I love Willem Dafoe. He's just absolutely brilliant. Bobby Peru, will always live on as one of the sleaziest characters I've ever witnessed on film. David Lynch and Dafoe, what a combo. I would go as far as to say he's a genius and undoubtedly a legend.
Seriously. That character lives in everyone's dark imagination forever after they've seen that movie, and haunts our nightmares. It's almost too bad he didn't have a bigger role because compared to him, most of the other characters seemed a little flimsy, including Sailor Ripley. I wasn't terribly impressed with Nick Cage in that movie as much as I wanted to like him.
DeFoe is so good at explaining things. He isnt pretentious or arrogant, he is concise and honest; and he is such an obvious professional about his work. Sounds like a great guy to work with, he doesnt interfere with the vision of the director, hes there to bring the directors vision to life, in his own special way.
Lynch has talked about the importance of casting: he’s basically said that the doesn’t have to talk about performances with his actors if casts the right actor-and I don’t have any doubts that Lynch has access to these top talents like Defoe, that bring such highly developed acting skills to the set. The part of this interview I really liked, though, was the description of how Lynch sets up the character for the actor to inhabit-in this case, the costume and the dentures. It’s another reason that Lynch doesn’t need to talk to the actor about choices. He’s creating a specific exterior (what the audience will see) of the character for the actor to inhabit. Lynch is setting out very specific physical guideposts for the actor. The actor has unconstrained freedom within limitations that Lynch has set. It all sounds paradoxical, but it also makes sense if you contrast it with the “normal” way of directing, through words. Maybe someday you will be a director, Juan. There is no time like the present for us to develop our creativity, our vision, and our artistic skills. Perhaps one day our creative paths will cross, who knows? In the mean time, I send you my encouragement to continue walking your path of creativity. Buena honda, mi hermano.
@@MarcosElMalo2That might explain why the acting in Lynch movies is so wildly uneven. He apparently doesn't do hundreds of takes like Kubrick used to do to get the perfect delivery. He just takes the first thing that's on film.
God, i love Willem Dafoe. And i still remember how much the Bobby Peru character freaked us all out when my friends and i watched wild at heart for the first time.
@@mdinunzio7610 lol get a snakeskin jacket and lose it over elvis nah I love it's one of all faves the mother is insane and nic cage is quite the hard man in this movie he's got some moves on him but it's true that hardly any fucker has heard L love David lynch and especially loved dune from the first time I saw it and still to this day rate it above star wars I guess lynch not so mainstream tho and is a bit wild for normal people I think wild at heart genuinely made me unhinged I've had quite the wild life life myself and. Bn nearly killed 25-30times stabbed up stamped allover my head got a metal jaw fell out a third story window I've had quite a serious. Benzo addiction since my teens I'm 46now and coming to the end of my road and the way world is I've made peace with it just gonna miss my precious wife n daughter but sometimes look at my little mini me and think aw shit what God forsaken world have I brought u into but she seems fairly to immune to the bulls hit cos she's smart for her age I take time to explain things properly to her peace from UK. G
@@grahamcreese6859 hey man we all have our demons, I get it, we're all bigger pieces of shit than our 5 year old self's thought we would be. But yeah keep on keeping on, life has no limits we dont put on ourselves and every second is the chance for a new beginning. Snake skin jacket and kick dance your way out of the shit
The irony of Willem Defoe discussing needing prosthetics for stumpy, discolored teeth. I honestly thought, 100%, that he was going to finish his assumption at 1:15 with "I made the assumption that we'd just do it with mine". I had to replay it to make sure I heard it was "makeup" instead.
He plays some real baddies but when you watch him interviewed he's so charming and pleasant. Seems like a good actor quality, be a charmer, play a baddie role and people like you despite being a baddie.
