Willem Dafoe's Secret to a Complex Character

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  • Опубліковано 5 сер 2021
  • It's not hard to see the characteristics that make a 'bad guy' villainous. Willem Dafoe challenges us to look past the bad and into the human.
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  • @nanu421
    @nanu421 2 роки тому +95

    Willem Dafoe is one of my favorite actors to hear talking about acting. His appreciation of art is just wholesome

  • @1newbert
    @1newbert 2 роки тому +22

    Thanks for letting your subjects talk. That is a skill many interviewers lack.

  • @mridulnair4754
    @mridulnair4754 2 роки тому +36

    William Dafoe as the villain in Spider Man 1 was brilliant. Absolutely loved when he switched from being a normal guy to a absolut Maniac. He was just perfect. Go back and watch it please!

  • @tomgarzillo7629
    @tomgarzillo7629 2 роки тому +3

    "finding the shadow side... finding the other side"... there are wild lines in this fr - amazing

  • @MrLilfee
    @MrLilfee 2 роки тому +42

    One of the greatest who ever did it, easy. He gets nowhere near the rec he deserves.

    • @enterthebruce91
      @enterthebruce91 2 роки тому +1

      He was brilliant for motion capture as Dr Dawkins in Beyond: Two souls on PlayStation.

    • @wisco9er536
      @wisco9er536 2 роки тому +2

      Well now he definitely does. The whole spiderman fandom loves him

  • @darrellgarrett72
    @darrellgarrett72 2 роки тому +10

    Great Actor!!

  • @ivanpotic3865
    @ivanpotic3865 2 роки тому +4

    He is one of the greatest actors alive... Unappreciated.

  • @TTony-tu6dm
    @TTony-tu6dm 2 роки тому +7

    Fantastic actor. Should have won the Oscar for Last Temptation

  • @arunima2007
    @arunima2007 2 роки тому +11

    Invigorating to hear from Willem Dafoe every time. The man is class apart!

  • @zovalentine7305
    @zovalentine7305 2 роки тому +9

    Change, after all, is The One CONSTANT in life💃

  • @HeathParker
    @HeathParker 2 роки тому +4

    He Truly is Willem Da-friend.

  • @ninogaggi
    @ninogaggi 2 роки тому +4

    My favourite actor of all time and an all round good guy seemingly 👍😍

  • @NKillmore
    @NKillmore Рік тому

    I love different perspectives. Well said.

  • @daniel-zh9nj6yn6y
    @daniel-zh9nj6yn6y 2 роки тому +8

    The alternative would be to do what Raul Julia did for Street Fighter.

  • @zovalentine7305
    @zovalentine7305 2 роки тому +5

    Willem Dafoe 🌷💖

  • @ChrisGrande
    @ChrisGrande 2 роки тому

    Excellent thoughts

  • @amaragarrigus9031
    @amaragarrigus9031 2 роки тому

    One of my favorite actors! ❤

  • @cobymarcum1442
    @cobymarcum1442 2 роки тому

    Very interesting. 👍

  • @al3xl0lz78
    @al3xl0lz78 2 роки тому +2

    This man whould make a great JOKER 🃏

  • @nenozak714
    @nenozak714 2 роки тому

    thank you willem this was very helpful

  • @damaniqphillip2756
    @damaniqphillip2756 2 роки тому +4

    Awesome

  • @birdlover7776
    @birdlover7776 2 роки тому +3

    Love him 🌸!!!

  • @meltz911
    @meltz911 2 роки тому +5

    He's a national treasure

    • @Flara555
      @Flara555 2 роки тому +1

      * Universal treasure

    • @meltz911
      @meltz911 2 роки тому

      @@Flara555 I stand corrected

    • @Flara555
      @Flara555 2 роки тому

      @@meltz911 :)

  • @I-speak-U-shut-it
    @I-speak-U-shut-it 2 роки тому

    I feel like I'm watching The Lighthouse again while seeing this interview 😂

  • @alienautopsy9326
    @alienautopsy9326 2 місяці тому

    Dafoe is a master. I’m proud to share the same birthday with him.

  • @SONOFABITCH
    @SONOFABITCH 2 роки тому +1

    Fuck yeah, Willem!

  • @redfordreddington8834
    @redfordreddington8834 2 роки тому +1

    Movies can’t just be escapism if you want them to be more than that. Agreed.

