It's a great book if you like sailing and exploring the world (a much more virgin world in the 1960s). But Hayden was a movie star and had all the Hollywood trappings but was an introvert at heart hated the acting and the superficiality of even a 1960's hollywood . He lived large to distract himself and despite his crazy income got into heaps of debt. Basically bought an old 1890s boat and did a runner and sailed to the south pacific and never paid his debts. It's an amazing story.
Well I don't blame him for running away from celebrity and fame, although I feel a bit bad for the people he owed money to.
I just Googled him and have realised he's in 2 of Stanley Kubrick's movies, which I haven't watched, but probably should at some point. He sounds like a very interesting man. :)
It's a great book if you like sailing and exploring the world (a much more virgin world in the 1960s). But Hayden was a movie star and had all the Hollywood trappings but was an introvert at heart hated the acting and the superficiality of even a 1960's hollywood . He lived large to distract himself and despite his crazy income got into heaps of debt. Basically bought an old 1890s boat and did a runner and sailed to the south pacific and never paid his debts. It's an amazing story.
Well I don't blame him for running away from celebrity and fame, although I feel a bit bad for the people he owed money to.
I just Googled him and have realised he's in 2 of Stanley Kubrick's movies, which I haven't watched, but probably should at some point. He sounds like a very interesting man. :)
His book is worth a read