Then I did it right when I directed Midsummer Night's Dream. The casting was excellent but some people complained I was not getting involved enough, as a psychopomp, in their character. I did when I could I had nobody else managing, producing, but I did create a good atmosphere and most of the actors were fine with my directing. One said she didn't know what to do in a scene...I didn't know what she should do in a scene so I said "fake it"...which is a cop out but a good one. Another time is to say...and its in particular tonality and timing...when its right its good direction (like the just Fake it direction...perferct at the moment) which is "throw the line away". Sometimes an actor, who has to personalize and own the line, has a problem with a line, usually its kind of a fugue they get stuck in, and, in many cases the line is not all that important...you could be brushing your teeth or eating ice...so you give a direction to throw it away, and the actor just delivers the line without nuance and it works.
I always loved that surreal entry shot of Bobby Peru walking down the row of hotel rooms, the dancing fat women laughing. "Them's making a pornographic movie, Texas Style." Nope, nope, nope...
I’ve never understood why someone so talented as William Defoe didn’t get more work, it’s just another of those bizarre Hollywood conundrums that just don’t make any sense.
For an actor who has played some of the scariest, most disturbing characters in cinema, Willem Dafoe always comes across in interviews as a really affable and down to earth guy. The mark of a great actor is his ability to transform. Robert De Niro is good but only plays variations on himself and way less affable in person. Did not believe him as 'The Irishman' because he's an Italian American and has limited range. Someone like Dafoe could have played the Irishman and we'd have believed it.
Yo are you serious with the Deniro comment? I’m with ya on The Irishman thing & honestly as we are on the subject of The Irishman. One of the worst films I have ever seen that was raved about so much.I absolutely hated it. Huge Scorsese fan too & film buff in general my entire life. Anywho Deniro is one the greatest actors to ever do it. Who else could have played Max Cady from Cape Fear? Michael from Deer Hunter? Sam from Ronin? Louis Gara from Jackie Brown? Mudderfooking Travis Bickle from Taxi Driver? James Conway in Goodfellas? LaMotta in Raging Bull? Cmon get out of here writing that rubbish. Imo Dafoe is one of the greatest actors to ever live & so is Deniro. Both aren’t similar & both can act. Just 2 different styles when it comes to selections of the characters they choose to play.
Win some and you lose some, but you got to be in the game long enough. Dafoe has been is some great movies and some whoppers, and some...well idk wth they were, like antichrist, that was one of the weirdest movies i ever saw, and the art of s and m was not lost on me, just the fact that Dafoe took himself there told me, this guy is art, he is not playing anything, but lives it. Crap roles or not, its a crap shoot and subjective to others but not himself.
Who said this: "Say it... Then I’ll leave... Whisper it... Whisper it... Whisper it... Whisper 'fuck me'..." Was it: 1) Dick Van Patten 2) Donald Trump 3) Bobby Peru
"Set up" is just preparation of the character. What clothes they wear, their mannerisms, and other things about the character that are not in the script but need to be worked out before filming.
I love Willem Dafoe. He's just absolutely brilliant. Bobby Peru, will always live on as one of the sleaziest characters I've ever witnessed on film. David Lynch and Dafoe, what a combo. I would go as far as to say he's a genius and undoubtedly a legend.
Seriously. That character lives in everyone's dark imagination forever after they've seen that movie, and haunts our nightmares. It's almost too bad he didn't have a bigger role because compared to him, most of the other characters seemed a little flimsy, including Sailor Ripley. I wasn't terribly impressed with Nick Cage in that movie as much as I wanted to like him.
Bobby Peru can use my head anytime!
DeFoe is so good at explaining things. He isnt pretentious or arrogant, he is concise and honest; and he is such an obvious professional about his work. Sounds like a great guy to work with, he doesnt interfere with the vision of the director, hes there to bring the directors vision to life, in his own special way.
If I was a director, Willem would be one of my go to actors. He makes a film worth watching just by being himself.
agreed, willem makes wild at heart an actual decent movie, in my opinion at least
Lynch has talked about the importance of casting: he’s basically said that the doesn’t have to talk about performances with his actors if casts the right actor-and I don’t have any doubts that Lynch has access to these top talents like Defoe, that bring such highly developed acting skills to the set.
