Jeff Daniels Comes Clean about That Explosive 'Speed’ Scene | The Rich Eisen Show

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  • Emmy-winning actor Jeff Daniels joins Rich Eisen in-studio to discuss his famous death scene in ‘Speed.’
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  • @steveconn
    @steveconn Před 16 dny +379

    I always liked that scene. His expression said it all, 'That's it.'

    • @Luda_101
      @Luda_101 Před 16 dny +24

      I’ve always said that Speed is the perfect moment of acceptance of the end.

    • @marcelkuijper8240
      @marcelkuijper8240 Před 15 dny +4

      @@Luda_101 Yeah, kinda like ... "Hmm ..."

    • @kopisusu2000
      @kopisusu2000 Před 15 dny +5

      Same here. I always associate that scene with Jeff Daniels. One of the greatest acting.

    • @TheNowhereMan0
      @TheNowhereMan0 Před 15 dny +3

      Yes, absolutely. His dead is terrible and he just accepted that fact. Great scene.

    • @user-yn7rv4zs2l
      @user-yn7rv4zs2l Před 13 dny +3

      I thought he could have dove out the window to be honest. It was a solid 3 or 4 seconds

  • @JWUniverse
    @JWUniverse Před 9 dny +19

    Bruh that scene still gets me 29 years later… The Best welp I’M FUCKED Face ever!

  • @cmudd9788
    @cmudd9788 Před 15 dny +98

    Everybody always seems to forget about Pleasantville. He was the best character in that movie.

  • @GavinRamonShow
    @GavinRamonShow Před 13 dny +49

    Crazy thing is, the scene left me gutted. It was fear in his face and he did nail it.

  • @Kid-Pink_88.
    @Kid-Pink_88. Před 16 dny +171

    The fact that Chief's face in 'Jaws' when he sees the shark, inspired Jeff's face in 'Speed' when he sees he's about to blow up. Just when i couldn't love the movie 'JAWS' anymore then I hear this 😂😂😂. And 'Speed' is awesome too for that matter

    • @FPInvention
      @FPInvention Před 16 dny +5

      Tarantino recently said Jaws was the best movie ever made

    • @Kid-Pink_88.
      @Kid-Pink_88. Před 16 dny

      @@FPInvention no argument here

    • @reesebn38
      @reesebn38 Před 15 dny +6

      @@FPInvention I've been watching Jaws since 1975. It get better with age. Funny thing I find is E.T. has not aged well. The Thing that came out at the same time and failed is like Jaws it's a perfect film and gets better with age.

    • @grahamfoy3730
      @grahamfoy3730 Před 2 dny

      ​@@reesebn38 E.T. has aged incredibly well. It honestly seems more like a 90s movie than 80s

  • @NoorAgafia
    @NoorAgafia Před 13 dny +41

    Wow. I remember that scene like it was yesterday. Speed was actually one of the very first movies I ever saw in the Cinema as a kid. I felt so bad for Jeff. Great movie.

  • @ZEROGRAVITY80
    @ZEROGRAVITY80 Před 12 dny +20

    I've been a fan of Jeff's ever since "Arachnophobia". He just seems like a good genuine guy.

    • @chris77jay77
      @chris77jay77 Před 6 dny +2

      It's funny he mentions Jaws. An entire generation of people couldn't get in the bathtub after seeing that. Well, Jeff was in Arachnaphobia. My generation couldn't sit on the toilet without checking underneath it for spiders.

  • @Malcolmdeeb
    @Malcolmdeeb Před 15 dny +26

    Acting is about reacting, and the brilliance of his choice in that scene was him realizing that he didn’t have time to react.

  • @treborretsnom6186
    @treborretsnom6186 Před 16 dny +60

    He's an amazing person all around, smart dude, amazing talent 👍🫡

  • @v4v819
    @v4v819 Před 15 dny +26

    I loved him in "The Squid and the Whale". Hidden gem of an independent movie!

  • @jacobjones4628
    @jacobjones4628 Před 16 dny +32

    Love Jeff Daniels!! Seems like such a cool guy

    • @JimB16
      @JimB16 Před 16 dny

      You'd think so I know...

