"Alan Arkin was hired to direct and James Earl Jones was going to play the sheriff. That fell apart as things often do. "Then I got a call saying, 'What do you think about Mel Brooks?' I was 26 ...

US actor Alan Arkin, who won an Oscar and a Bafta for his role as the outrageous grandad in the film Little Miss Sunshine, has died aged 89. During a screen and stage career that spanned seven ...