Anyone else been on an Oliver Reed interview binge? In all my years I have never come across such a fascinating and exuberant gentleman. So wish I could have met him back in the day ... !!
He was a lovely bloke… my Dad was a pisshead and he popped into my Dad’s local when I was in there with him. Paid for multiple games of pool for me and bought me tons of Coca Cola. Didn’t know he was famous. He didn’t act like it.
Hard to say. He probably had a lot more fun than if he were sober. Just wish he had stuck to only a couple during interviews. These where he's a whole bottle in are almost undocumentable.
I heard he was actually sober during the filming of Gladiator but unfortunately the crew would gather for drinks between shoots, which spurned him back to the bottle. Ultimately leading to his demise later unfortunately.
He remained pretty articulate. Sure, when he was smashed at an older age, he lost a bit of articulation but he recovered his articulation when sober. Many hard drinkers loose the ability to articulate even when sober at at a younger age. I’m not defending hard drinking I’m just saying Reed was one of those who was actually able to absorb it and manage it well.
Oliver never squandered or wasted his talent, he actually lived it and this made his acting as natural as it was, the fascination of every type of character and most importantly how they feel to be. Talent and tragedy must always be seperated, especially in acting. Maybe he was acting the whole bloody time!! The show must go on. Everyone drink to Ollie !!
Heard a story a while back from a friend's sister who worked for a well known hotel group. Her boyfriend was a hotel manager and Oliver Reed was staying at his hotel. When their paths crossed on a staircase. Keen to keep a celebrity guest happy, he said, "hello Mr Reed, is everything in the hotel to your satisfaction?" Oliver said quite loudly "splendid, my boy!" and slapped him on the back, almost causing him to go flying down the stairs.
It was the producers I think. They knew full well that when shown alcohol, he would drink it. Like that Aspel interview. They plied him with Voddy-orange for 3 hours before hand. Car crash telly is always reffered to more than mainstream, specially with piss-poor telly like Aspel. Olly will always be a legend in my view. Case is point; Gladiator. Probably the best acting performance in that whole movie.
I'm striving to decide whether Ollie's glasses are indeed crooked, or if perhaps it's just his disheveled state that has projected a metaphysical anomaly (upon his glasses). I wonder if his plonker fell crooked upon the table (next to a side of mushy peas)? Or, did it just appear crooked?
Sadly, if you study O. R. interviews during the last 10 years of his life, maybe even more, you will find him using the same twists, frazes and even one word answers when trying to be funny or cruel, playing himself as a shock charactor and yet using his own used up material as short cuts. Guy was an epic actor but a common bully in real life. Hype can get further than a genuine article every time!
Heads up for Ollie, i visited broome hall a few times stood in the Legends bedroom chatting to builders reciting his adventures with Keith moon. My hero sadly never meet him. Cheers Ollie
Poor old uncle Ollie didn't even know that the Big Bopper was one of the holy trinity that went down in rock's most infamous plane crash; he'd been one of the "three men I admired most and caught the last train to the coast". Obviously, he wasn't THAT much of a fan, god love him..
Oliver reed didn't give a flying fuck really about acting he just treated it as can well paid job he didn't really like actors he was mist happy around ppl who did real jobs
it may have been a bit of a joke but why did oliver want to be a rock n roller? he was truly a great actor & probably the best british actor, sadly a talent wastd by that terrible decease that is alchoholism.
Big Bopper 1959: “Hey Buddy, are you sure these Bonanza airplanes are safe?” Oliver Reed 1992: “Is Big Bopper still alive?” Yeah, you were a real rocker Oliver. 🙄
Absolute rubbish. He was living his best life, could afford to do what he wanted, and say what he wanted. Lived in the best decades, didn’t have to work, and popped his clog on a barstool, just before all the woke lunacy started.
if u don't like seeing people live as they want to live, then don't watch an ollie reed interview; stop complaining about boozed up individuals- ollie lived as he wanted to, which alot of ppl this day n age r 2 frightened to do. great actor, inspiring individual. RIP ollie
He should have more teeth. "That's not necessarily so," I like. Do more of what I like. Do more of that discriminating hunger that doesn't stop at the interviewer's questions. Don't be rude. You would only violate your own taste. Interrupt the interviewer with rude taste, for this is his, for asking you rude questions. Do this forever.
That goofy/distinguished Brit accent seems so outta place when talking about rock. I can see why he would like it, as rock n roll is freeing. But c'mon, The Big Bopper died in '59 with Ritchie Valens and Buddy Holly. The Day the Music Died.
