To the Editor : Re '' A Veteran Actor 's New Role : ` Thinking Woman 's Crumpet ' '' by Kathryn Shattuck -LRB- Nov. 12 -RRB- : For this particular thinking woman -LRB- I am a British expatriate -RRB- , Bill Nighy has been high on my crumpet list for many years , since I saw him in '' Absolute Hell '' on TV in England and , much later , the play '' Blue\/Orange '' in London .