This article first appeared in the November 2022 digital edition of Equestrian Life. To see what’s in the current issue, click here. 

Freddie Forester, played by Layke Anderson, and Gaius, played by Sandro’s Dancer; both starred in ‘The Equestrian’.

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Carl’s cameo in ‘The Equestrian’

By Equestrian Life

The British Olympian Carl Hester added much credence and intrigue to the short film, The Equestrian, by appearing in it in the same year he won team gold at the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Carl Hester is a superb equestrian – everyone knows this, but many would be unaware that he also has some thespian blood. His biological father is UK actor, Tony Smee.

“I was actually born in Cambridge in 1967,” Carl explains. “My mother, Brenda, had been sent there to stay with a social worker after falling pregnant while still at school. After I was born she returned to London to finish her A levels.

“When I was very young the doctor advised we move to Sark as I kept suffering bouts of pneumonia. There she met and married Jess Hester, a carpenter, and had more children. When I was at boarding school she’d sometimes ring and tell me to look at Coronation Street, Morse or other mainstream shows of the time so I could see what my father looked like. I finally met him in London when I was 19 and everything turned out well.”

As did Carl’s cameo appearance in The Equestrian, written and directed by Sybil H. Mair.  Before starting to make movies she had studied literature and French and German languages, working as a freelance translator specialising in the social sciences. Her short film went on to win a slate of awards from festivals all over the world…

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