I miss Ollie. My god, do we need him more than ever! My grandad went out with him many times for drinks and they laughed and laughed. I resonate with him on many levels
Yes we get it Ollie liked a drink no need to zoom in on his glass..no matter how many he had he was more entertaining honest and spoke in a way lost on just about all present day so called celebrity’s
@@blueshirtman8875 Well he is more confident more social and literally died being as sociable as one can be, a literal arm wrestling contest with sailors and a contest so your not only wrong your wrong on literally every level a human being could possibly be as it relates on a social sense and you can not refute that as you yourself can prove yourself wrong via your own google searching or knowing of some of the [people he knows. Your by no means are rude or an idiot but you are however exceptionally ignorant, nor would it even be funny if it were aimed in jest,really.
I think he's great,if you know any of his movies you will know that he was a very good actor, and in his own time he was down to earth, he's not the first actor to be taken down by drink,the best thing is he said what he thought & was never a politically correct wanker like all of today's boring characterless boring bastards.
Oliver Reed had a gift for making sober interviewers look foolish even when he was blind drunk. The more lunatic he behaved, the more insufferable they became, which simply spurred him to greater idiocies at their expense. This is one of Reed's most hilarious interviews, especially when he talks about The Big Bopper ("Is he still alive? You don't know?"). I was watching this on my way back from the liquor store and laughed so hard I nearly bashed into something!
Inane questions really; no wonder Ollie almost dozed off. Some of us grew up around dangerous men of Ollie's ilk and we're none the worse for it. Totally fearless, he was a master troll besides a fine actor and raconteur.
I could listen to this man all night. Phoning the cops on Ozzy after betting him he wouldn't run around a village naked has to be the funniest thing i've ever heard.
Such BS that this is funny and entertaining. Stop kidding yourselves, seeing what you want to see. When he was sober and firing on all cylinders he was infinitely more interesting and charismatic. Drugs and alcohol always take the edge away from a person without fail, not the other way round. But that's the whole reason people do it, to take the edge away from whatever harsh reality they are in.
First saw him in Ken Russell's Women in love. Blown away by his magnetism. Superhuman. "some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them". Malvolio, Twelfth night. Ollie seemed to fit all three categories. Don't make them like that anymore. A golden age. Before everyone became a celebrity regardless of talent or ability
All these areas were local to me. Wimbledon, Putney, Kingston, Epsom, Ewell,Hammersmith. Ollie never really strayed too far from south of the river, even when he moved to Dorking. It was only when he moved to Guernsey for tax purposes, and then to Ireland. His love for Moonie is shining bright x
Whats the deal with his left eye looking up? i didnt really appreciate this guy when i was a lad but now i watch his interviews I have to say, he's completely genuine and says everything with honesty. rip
Anyone else been on an Oliver Reed interview binge? In all my years I have never come across such a fascinating and exuberant gentleman. So wish I could have met him back in the day ... !!
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He was a lovely bloke… my Dad was a pisshead and he popped into my Dad’s local when I was in there with him. Paid for multiple games of pool for me and bought me tons of Coca Cola. Didn’t know he was famous. He didn’t act like it.
What a fabulous memory 👍
Bless his heart… It’s so tragic to see how drink spoiled such an articulate, yet shy gentleman, and sent him to an early grave 💔
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Hard to say. He probably had a lot more fun than if he were sober. Just wish he had stuck to only a couple during interviews. These where he's a whole bottle in are almost undocumentable.
I heard he was actually sober during the filming of Gladiator but unfortunately the crew would gather for drinks between shoots, which spurned him back to the bottle.
Ultimately leading to his demise later unfortunately.
He remained pretty articulate. Sure, when he was smashed at an older age, he lost a bit of articulation but he recovered his articulation when sober. Many hard drinkers loose the ability to articulate even when sober at at a younger age. I’m not defending hard drinking I’m just saying Reed was one of those who was actually able to absorb it and manage it well.
Oliver never squandered or wasted his talent, he actually lived it and this made his acting as natural as it was, the fascination of every type of character and most importantly how they feel to be. Talent and tragedy must always be seperated, especially in acting. Maybe he was acting the whole bloody time!! The show must go on. Everyone drink to Ollie !!
