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Legend DeVito shortlisted to play ‘Perfick’ Pop Larkin
Daily Express
|July 03, 2026
DAVID Jason could have lost the role of Pop Larkin in The Darling Buds of May to Danny DeVito.
The Hollywood star was one of several names in the running before the Only Fools and Horses legend was cast as the lovable Larkin patriarch.
This story is from the July 03, 2026 edition of Daily Express.
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