Out and about in Telluride 2013

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Two glasses of wine at high altitude in Telluride made me feel as though I’d knocked back two bottles, which can surely be the only reason I challenged Michael Fassbender to a dance-off .

We were chatting away pleasantly enough at a Fox Searchlight party, when the actor started grooving to a Proclaimers song in a dopey way and I suggested that white men had no clue how to shake it. I whipped my jacket off, threw it to the ground and said I could do better.

Big mistake. On several fronts, really. First, I should not have broken my usual iron-discipline no-booze rule when I’m in work mode, even late on a Saturday night — and especially when the air’s so dangerously thin.

And second, in truth, the rhythm takes a little while to travel down to my feet and I can only really move to soul music from the Sixties, Seventies and Eighties.

So, yes, swivel-hipped Fassbender (right) whupped me on the dance floor. I’m sure he’ll drink to that.
But we’re planning a re-match next year. I’m hiring a dance instructor. And I’ll be stone cold sober.