Heard a story a while back from a friend's sister who worked for a well known hotel group. Her boyfriend was a hotel manager and Oliver Reed was staying at his hotel. When their paths crossed on a staircase. Keen to keep a celebrity guest happy, he said, "hello Mr Reed, is everything in the hotel to your satisfaction?" Oliver said quite loudly "splendid, my boy!" and slapped him on the back, almost causing him to go flying down the stairs.
Truly a one of a kind....Brilliant
I can watch this man talk all day. Fascinating human being. Great British Actor. Legendary and Wild
This interviewer is a complete pratt.
Trying his hardest to get a rise out of Reed. But failing completely
Reed’s personality is an amazing mixture of confidence, Boldness and challenge, he is a super example for every real man .
Ditto what a brilliant actor
Right. Every "real man" should be a drunken prick. Maybe in small doses.
You missed out alcohol from your mixture !!
oliver reed is a original.people have a problem with a originals!
Aqaurius
Do not dissect my hero, Oliver Reed was a spectacular human
Oliver Reed was Legend!!! 👍😎
My favorite interview of all time ❤ Oliver Reed
What’s difficult is to be dishonest when your drunk. Why because it feels good to be honest and truly express yourself and cut the bullshit.
"you never talk about ladies. you never talk about rock and roll. you just remember it!" i fucking love ollie reed!!
You never talk about Ladies & you never talk about Rock n Roll you just remember it. Ollie you were a legend.
A truly great actor. Very human-refreshing candid-drunk or sober-hes' still Oliver Reed!!
Great actor ...tough and intelligent man
I'll take a few of whatever he's having - thankyou
You can tell When Olly was pissed - If you asked him a question, there was a long pause while he digested it, no matter how simple it was.
To be sexy, is unconscious... That's really what being a rockstar is about.
He could see through people.he was no ones fool...and he didnt care of what people thought of him....he lived life just as he wanted.
It was the producers I think. They knew full well that when shown alcohol, he would drink it. Like that Aspel interview. They plied him with Voddy-orange for 3 hours before hand. Car crash telly is always reffered to more than mainstream, specially with piss-poor telly like Aspel. Olly will always be a legend in my view. Case is point; Gladiator. Probably the best acting performance in that whole movie.
The interviewer somehow dodged a fatal bullet when he suggested that some of Reed’s hair was missing.
Oliver Reed. A real Rocknrolla if ever there was one...
Dovidjenja means see you later or goodbye in Serbian also.
Wish i was there!!! he loved ordinary people, he hated the people in the fake acting world. Ollie you LEGEND!!
Which is precisely why he did not go to Hollywood...
the one and only
Does Anyone notice when oliver is drunk his glasses are not straight?
I'm striving to decide whether Ollie's glasses are indeed crooked, or if perhaps it's just his disheveled state that has projected a metaphysical anomaly (upon his glasses).
I wonder if his plonker fell crooked upon the table (next to a side of mushy peas)? Or, did it just appear crooked?
Sadly, if you study O. R. interviews during the last 10 years of his life, maybe even more, you will find him using the same twists, frazes and even one word answers when trying to be funny or cruel, playing himself as a shock charactor and yet using his own used up material as short cuts. Guy was an epic actor but a common bully in real life. Hype can get further than a genuine article every time!
Crumpet is the same internationally is a great line lol
fucking oliver reed brightend up this boring world,GOD BLESS OLIVER REED. we need a national oliver reed day.
Lol. The Big Bopper died in that airplane crash with Buddy Holly, Oliver.
I can't even imagine beeing that hammered.
Really sad, isn't it...?
'well, it's a bizarre way of probably having an attitude or does that confuse you, with your hair style
Heads up for Ollie, i visited broome hall a few times stood in the Legends bedroom chatting to builders reciting his adventures with Keith moon.
My hero sadly never meet him.
Cheers Ollie
Poor old uncle Ollie didn't even know that the Big Bopper was one of the holy trinity that went down in rock's most infamous plane crash; he'd been one of the "three men I admired most and caught the last train to the coast". Obviously, he wasn't THAT much of a fan, god love him..
Oliver reed didn't give a flying fuck really about acting he just treated it as can well paid job he didn't really like actors he was mist happy around ppl who did real jobs
yOU ARE THE GREATEST OLLIE*
BELOEVED OLLIE!
it may have been a bit of a joke but why did oliver want to be a rock n roller? he was truly a great actor & probably the best british actor, sadly a talent wastd by that terrible decease that is alchoholism.
Ollie should have been in a rock band!
Strangely, I've never seen Oliver Reed being interviewed by an intelligent person, which is a real pity.
