It’s 13 years since Alexander first met Stuart Shorter, the homeless drug addict who was to become the subject of his hugely successful first book – and also his friend. So I try not to do this little poncey stance any more.” Why is he standing like that?’ Well it turns out I stand exactly like that, with my hand on one hip, and Benedict picked it up. I said ‘he’s got this really poncey way of standing. “And it was rather odd finding out things about myself. “It’s so weird that you can’t think about it,” says Alexander, when I ask him how it felt. The Cambridge writer has already been portrayed on screen – in the film adaptation of his bestselling book, Stuart: A Life Backwards – by none other than curiously-attractive Sherlock fop, Benedict Cumberbatch. But it’s one that Alexander Masters doesn't need to answer. 'Who would play you in the film version of your life?’ It’s a standard question in those Sunday supplement interviews (second only to 'who would you invite to your dream dinner party?').
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