Mission to Lars

Kate and Will Spicer's brother, Tom, has fragile X syndrome, the commonest cause of inherited learning disability. He is also a massive fan of Lars Ulrich from Metallica. We made a promise to Tom that we would find Lars. Tom's dream is our promise. We went on a Mission to Lars. And we filmed it.

Monday, 18 June 2012

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Mission to Lars: London, United Kingdom; On 1 December I am getting on a Virgin flight to LA with my brother Tom to try and find his absolute hero Lars Ulrich, the drummer in Metallica. Obviously this is going to be hard, Metallica are the biggest metal band in the world - although I read the other day Metallica bothered to meet a 90 year old female fan, so hey, it's not impossible. But there's a couple of extra challenges. First, Tom has Fragile X, he is profoundly mentally handicapped. He lives in a quiet residential care home with about 20 other learning disabled folk. His speech is pretty hard to understand and, well, Tom's a complex character. Fragile X runs throughout my family in various different ways, it is a curse of sorts, if you want to get all medieval. Yet we know nothing about F-X really. As well as taking Tom to battle through his disabilities to realise a dream, Will and I have a lot to learn too. So we've decided this Mission to Lars should be a film. (No pressure there then.) My other brother, Will, is going to be director/cameramen. The Mission to Lars is a true gonzo, rock n roll roadtrip with real documentary value. We keep hitting obstacles, the whole thing's scary, man.

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Will, Tom and Kate

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William Spicer

He won't thank me for putting naked pictures up of him. Hopefully he won't notice.

Tom delivers 'the bird' in his own polite style

Tom does everything in his own way, people who get to know him end up mimicking it because he does it with such inimitable and funny style

Tom Spicer loves Metallica

Tom Spicer at a Metallica gig in September 08

Tom on good form

He was first to greet me with a massive grin hug combo at my suprise 40th

Amy Spice

Amy gives the two horned salute at Metallica 08. Tom prefers to stay at Amy's house when he comes to London. I think because it's the most like a hotel

Georgie, Tom and Will at Metallica gig 08

Georgie's room is 'a mess' according to Tom, he hates mess

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Tom giving a speech at my sisters wedding

To Amy, cheers!

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