http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12106753

Far too early to go.

Brilliant in The Usual Suspects.
I once rode past him below the Long Mynd near the bottom of Minton Batch when I was out there a couple of years ago. Cheery hello.

Yup, sad news.

Superb actor extremely talented. Really sorry to hear of his death.

I agree, far too early.

Yes, indeed. Heard this news this morning on the radio as it broke. Terrific actor. Apparently his King Lear was superb. Always came across as a nice chap too.

Sad news – seem to remember him over in Church Stretton beside Long Mynd.

Brilliant in Sharp

Very sad news indeed.

Great actor

Superb actor who seemed to be unaffected his fame – RIP.

Looked very ill in The Town but I put it down to age. Didn’t realise he was actually ill.

I met him several years back at his investiture at Buckingham Palace, genuinely lovely chap, very genuine and down to earth, very sad.

I met him about 15 years ago when he and a few other actors drank in the pub I worked in whilst they were on location .He was a very nice bloke used to sit in the corner rehearsing a script not a luvvy at all .

He had one of those voices you could listen to all day. Great shame and very sad loss.

Superb actor, and I think Steven Spielberg said he was the greatest actor ever.

I always remember him absolutely ‘princed’ on TFI Friday once. Swore lots iirc.

was just watching The Town yesterday and thought he looked very thin, didn’t realise he was ill
great actor

Great actor and a very nice man. RIP

Such a pity – a great actor and a great loss. RIP

Very sad news.

a shame indeed,very good actor.
rip.

Enjoyed this man in film, TV and theatre. Very sad loss. RIP Mr. Postlethwaite.

Really sad news – bit of a shock! RIP

One of my all-time favourite actors. Sad to hear the news this morning.

Yep, he was great. RIP

yep agreed, he was one my favourites R.I.P.

amazing actor, a great brit.

Aww a true brit indeed

RIP – I saw him on the train once – he got on at Newport – didn’t approach him but remember some young girls getting on and saying (enthusiastically) “You’re that bloke in Romeo and Juliette!”

First times I recall seeing him was in ‘In The Name Of tHe Father’ and as a nasty character in ‘Sharpe’ – excellent in both. Watched ‘Inception’ on New Years Eve where he had a small part as a dying man. RIP.

His portrayal of Obidiah in Sharpe was out of the top drawer. Can’t think I have ever seen him play a bad part.

Pity real life isn’t like Big Brother. he’d have never been voted out. Unlike anyone associated with BB and IMHO virtually everyone who is classed as a celebrity.

A class act, an ordinary fellow with real talent. RIP

I saw him at the Royal Exchange in The Tempest a few years ago, he was top drawer