  • @mthawk07
    @mthawk07 Před 15 dny +27

    What always bothered me about that scene is the fact that Jeff Daniels was walking with a cane that very morning because he was still recovering from Keanu shooting him in the leg. Then a few hours later, he's on the SWAT team raiding Dennis Hopper's house?

    • @gamervet4760
      @gamervet4760 Před 13 dny +5

      I had the same thought because my dad said something about it when we rented it. He never bought it for that scene alone.

    • @darkjedi7
      @darkjedi7 Před 12 dny +1

      Tbf he's limping but slowly recovering. We can see that he can walk a bit faster.
      And I think he never thought that arresting Howard Payne would need to do much chasing at all, considering Payne's old age.
      What's bothering me is how come the he and the swat didn't feel any red herring or whatsoever when approaching Payne's home despite the fact that he's a bomb expert

    • @nicodemus7784
      @nicodemus7784 Před 5 dny

      pain meds and adrenaline. when you are hyper focused in a life or death situation the body's pain response deadens as well. a sore leg may make you limp a bit but enough time has passed since he was shot that he has been cleared to work again and in the moment it becomes not that big of a deal

    • @BMovieMadness
      @BMovieMadness Před 3 dny +1

      Fun fact: It's a movie.

  • @philipcregger6477
    @philipcregger6477 Před 15 dny +9

    I love Jeff Daniels. He seems like such a good guy.

  • @darklorddysart
    @darklorddysart Před 16 dny +14

    Amazing, I was literally watching Speed a couple days ago. Such nostalgia but only now can I really appreciate how well made that film is!

    • @rbjs7
      @rbjs7 Před 13 dny

      It has some massive plot holes

  • @deathstate1
    @deathstate1 Před 16 dny +137

    pop quiz hot shot.

    • @AndreiBYhappy
      @AndreiBYhappy Před 14 dny +6

      I will collect my money! I will collect the money due me!

    • @deathstate1
      @deathstate1 Před 14 dny

      @@AndreiBYhappy this movie is borderline classic also you had the mask and dumb and dumber they where the movies everyone watched back then.

    • @AndreiBYhappy
      @AndreiBYhappy Před 14 dny +1

      @@deathstate1 I initially ignored them but eventually watched multiple times. Jim impressed everyone.

    • @clintenos
      @clintenos Před 6 dny +1

      There's a bomb on a bus.

    • @lionelhutz5137
      @lionelhutz5137 Před 4 dny +2

      "C'mon, another thirty years of this you'll get a pension and a cheap gold watch"

  • @Cmon-Man
    @Cmon-Man Před 15 dny +8

    “Something Wild” one of my favorites. He was great in that

    • @TMouse-hd5jb
      @TMouse-hd5jb Před 13 dny +1

      Thank you!

    • @JonnyDIY
      @JonnyDIY Před 4 dny +2

      Ray Liotta 💕👍

    • @Cmon-Man
      @Cmon-Man Před 4 dny +1

      @@JonnyDIY yes, he was great in that also. When he laughs at the toy in the car, I think it was a Gumby doll? Cracks me up

  • @mindphaser23
    @mindphaser23 Před dnem +1

    He nailed that scene in Speed. It's still burned in my memory all these years later.

  • @jenniferchoo9413
    @jenniferchoo9413 Před 16 dny +26

    I just introduced my 11 year old to Dumb and Dumber last weekend...I told her when we were watching it that next on our list is Speed.

  • @devastaterx
    @devastaterx Před 16 dny +83

    Let's not forget Arachnophobia. That movie will put the creeps on ya 🕸🕷

    • @Ogrematic
      @Ogrematic Před 15 dny +1

      Damn you made me think of it.

    • @heckensteiner4713
      @heckensteiner4713 Před 14 dny +1

      That movie made me afraid to put on my football helmet. 🕷😱

    • @Novastar.SaberCombat
      @Novastar.SaberCombat Před 13 dny

      John Goodman stole it, but... yup... Jeff was the straight man turned hero needed for the film's end, heheh.

  • @415423591
    @415423591 Před 14 dny +3

    For film actors, that is a fanTASTic anecdote. What a crazy medium.