The part of this interview I really liked, though, was the description of how Lynch sets up the character for the actor to inhabit-in this case, the costume and the dentures. It’s another reason that Lynch doesn’t need to talk to the actor about choices. He’s creating a specific exterior (what the audience will see) of the character for the actor to inhabit. Lynch is setting out very specific physical guideposts for the actor. The actor has unconstrained freedom within limitations that Lynch has set. It all sounds paradoxical, but it also makes sense if you contrast it with the “normal” way of directing, through words.
Maybe someday you will be a director, Juan. There is no time like the present for us to develop our creativity, our vision, and our artistic skills. Perhaps one day our creative paths will cross, who knows? In the mean time, I send you my encouragement to continue walking your path of creativity. Buena honda, mi hermano.
Antichrist begs to differ
@@MarcosElMalo2That might explain why the acting in Lynch movies is so wildly uneven. He apparently doesn't do hundreds of takes like Kubrick used to do to get the perfect delivery. He just takes the first thing that's on film.
God, i love Willem Dafoe. And i still remember how much the Bobby Peru character freaked us all out when my friends and i watched wild at heart for the first time.
Dafoe seemed like he was having fun during the Bobby Peru scenes.
He sure did and often mentioned that in many interviews !
I love how he says “Wild”
Gives me chills every time
Goes to show you how brilliantly effective Lynch is in bringing out brilliant performances by these many artists throughout his works.Aces.
Apart from my brother, I've never met anyone who doesn't love Willem Dafoe. I mean, what's not to love? The guy is a legend.
Your brother doesn’t like him?
Tell your brother that the sight of Dafoe in drag in Boondock Saints is sexually threatening to him.There's no other valid explanation.
Ya need a new brother
Hopefully, your brother is a very humble Willem Dafoe.
Your brother is faulty. Replace him.
My favorite David Lynch film, my favorite Elvis impersonation, not to mention the GWAR t shirt on the lead singer of Power Mad!
I'll never get tired of Wild at Heart
One of the VERY best characters I have EVER seen in 63 years of film loving. A brilliant combo of contributions of talents.
One of the Greatest ever
why dos this sound like it was recorded through a laptop microphone
because it was
Well, you just heard the deep sound comin' down from Bobby Peru.
Sorry for that compression problem.
@@Lynchland Is your mic wet?!
@@dmhrpr756 I'll let your imagination working on this one, it's better that way.
@@Lynchland "I'll let your imagination working on this one" you're truly David's fan.
Masterful and unforgettable ❤️Lynch.
Great actor in a great role. Such a memorable character.
My all time favourite short appearance 🙂
Lol Bobby Peru, one of the greatest characters ever. Love that movie so much
same here.. underrated movie.
@@juancpgo right! hardly anyone I know has even heard if it let alone watched it.
@@mdinunzio7610 lol get a snakeskin jacket and lose it over elvis nah I love it's one of all faves the mother is insane and nic cage is quite the hard man in this movie he's got some moves on him but it's true that hardly any fucker has heard L love David lynch and especially loved dune from the first time I saw it and still to this day rate it above star wars I guess lynch not so mainstream tho and is a bit wild for normal people I think wild at heart genuinely made me unhinged I've had quite the wild life life myself and. Bn nearly killed 25-30times stabbed up stamped allover my head got a metal jaw fell out a third story window I've had quite a serious. Benzo addiction since my teens I'm 46now and coming to the end of my road and the way world is I've made peace with it just gonna miss my precious wife n daughter but sometimes look at my little mini me and think aw shit what God forsaken world have I brought u into but she seems fairly to immune to the bulls hit cos she's smart for her age I take time to explain things properly to her peace from UK. G
@@grahamcreese6859 hey man we all have our demons, I get it, we're all bigger pieces of shit than our 5 year old self's thought we would be. But yeah keep on keeping on, life has no limits we dont put on ourselves and every second is the chance for a new beginning. Snake skin jacket and kick dance your way out of the shit
"Bobby Peru - just like the country!" Gotta love Bobby . . .
