Over a long career, the English actor and international treasure Warwick Davis has played tons of iconic roles. He was Willow in Willow, the Leprechaun in the Leprechaun movies, Wicket the Ewok on Return Of The Jedi, and Professor Flitwick in the Harry Potter joints. More recently, Davis played what might be his greatest role: The cop who beats up the sax player from Madness mid-show.
On Saturday night, UK ska greats Madness played at Cornwall's Eden Project. Apparently, their live show includes a bit where saxophonist Lee "Thommo" Thompson dresses up as a burglar and a bunch of cops beat him up. When that happened on Saturday, Warwick Davis, dressed as a cop, chased the other cops away and then got to beating Thompson up himself.
@madnessbandofficial Nothing to see here, move along... Just Thommo getting arrested by Warwick Davis at Eden Project last night… #edensessions #madness #ontour #concert #madnessband #Suggs #ska #shutup #thommo #leekixthompson #leethompson #warwickdavis #warwickdavisfans #willow
♬ Shut Up - Madness
Later in the evening, Warwick Davis returned to the stage. According to Contact Music, Davis told the band that he used to dance in his bedroom to "One Step Beyond" and that he'd do it again if they played it right there. That's exactly what happened. I wonder if that particular Madness song served as an acting inspiration for Davis. You might say that Willow Ufgood went "one step beyond" when he left the village of Downriver, protecting the baby Elora Danan from the evil queen Bavmorda.
@80s.music_2 My favourite humans ever?Oh my god what a night?Such an entertaining show from start to finish as always(especially Lee!)I’m still in shock they brought Warwick Davis out that was so unexpected?I really hope Chris gets better soon,I missed seeing him there?It was so nice meeting Rhoda Dakar after the show,she was lovely!❤️December 14th can’t come soon enough I just want to see my nutty boys again,seeing them is my favourite thing in the world<3 I don’t think anyone understands how much they mean to me and how their concerts give me something to stay for?I love you guys so much and I really cannot thank you enough for everything myou’ve done for me! Xxx #madness #suggs #warwickdavis #leethompson #woodywoodgate #markbedford #mikebarson
♬ original sound - Rip Brian Wilson??
Warwick Davis evidently did not come out onstage to dance to Lana Del Rey during her recent UK stadium shows, but he did hang out backstage with her occasional-musician father Rob Grant. One can only hope that Grant did not try to steal Davis' pot of gold. That wouldn't have ended well for him.