  • @davefilms345
    @davefilms345 Před 3 dny +1

    Watching that scene, you knew what was going to happen with the expression on his face. He absolutely nailed it

  • @mikegeiler2347
    @mikegeiler2347 Před 11 dny +4

    “THATS OUR SCUMBAG!” Is one of the best lines in all movies

  • @JamesSmith-xo3vj
    @JamesSmith-xo3vj Před 15 dny +7

    He was fantastic in the newsroom! underrrated actor

  • @wfvesely
    @wfvesely Před 15 dny +10

    Jeff Daniels, a national treasure! I really didn't know much about him until I saw that speech on newsroom, amazing acting by him. Since then I've been following him some and there's so much to like about him. Smart funny good person, gotta like him

  • @warwagon
    @warwagon Před 12 dny +3

    I could listen to him tell stories all day

  • @user-yn7rv4zs2l
    @user-yn7rv4zs2l Před 16 dny +9

    I saw speed when I was like 11 and I thought it was so great and I still do. I would have loved to have seen more with him and Keanu

  • @GuineaPigEveryday
    @GuineaPigEveryday Před 15 dny +4

    They screened the movie a few weeks ago in my local theatre, was packed, and the movie absolutely kickass just like the other 5 times I’ve watched it in the last 2 years. This movie is absolutely timelessly great

    • @DonWinslow-cn7zx
      @DonWinslow-cn7zx Před 12 dny

      It's such a badass movie. It's definitely aged well, too. I bought it on Blu-Ray. I took my girlfriend to see it at the movies when it first came out. I gave that a 10/10.

  • @Tehyamz
    @Tehyamz Před 8 dny +1

    Lewis in The Lookout??? His character was so awesome.

  • @Chef-vg4pu
    @Chef-vg4pu Před 13 dny +2

    I know the exact moment it was right before he said we’re gonna need a bigger boat and I remember the exact moment that you died in that movie and they’re perfectly synced… and now will be forever in my head

  • @johnwilliamson2207
    @johnwilliamson2207 Před 15 dny +5

    Each time I watch it I can't help but think that from the time Harry saw the timer and the actual explosion, he had plenty of time to dive through that front window lol.

    • @JonnyDIY
      @JonnyDIY Před 4 dny

      Not with that bum leg of his 🤣

  • @RS-jb1lf
    @RS-jb1lf Před hodinou

    What a great insight. Jeff is simply superb. I hope we see more of him for some TV shows. He would nail a thriller series.

  • @robertbroadbent3038
    @robertbroadbent3038 Před 13 dny +2

    my favourite role Jeff Daniel’s played - Gettysburg

  • @fragout9575
    @fragout9575 Před 13 dny +2

    Jeff Daniels has such a diverse range of characters and honestly, people not recognizing his prowess to play serious roles is saddening.
    If you haven't already watched American Rust, you definitely should!!

  • @sjones1013
    @sjones1013 Před 11 dny +2

    First movie I remember seeing him in was Fly Away Home

  • @mikejh6298
    @mikejh6298 Před 11 dny +2

    Speed was one of the first action films I remember watching I was 8 or 9. I always remember Dennis hopper: "way to go jack, way to go jack" with the missing finger clapping.

    • @lionelhutz5137
      @lionelhutz5137 Před 4 dny +1

      "Do you think they'll give you another medal if you pick up all of the bus driver's teeth?"

  • @Jensley_Report
    @Jensley_Report Před 15 dny +2

    In that scene he didnt just look at the red light, he also did this kind of lip quiver with his chin. Amazing performance.

  • @somebuddyX
    @somebuddyX Před 11 dny

    This whole interview was really great.

  • @blinderII
    @blinderII Před dnem

    I remember that expression so well!! Well done!

  • @coolcat6303
    @coolcat6303 Před 15 dny +3

    Jeff is not only one of my fav actors but a fellow Michigander as well. And I not only enjoy his major movies but his smaller ones too. My favorite is "The Crossing" which he did back in 2000 on A&E. He played General George Washington and really brought alot of life and believability to the role. The film itself is also quite interesting and fun to watch. So make sure to check it out sometime.

