Muhammad Ali and Aung San Suu Kyi considered for opening ceremony
Director Danny Boyle and his team have considered the merits of asking Ali, who lit the cauldron at the Atlanta Games in 1996, and the Burma opposition leader who was released from 15 years of house arrest last year, to take up roles.
Suu Kyi was in the UK last month and was granted the rare honor of addressing both houses of Parliament in Westminster Hall. London 2012 organisers are understood to have approached her during the visit to discuss whether she would be available for the opening ceremony.
She has indicated she will be spending the summer in Burma, but Ali is scheduled to be in London for a fund-raising event at the Royal Albert Hall two days before the opening ceremony.
While it is unlikely that either he or Suu Kyi will have the honor of lighting the cauldron, that international figures of their stature have been considered demonstrates that Boyle is casting the net far wider than previously thought.
According to London 2012, plans for the lighting of the cauldron have not been finalized, but planning for who and how the cauldron will be lit is at an advanced stage.
Probably a British citizen will light the cauldron. Who would you want to see?
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what’s your deal againts blacks?
What about ugly, fat and short people of any colour? And the bald or hairy or unmade bed types? Crooked teeth? Visible panty lines? Wide feet, narrow feet, short feet bunion feet?
Ah, the public forum…….they all show up to complain!
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THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL!! 🙂
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CLEARLY THE LIBERALS ARE RUNNING THE USA SUMMER OLYMPICS!! 🙁 THAT IS WHY WE HAVE RL UNIFORMS MADE EXCLUSIVELY IN CHINA AND NOW WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A NON-BRITISH GUEST OF HONOR LIGHTING THE CAULDRON=COMPLETELY INAPPROPRIATE!! 🙁 THE MORE AN ACTION IS IN VIOLATION OF THE RULES OF ETIQUETTE OR THE ANITHESIS OF CLASSY AND ELEGANT, THE MORE THE LIBERALS LOVE IT!! 🙁 THEREFORE, DON’T HOLD YOUR BREATH WAITING FOR THEM TO APPOINT THE BRITISH CITIZEN WHO REALLY DESERVES THE HONORS!!
Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee…..