A true man of his craft he’s such a lovable guy.
In that movie, Dafoe was one of the best villains of all time.
Bobby Peru
Dafoe is such an underrated actor! So great. Wonder why he hasn't been working with David Lynch afterwards...
One of my all time fav movies.
Just saw Wild at Heart, DeFoe was great
Love Willem Defoe and Lynch!!
I think Willem Defoe is a pretty good guy, also a fantastic actor. Bobby Peru chuckling with a nylon over his head is the beginning of my fandom.
Willem Dafoe is a national treasure
"We gotta send you to the dentist!"
"Why?"
"Well, we got remove some of your teeth. Really fuck them up for the scene"
One of the greats in cinema history.
TCM has been playing this flick a lot, as of late. And rewatching this movie I first saw @ 13 years of age; it's even more frightening now.
WD is an artist. My favorite actor.
Man this character was damn scary when I first saw this movie! 🤯🤯🤯🤯
William Defoe is such a BadAss actor!! Hands down..
he’s such a good actor that he even did a successful Lynch impression lol
such an eloquent and amazing actor
1:08 I can hear him in his impersonation. It's that landing on the last word. So funny.
the dentures actually make him look like a different person it's crazy
Love Willem Dafoe. I had a selfie taken with him once. He looked great and I looked awful in it:(
Amazing actor
He seems like he would be a good guy to hire.
Badass. A true artist
such an interesting explanation.
Willem is Great. I think his Best Character.
The irony of Willem Defoe discussing needing prosthetics for stumpy, discolored teeth. I honestly thought, 100%, that he was going to finish his assumption at 1:15 with "I made the assumption that we'd just do it with mine". I had to replay it to make sure I heard it was "makeup" instead.
Willem was great in this movie. Crispin Glover as Dell was a great too. I wish David would make an entire movie about Dell.
Yes!!!!
Yes!! that whole interlude with cousin Dell was priceless
"I'm Making LUNCHHH!!"
He plays some real baddies but when you watch him interviewed he's so charming and pleasant. Seems like a good actor quality, be a charmer, play a baddie role and people like you despite being a baddie.
Peru was insane
He was a black angel.. you hook up with him, you'll regret it.. if you live to.
Bobby Peru is a masterpiece and after Frank Booth, clearly Lynch’s most dangerous villain.
Then I did it right when I directed Midsummer Night's Dream. The casting was excellent but some people complained I was not getting involved enough, as a psychopomp, in their character. I did when I could I had nobody else managing, producing, but I did create a good atmosphere and most of the actors were fine with my directing. One said she didn't know what to do in a scene...I didn't know what she should do in a scene so I said "fake it"...which is a cop out but a good one.
Another time is to say...and its in particular tonality and timing...when its right its good direction (like the just Fake it direction...perferct at the moment) which is "throw the line away".
Sometimes an actor, who has to personalize and own the line, has a problem with a line, usually its kind of a fugue they get stuck in, and, in many cases the line is not all that important...you could be brushing your teeth or eating ice...so you give a direction to throw it away, and the actor just delivers the line without nuance and it works.
Literally me
Should have won an Oscar for Shadow of the Vampire.
Yes yes yes, what an amazing film
Legend
I always loved that surreal entry shot of Bobby Peru walking down the row of hotel rooms, the dancing fat women laughing. "Them's making a pornographic movie, Texas Style." Nope, nope, nope...
"You wanna join in?"
That guy was the worlds biggest creep of all times.
lovely
An actor with exactly the right attitude to working, someone many that work in any creative field could learn from
Here comes a real deep sound
I’ve never understood why someone so talented as William Defoe didn’t get more work, it’s just another of those bizarre Hollywood conundrums that just don’t make any sense.
I think he has a very good career, and he makes very selective and wise choices.