  • @JonnyDIY
    @JonnyDIY Před 4 dny +1

    I always loved that performance. He said it's no big deal, but it was perfectly played 👏💕👍💣💥💀

  • @Av-vd3wk
    @Av-vd3wk Před 6 dny +1

    He was EXCELLENT as John Scully in the Steve Jobs movie.

  • @mattresbert
    @mattresbert Před 12 dny

    Brilliant stuff
    I love you Jeff

  • @TampaAries
    @TampaAries Před 4 dny

    His expression was so real, good acting.

  • @Rawsilver
    @Rawsilver Před 14 dny +1

    That's a good tip. So simple, yet sells it so well.

  • @JeremiahAKAtheSportsBeard
    @JeremiahAKAtheSportsBeard Před 13 hodinami

    Jeff Daniels in Two Days in the Valley has a smaller part but crushes it one of my favorite rolls you played.

  • @slayerwatcher
    @slayerwatcher Před 17 hodinami

    That expression was great and I never really thought about the why and how that made it possible. That was a great explanation and I'm glad he attributed it to Roy Scheider because he was a great actor, too. I will always remember that explanation.

  • @nativewood
    @nativewood Před 9 dny +1

    I liked that for his acting. Said “Phuck” without saying a word.

  • @The.Original.Potatocakes
    @The.Original.Potatocakes Před 15 dny +3

    I remember watching the Disney movie fly away home growing up.

  • @gumby7584
    @gumby7584 Před 12 dny

    Seriously underrated this man.

  • @jeffn4836
    @jeffn4836 Před dnem

    Rich really hamming it up so that Jeff feels better about telling the story. It feels very much like Fallon

  • @itslikethesamebutdifferent8020

    I’m watching the newsroom (yet again) and it has to be y favorite one of his many works. Being a guitar player i also love the fact that he can rock out on the 6 string.

  • @Thedearster
    @Thedearster Před 15 dny

    Tuned in right when I saw the picture. Speed is super underrated imo.

  • @NightmareEsq23
    @NightmareEsq23 Před 11 dny

    Nothing better than those obscure movie stories - so cool

  • @rocknroller77
    @rocknroller77 Před 15 dny +1

    Terms of Endearment?!? Thats the one i will always associate him with. Fantastic movie❤

  • @NicolajFlies
    @NicolajFlies Před 14 dny

    I think the reason some people get emotional, is the connection to all law enforcement at the moment they know. What Jeff did here, was a split second of pride. It got me too. Great actor.

  • @spiderdansweb
    @spiderdansweb Před 12 dny

    This is why this show is the best... I've thought about this movie so much and they cover it

  • @Pandaman94
    @Pandaman94 Před 11 dny +1

    In speed his death HURT they made you care about his character. He was funny. He was smart, He was Unique he was a Great partner and then Keanu's characters reaction to hearing Harry Died Was incredible.

  • @anamewhichisnottaken
    @anamewhichisnottaken Před 13 dny +1

    He absolutely KILLED IT as Frank Griffin in Godless. Undoubtedly my favorite performance of his. Also, he is a fellow Michigander and I just love him. ✌🏻❤️🙂

  • @nicodemus7784
    @nicodemus7784 Před 5 dny

    that was always a gem from speed imo, that just focused look like he is clearing the house and then he sees it, processes it and knows they are all dead without a single word, all body language and facial expression.

  • @Kane69022
    @Kane69022 Před 9 dny

    His work for Michigan has been wonderful

  • @alexamerling79
    @alexamerling79 Před 15 dny

    One of my favorite actors. Loved him in Dumb and Dumber obviously but I really enjoyed him in Gettysburg as Chamberlain.

  • @snakeplisken6242
    @snakeplisken6242 Před 10 dny +1

    Great actor. Loved him in Gettysburg

  • @riglodawnstar41
    @riglodawnstar41 Před 9 dny +1

    Escanaba in da moonlight was a masterpiece.

