A minute with Marvyn Williams

This is a new feature I am trying. It will be a short, concise and snappy Q&A session with different personalities.

Marvyn Williams is a presenter, DJ and now a columnist for the best weekend supplement out there, Fabulous Magazine. I spoke to him earlier to find out a little more...

Can you still remember how you felt at your first audition?

My first audition ever was for a TV commercial. I didn't have a clue what I was doing, I even thought about lying on the application and saying I had an agent just to seem more professional. As it happens, I think by NOT lying, this was my saving grace. The audition went well after being asked to read a selection of lines in a number of expressive ways. The audition lasted about 20minutes and ended with the lasting question, "Do you have an agent?" naive Marvyn replied "no". Little did I know that they would exploit that fact by reducing the rate for the advert, arh well, you live and you learn!

What happens in your typical week?

Right now my typical week isn't exactly typical. I left the mundane 9-5 life when I decided to quit teaching to pursue other avenues. I'm spending my time nowadays by formulating ideas for my new column in Fabulous Magazine, DJ-ing around the world and pursuing the presenting career as and when possible. So a mixed bag really.

In one sentence describe what it was like to present at Clothes Show Live for two years running?

Great opportunity to impress, great experience with established presenters and a long hard week of work!

What is the most random thing to happen to you this week?

Its not happened yet, but it will happen on Sunday. I've been asked to play football for a HELP THE HEROES CELEBRITY FOOTBALL MATCH in Darlington which is going to be televised. I am playing against some ex-professionals e.g. Peter Beardsley etc football legends!

Random question: What comes to mind when I say Leeds?

Immense night life, quality music and 6 years of pure fun which has set me up nicely for a move to London....Oh and a "right, dodgy accent".

That went well.

HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT GERMANY IS!!

If I am going to develop this blog I need to blog some more blogs as I have been a bit lazy with two posts in two weeks. (This first line is all a bit repeative but my delete button has broken so we have a situation!)


Anyway, quick post about the annoying little American THEY (I mean annoying little American girls) scream about, Justin Bieber. In a live interview Bieber outrightly states he does NOT know what Germany is...

See the clip here on Papture's website and laugh as loud as you can at the ignorance of the 16 year old, who says: "“German? I Don’t know what that means, we don’t say that in America”.

I bet his PR was throwing a fit behind the camera.

I'm not an activist

Don't ask me why but I was walking through Oxford Circus on Saturday and came across a stampede of people with drums coming towards me. I was like s**t what do I do... Do I go back to the pavement I came from or continue walking and hope I make it? The next thing I hear is a police officer screaming at me "stay where you are"...I was like "but they are coming straight at me" so then I think he felt sorry for me and let me get across before it ended in a complete mess!
The mass group of people was a protest against animal cruelty and I'll be honest the flyers they were giving out illustrated some horrific images of what happens to harmless animals. There were some protestors dressed as monkeys and I think I even saw a giraffe...

I am not normally into the whole protest thing and 'save the animal' chants but this fascinated me. The number of people that swarmed Oxford Circus that day was astonishing. The onlookers were equally amazed as they took out cameras and snapped away.

Now, don't get me wrong I am not going to join the movement and religiously turn up to every protest but I think it says a lot when people come together like that to voice their opinion.

Can anyone really take Simon Cowell's place?

So there is a rumour floating around across the great big freezing cold pond that is the Atalantic Ocean that this Adam Lambert will take Simon Cowell's judging place on American Idol.

Lambert, who has recently announced he will embark on his solo tour in June, has blasted the rumours out of the water. The Idol runner-up told fans via MySpace: "I keep hearing the rumour too, unfortunately it's just a rumour. "

Although he was being very modest this is a guy who came RUNNER UP in the American singing contest and someone, probably his publicist, decided it would be a good opportunity to created this little 'rumour' to plug his latest work.

The question that lies within my title is that is there actually anyone who could do Simon Cowell's job as well as the man himself? This of course is a rhetorical question because there is no one who can do the job as well as Cowell. I may think this because of the slight man crush I have on him or the fact that he is probably one of the most creative individuals the public have encountered.

There is no doubt that he can make someone breakdown on national television with just a few words but that is why there isn't anyone, including Adam Lambert, who could take his place. As humans we love witnessing the emotional crucifying of another being, it is truely pleasureable.