Julian Holloway only agreed to starring in one Carry On film because he needed the money (Image: ITV)
The late Julian Holloway admitted he only appeared in Carry on England because he was desperate for money.
The actor, , was a regular in the Carry On film franchise, appearing in eight films between 1967 and 1976, including Carry On Camping and Carry On Up The Khyber.
Holloway never shied away from sharing his true feelings about certain films in the franchise, from his favourite to one that was “miserable” to film.
In a previous interview with in 2018, Holloway was asked whether the three-year gap between Carry on Christmas and Carry on England was deliberate.
He responded: “I have no idea why I did it (Carry On Christmas). With ‘England’ I was doing a theatre tour and needed the money to be honest.
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The actor appeared in eight films in the Carry On franchise (Image: ITV)
Holloway insisted he needed to “top up the money”, declaring that the material was “dreadful”.
He added: “By that stage Rogers was trying to compete with the ‘Confessions’ films and it was pathetic. We had gone from seaside postcard to full down and dirty.”
In the same interview, the Star Wars actor confessed that didn’t enjoy shooting Carry on Camping, released in 1969.
“It was a miserable shoot,” he said. “It was a bad time of the year and all the stories of painting the trees and spraying the grass are totally true.”
Julian also revealed how a number of scenes were cut from the final edit of the film, resulting in an ending which made “absolutely no sense”.
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Holloway died last month at the age of 80 (Image: Getty)
Holloway, who was a regular in other TV shows such as The Sweeney and Doctor Who, explained: “I had some scenes in that film with Trisha Noble, we had a lot of romance scenes that ended up on the cutting room floor.
“Take the part at the end of the film with the goat, it makes absolutely no sense because the additional scenes with the goat were cut.
“I was supposed to rescue Trisha from the shower block from this man-eating goat as it traps her in there. If they had left that in it would have made slightly more sense with the end scene where it chases Amelia Bayntun.”
Theatrical agency Sharkey and Co confirmed that Holloway died at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital in Dorset after “a brief illness” on 16 February.