  • @michaeldonovan4793
    @michaeldonovan4793 2 роки тому

    such a great character actor...never do i see the actor in his performances...

  • @penoyer79
    @penoyer79 Місяць тому

    once I got into ASOIAF/Game of Thrones it really clicked for me how characters should be written. and that the best characters are the ones you don't know how to feel about or as Willem says - change your mind about. those character who operate in the gray (Jaime Lannister comes to mind) are the ones that are the best. i also really enjoy characters with contradictions IE a character who despises liars and has no tolerance for being lied to - has a secret mistress his wife doesn't know about.

  • @brittinimitchell5699
    @brittinimitchell5699 2 роки тому

    What a grounded explanation!

  • @worldstar4810
    @worldstar4810 9 місяців тому

    THE GREEN GOBLIN INTERVIEW

  • @King-ci8sk
    @King-ci8sk 2 роки тому +11

    Wanna know why he's one of the greats?
    Because when he speaks about the art, he speaks with passion

  • @charlie9ine
    @charlie9ine 2 роки тому +4

    Funny story. I was in lower Manhattan one winter and Willem walked by. We made eye contact. He gave me an acknowledgement that I only understood a couple of years later. As an artist I reached an international level of success and critical acclaim. Though it’s just an idea, I always remember that moment on the lower East Side.

    • @JivanNavij
      @JivanNavij 2 роки тому

      What was rhe acknowledgement?

  • @michaeldavidnvitales
    @michaeldavidnvitales Рік тому

    “I’m a bit of an actor myself.” -Norman Osbourne

  • @wolfgangamadeusmozart1293
    @wolfgangamadeusmozart1293 Рік тому

    He played Jesus in The Last Temptation of Christ and The Green Goblin in Spider-Man. Awesome actor.

  • @sahastranshumalviya2627
    @sahastranshumalviya2627 2 роки тому

    He did a film in a film Mr. Bean’s Holiday the film in the film was playback

  • @x97s
    @x97s 2 роки тому

    He is cool person

  • @loscriticssupreme931
    @loscriticssupreme931 2 роки тому

    I can honestly say that WD could have possibly been a better Joker than JN if he was at this age then.

  • @rnjesus9950
    @rnjesus9950 2 роки тому +5

    If he never gets a Joker role the world will be a worst place for it.

    • @vegeta4693214
      @vegeta4693214 2 роки тому

      He's a side character in aquaman. So unless his joker role is in a standalone movie like Joker, or in a franchise reboot; it won't ever happen.

  • @jamesheath7601
    @jamesheath7601 2 роки тому

    Norman Osborn

  • @steveconn
    @steveconn 2 роки тому

    Sometimes good, like the vampire movie. Some of his performances like in Light Sleeper were amateurish.

  • @texastoast5202
    @texastoast5202 2 роки тому +1

    Men do age better than women. Just saying. Willem looks better now than in Platoon

    • @blacktoothlongwalker1037
      @blacktoothlongwalker1037 2 роки тому +5

      Yeah, but he'd look better in a dress and make up. Now, where's my copy of Boondock Saints?

  • @kennhiser
    @kennhiser 2 роки тому

    Sorry but actors aren’t really artists. They are crafts people. They don’t get to create the characters but just interpret the work of the writer. Unless it’s pure improv.

    • @justinbgr
      @justinbgr 2 роки тому +1

      I think you are making a distinction without a difference.
      A "crafts" person who is exceptionally skilled at crafting something is by definition an artist.
      I like blades. A well-crafted blade stirs contemplation of the artist's hand in similar way to the brushstrokes in a painting.
      Filmmaking is collaborative art, and each performance both behind and in front of the camera is a part of the creative enterprise. Great films fire on all cylinders and each performance elevates the collaborative result to standing alone as an artistic statement.
      Some films have a fantastic performance or two, but aren't considered art on the whole. This doesn't mean that the great performances in the film weren't art.
      Take the movie John Q. Manipulative overly sentimental premise, terrible dialogue, generic direction. Denzel knocks it out of the park though. His performance makes the audience feel something rooted in truth despite all of the trite surrounding it. That's art.

  • @donlitos
    @donlitos 10 місяців тому

    never seen this side of the green goblin