Mark Lester talks about what it was like to make the beloved musical Oliver, his co-stars, working with Shelley Winters, his friendship with Michael Jackson, and much more!


Timecodes
0:39 Modelling
2:08 Film debut with Diana Dors
2:35 Oliver
5:00 Singing in the film
6:47 Ron Moody
7:36 Shani Wallis
8:11 Oliver Reed
11:37 Harry Secombe
12:50 Jack Wild
15:18 Shelley Winters
17:17 The trappings of fame
19:14 Friendship with Michael Jackson
24:58 Those wacky Jackson stories
28:00 Michael’s death
29:29 Michael wanted to marry Mark’s daughter
31:11 Life after acting