Bobby Peru, like the country
I'm still trying to find Big Tuna Texas.
Seems like a good dude.
A Direct Directer, sounds like a good idea.
For an actor who has played some of the scariest, most disturbing characters in cinema, Willem Dafoe always comes across in interviews as a really affable and down to earth guy. The mark of a great actor is his ability to transform. Robert De Niro is good but only plays variations on himself and way less affable in person. Did not believe him as 'The Irishman' because he's an Italian American and has limited range. Someone like Dafoe could have played the Irishman and we'd have believed it.
Yo are you serious with the Deniro comment? I’m with ya on The Irishman thing & honestly as we are on the subject of The Irishman. One of the worst films I have ever seen that was raved about so much.I absolutely hated it. Huge Scorsese fan too & film buff in general my entire life. Anywho Deniro is one the greatest actors to ever do it. Who else could have played Max Cady from Cape Fear? Michael from Deer Hunter? Sam from Ronin? Louis Gara from Jackie Brown? Mudderfooking Travis Bickle from Taxi Driver? James Conway in Goodfellas? LaMotta in Raging Bull?
Cmon get out of here writing that rubbish. Imo Dafoe is one of the greatest actors to ever live & so is Deniro. Both aren’t similar & both can act. Just 2 different styles when it comes to selections of the characters they choose to play.
Thats a fucking great photo the used.
creepiest character ever on film! if someone beats bobby peru in creepiness, let me know i want to avoid them!
When a Manpig Bear is right, he's *really* right.
cheers MB.
check out Javier Bardem as Anton Chirgurh in "No Country for Old Men"
The Emperor in Empire Strikes Back. Or the possessed girl in The Exorcist
Bobby Peru in Wild at Heart.
;)
There's plenty of creepy characters in Lynch's movies. The Mystery Man in Lost Highway.... cmon.
Lynch puts the "direct" in directing.
I feel like he's suddenly going to 'slip' into Bobby Peru.
Name is Bobby Peru. Ya'know, like the country.
One of the most reprehensible characters in the movies .Dafoe brilliant at being evil and good, as when he played sgt Elias in platoon .
Willem Dafoe and Robert Redford could do Jekyll and Hyde
like the country
1:40 Mick Jagger!
I still think he and Buscemi are related somehow.
Is William DaFoe the American Mick Jagger?
The man in his prime was a natural joker. It’s a shame and never came to be.
Win some and you lose some, but you got to be in the game long enough. Dafoe has been is some great movies and some whoppers, and some...well idk wth they were, like antichrist, that was one of the weirdest movies i ever saw, and the art of s and m was not lost on me, just the fact that Dafoe took himself there told me, this guy is art, he is not playing anything, but lives it. Crap roles or not, its a crap shoot and subjective to others but not himself.
Why does it sound like that?
Who said this:
"Say it... Then I’ll leave... Whisper it... Whisper it... Whisper it... Whisper 'fuck me'..."
Was it:
1) Dick Van Patten
2) Donald Trump
3) Bobby Peru
:)
114p for full experience
Sorry you've got a shitty internet connexion (hey, it's been uploaded in 720p60, buster)
What Is a setup ?
Is it a sexual thing?
it depends on who you're set up with
"Set up" is just preparation of the character. What clothes they wear, their mannerisms, and other things about the character that are not in the script but need to be worked out before filming.
Defoe's character graduated H. Weinstein School of Experimental Setups.
Would like to see Willem fat for once lol.
Bobby Peru was so disgusting and sleazy that even Frank Booth declined to hang out with him and drink Pabst Blue Ribbon.
The editing is this video makes it completely unwatchable
Absolutely unnecessary switching between shots every 3-4 seconds
Seriously you should change your video editor for someone without short attention span issue.
Thanks for your very kind comment that totally proves that you have watched all our videos...
Lynch’s worst movie.
Agreed. Casting Cage didn't help it either.
Worst than Dune ?
Worst Lynch's film after Dune