision thirty-something years ago to go into acting rather than medicine. I guess it’s best that he chose that route; House without Hugh just wouldn’t be worth watching!
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