(Mr. Jackman as a lad, Mr. Jackman with his son, Mr. Jackman in various movies).
"This is your lad, then?" Mr. Suter exclaims, as if he had made a remarkable discovery.
"This lad is a revolutionary," Mr Coronel purrs.Since June, when the Sandinista-stuffed National Assembly rubber-stamped a law granting a 50-year concession, renewable up to 100 years, to Mr Wang's HKND Group, many have wondered whether the 40-year-old telecoms boss is a crank.
To Mr. Lad, the line is drawn at charging for carry-on bags.
"A lot of us understand the crisis the industry is in," says Mr. Lad, "but I'd consider whether it's financially feasible before I just jump on a plane".
So are his colleagues: David Morse as the man whose ravaged soul the Devil has come to claim; Mr. Norton as his blind, rascally brother, chipping away at his resolve to stay dry; Conleth Hill as a booze-sodden sidekick whose stupefied stagger has the comic grace of a Chaplin routine; and Sean Mahon as the cocky lad who stole Mr. Morse's girl.
And his back-bar patter never lets up: "How are you doing, lads?" "Hey, Mr. C -- how are you?" "Mike, can the boys have two beers?" And occasionally, he utters a line that seems lifted from another time: "The gentleman on the other side of the bar would like to buy you two a drink.
If Mr M's lads over here were required to pay ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 – public service channels – £300m a year for the shows they make that Sky retransmits, then British production might blossom as never before.
He looked up, and called to the pilot and co-pilot: "How are you, lads?" The pilot replied: "All right, Mr President".
"That lad is your friend?" Mr. Suter says.
"The next morning," Mr Jones added, "a young lad said 'I thought you were a goner'.