Big Bopper 1959: “Hey Buddy, are you sure these Bonanza airplanes are safe?”
Oliver Reed 1992: “Is Big Bopper still alive?”
Yeah, you were a real rocker Oliver. 🙄
There is only one thing harder than Chuck Norris. Oliver Reeds liver.
He was permanently drunk. Sad life, sad man. Alcoholic permanently.
Absolute rubbish.
He was living his best life, could afford to do what he wanted, and say what he wanted. Lived in the best decades, didn’t have to work, and popped his clog on a barstool, just before all the woke lunacy started.
lol, Oliver didn't know the big bopper died in plane crash with Buddy Holly.
And Ritchie Valens too
Real Diaz.... Stupid twat, of course he knew.
does that confuse u with your hair style oh thats rich this is what a real man is kiddies.
He was an epic brawler
if you understand this interview, you understand the state of the western world.
lol, i get the same bus as oliver reed used get
RIP. You were a very great actor, Sir!
Have another drink Ollie
where is the clip of ollie doing that handstand (i know that's not the right term) on the patio table?
anyone?
Liked the occasional snifter, did Oliver, I read somewhere.
if u don't like seeing people live as they want to live, then don't watch an ollie reed interview; stop complaining about boozed up individuals- ollie lived as he wanted to, which alot of ppl this day n age r 2 frightened to do. great actor, inspiring individual. RIP ollie
So fucked off that pondlife TV can rip apart the great Oliver Reed
He should have more teeth. "That's not necessarily so," I like. Do more of what I like. Do more of that discriminating hunger that doesn't stop at the interviewer's questions. Don't be rude. You would only violate your own taste. Interrupt the interviewer with rude taste, for this is his, for asking you rude questions. Do this forever.
Reed wasn't Irish. In fact he didn't get along with the Irish actor Richard Harris.
@XTRMJZZTRRR
I fucking love that quote
What is embattened?
I spent an afternoon with him and Alex Higgins 1 day
Doing what, making the video?
Is it wise that I consider him a legend and my idol...I too have a drinking problem, I think I'm a moron.
Go to aa.
Loved him but he did a lot of damage to humself
Oliver Reed was a Terrible Alcoholic
Harry Enfield.
Peter Cook
+Wyatt Deville. Missing the obvious fact that it is Oliver Reed.
That goofy/distinguished Brit accent seems so outta place when talking about rock.
I can see why he would like it, as rock n roll is freeing.
But c'mon, The Big Bopper died in '59 with Ritchie Valens and Buddy Holly. The Day the Music Died.
What's wrong with being out of place?
@@stuartbritton7408 Not a damn thing! It's my favorite place.
He's raving mad
I Think Oliver Reed Was Alot Smarter Than People Think!
I think he wished he was smarter than he knew he was.
@@amandajstar I think he knew that he wished he was smarter than he knew that he was smarter than he knew
Being pissed all the time makes it difficult 🙃
Its takes a smart person to understand the amazing mind of Oliver Reed this is why its over most people's head
He was an attention seeking buffoon
I miss Ollie. My god, do we need him more than ever! My grandad went out with him many times for drinks and they laughed and laughed. I resonate with him on many levels
He lived his life on his own terms.
You can't get better than that💫
He was very eloquent for a crazy wino. I love Ollie. It is that cheeky wry smile. 😏 Most film stars are so boring nowadays.
I died when he said, "Crumpet is the same internationally.". Destroyed me right off the bat.
Telling Fat to Fork Itself me too !
Ha ha so random that I laughed out loud at home
A completely charming gentleman. Wish I could have met him.
Yes we get it Ollie liked a drink no need to zoom in on his glass..no matter how many he had he was more entertaining honest and spoke in a way lost on just about all present day so called celebrity’s
He didn't actually drink it he just held it. ☺
He was immensely shy. The alcohol kept him conducted, confident and social
No it didn't
@@blueshirtman8875 Well he is more confident more social and literally died being as sociable as one can be, a literal arm wrestling contest with sailors and a contest so your not only wrong your wrong on literally every level a human being could possibly be as it relates on a social sense and you can not refute that as you yourself can prove yourself wrong via your own google searching or knowing of some of the [people he knows. Your by no means are rude or an idiot but you are however exceptionally ignorant, nor would it even be funny if it were aimed in jest,really.
@@archilonshadowheart7 rly
ah yes, the virtues of booze. thanks for the wisdom.
