Malcolm McDowell Reminisces like Clockwork (Orange)

Published: March 23, 2021, 4 a.m.

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British Actor Malcolm McDowell trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. While he\\u2019s had many notable stage roles, audiences likely know him best for a single, iconic character, Alex DeLarge, the anti-heroic criminal turned victim in Stanley Kubrick\\u2019s 1971, A Clockwork Orange. McDowell tells Alec how he developed Alex DeLarge\\u2019s signature look with the cricket codpiece, bowler hat, and single disorienting lower eyelash. McDowell also talks about his life-long friendship with mentor Lindsay Anderson, who directed McDowell in his debut film, if, in 1968. In his mid-70s, McDowell is still going strong, acting in film and television and enjoying roles such as a talent agent in HBO\\u2019s Entourage and a retired orchestra conductor in Amazon\\u2019s Mozart in the Jungle.

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