He lived HIS life how HE wanted to and so he should.I loved this blokes honesty.
' And crumpet is the same internationally , had it not been so I would have told you '
He's a fucking legend ! RIP Mr Reed
+y r no so not for the real men not for the hard men not so .
+udubidub hard men don't give a Fucken shit about Crumpet fuck it
I think he was quoting jesus in his secind phrase, maybe something about god in heaven if I remember rightly.
Talking about parachuting here, not sodding chocolate box shit, sugar tits.
"The thing about Oliver Reed is that he continually fascinated me, he's was an extremely intelligent man, may his soul." ~ Neville Bardoli
Neville Bardoli OBE Who?
Neville the nonce.
@@Sean-ce1hu It makes no sense that whole comment, right?
I think he's great,if you know any of his movies you will know that he was a very good actor, and in his own time he was down to earth, he's not the first actor to be taken down by drink,the best thing is he said what he thought & was never a politically correct wanker like all of today's boring characterless boring bastards.
Liam Gallagher and Shane Macgowan are a rare breed too
Oliver Reed was Legend! 😂👍 He was a highly intelligent intellectual and complex individual!
Oliver is in my top ten people I would’ve loved to have a pint with. RIP, you gentle soul.
Im the same but im sure we would be drank under the table and out of town in short order
@Johnny-ip4mk: - and I would have loved to have been sitting discreetly across the room watching you guys.
HAHA. Gentle soul? he would upend the bar and slap the waitress
@@rexrexford Says whom? Oliver loved women. I doubt he harmed a single woman in his entire lifetime.
oliver was a true legend the type you will never see again, i worship this icon.
Oooh, that voice!!!!! 😍❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
"How much (do) they pay you?"---Ollie
"Not enough!"--Interviewer
*sublime smile by Ollie to the camera
I love it! Haha!
Oliver Reed had a gift for making sober interviewers look foolish even when he was blind drunk. The more lunatic he behaved, the more insufferable they became, which simply spurred him to greater idiocies at their expense. This is one of Reed's most hilarious interviews, especially when he talks about The Big Bopper ("Is he still alive? You don't know?"). I was watching this on my way back from the liquor store and laughed so hard I nearly bashed into something!
Why would you want to make someone look foolish?
"You never talk about ladies.. you never talk about rock n roll.. you just remember it.. and keep privy to that counsel"
In my early 20’s I went out with a bad bloke mostly because he looked a bit like Oliver Reed. Didn’t last long.
Inane questions really; no wonder Ollie almost dozed off. Some of us grew up around dangerous men of Ollie's ilk and we're
none the worse for it. Totally fearless, he was a master troll besides a fine actor and raconteur.
I could listen to this man all night. Phoning the cops on Ozzy after betting him he wouldn't run around a village naked has to be the funniest thing i've ever heard.
Such BS that this is funny and entertaining. Stop kidding yourselves, seeing what you want to see. When he was sober and firing on all cylinders he was infinitely more interesting and charismatic. Drugs and alcohol always take the edge away from a person without fail, not the other way round. But that's the whole reason people do it, to take the edge away from whatever harsh reality they are in.
in the great wine glass of life...olivers was always full...wonderful man...much missed
Rude interviewer, I'm surprised Oliver Reed didn't punch your lights out.
ollie. a well educated man and brilliant actor. RIP Ollie, xx
He was not educated, just spoke posh. He was a corporal in the Army He was rejected for a commission as he was too thick.
He is so awesome. Miss him!
You're beautiful also x
What a terribly bad interviewer !
Oliver was quite charming considering the circumstances 😂
Oliver reed, not drinking.... not a single sip in that clip.... he could play the drunken fool to a T.....
First saw him in Ken Russell's Women in love. Blown away by his magnetism. Superhuman.
"some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them". Malvolio, Twelfth night.
Ollie seemed to fit all three categories.
Don't make them like that anymore. A golden age. Before everyone became a celebrity regardless of talent or ability
All these areas were local to me. Wimbledon, Putney, Kingston, Epsom, Ewell,Hammersmith. Ollie never really strayed too far from south of the river, even when he moved to Dorking. It was only when he moved to Guernsey for tax purposes, and then to Ireland. His love for Moonie is shining bright x
Whats the deal with his left eye looking up? i didnt really appreciate this guy when i was a lad but now i watch his interviews I have to say, he's completely genuine and says everything with honesty.
rip
The cameraman was a bit naughty , zooming in on the glass of wine.
cognac i think