  • @crazyralph6386
    @crazyralph6386 Před 15 dny

    The scene was haunting and stuck with me for awhile

  • @JW-ij6to
    @JW-ij6to Před dnem +1

    ❤ jeff

  • @Durwood71
    @Durwood71 Před 3 dny

    The best part about Jeff Daniels appearing in _Dumb & Dumber_ is that the producers wanted another comedian to play opposite of Jim Carrey, but Carrey insisted on a serious actor to help keep him grounded and asked for Daniels. So the producers offered what they thought was an insultingly low salary of $50,000, thinking Daniels would reject it, and then they could hire whoever they wanted. To their surprise, Daniels immediately accepted without negotiation. When his agents found out, they told him it would be the end of his career and started making plans to get him out of the contract, but Daniels said, "No, I want to do this, and if it's a mistake, then it will be my mistake."
    Of course he killed it in the role, and the movie went on to be a great success.

  • @ScrewyDriverTheMan
    @ScrewyDriverTheMan Před 15 dny

    The house was in that little neighborhood tucked in just West of the 405, North of Century Blvd, that is now being demolished to make way for the part of the Monorail connector to the Green Line, as well as parking, same hood where they blew up the house in Lethal Weapon

  • @Espionage32
    @Espionage32 Před 15 dny

    loved him in Newsroom

  • @hannahsdrawings8664
    @hannahsdrawings8664 Před 15 dny

    Great stories. Both, about living a bit longer in Speed and learning acting from Roy Scheider.😋🤭😄Love it.

  • @afriend9428
    @afriend9428 Před 14 dny

    *love this guy in Speed Need this guy in more action and serious movies!* 💡

  • @andrewhazlewood4569
    @andrewhazlewood4569 Před 15 dny

    I haven’t seen Speed in decades but the acting in that scene is so well done I still remember it in vivid detail. But I thought the light was supposed to represent a motion detector being triggered.

  • @fuferito
    @fuferito Před 13 dny

    Jeff Daniels is always fantastic, notably in _The Crossing_ as George Washington; in _Pleasantville;_ and, the overall kingpin in charge in _Looper._

  • @paulclark4071
    @paulclark4071 Před 14 dny

    Fly Away Home is one from my childhood.

  • @DanielRodriguez-eh1qd
    @DanielRodriguez-eh1qd Před 6 dny +2

    I’ve always liked his expression in that scene, no screaming or scrambling to get out of the house. His character instantly knew it’s over, there’s nothing he can do, the expression said it all.

  • @greenleewood34
    @greenleewood34 Před 2 dny

    I read a bit more into that scene. As i recall, the character was also a demolition/explosives expert. A younger version of the retired officer (with fingers numbering nine) he was sent to apprehend. So he better understood that they'd all been played and what was about to happen than the men he was with.

  • @Feanor026
    @Feanor026 Před 11 dny

    He was really great in the Western mini serie "Godless", very underrated and highly recommending.

  • @bigphilnyc
    @bigphilnyc Před 15 dny

    The scene was filmed in a house just north of LAX in Playa Del Ray on the corner of Redlands and Trask.

  • @peterhopqk
    @peterhopqk Před 16 dny +2

    In Looper, he was terrifying as a villain.

  • @jeremywheeler5312
    @jeremywheeler5312 Před 11 dny

    The Lafont freeway hadn't been completed yet . . .
    But it's finished on the damn map!

  • @Realmjumper4099
    @Realmjumper4099 Před 2 dny

    Speed is a classic film.

  • @boywonderrr71
    @boywonderrr71 Před 15 dny

    Props to Jeff for letting us know how its done and that they dont have all the answers either.

  • @User-54631
    @User-54631 Před 15 dny +1

    I enjoyed his character in speed.

  • @metahduh4003
    @metahduh4003 Před 14 dny

    He was also good in Two Days In The Valley.

  • @stephengallo5109
    @stephengallo5109 Před 15 dny

    I love how he does all these interviews and he never once brags about all the work he has done as one half of the duo Air Supply.

  • @gregbetts5092
    @gregbetts5092 Před 16 dny +10

    Love this guy!

  • @TheRampage20
    @TheRampage20 Před 21 hodinou

    Newsroom was amazing

  • @fredtaylor9792
    @fredtaylor9792 Před 7 dny

    Fear and bravery in one face.

  • @george8873
    @george8873 Před 13 dny

    Arachnophobia, The Answer Man and Pleasantville are my favorites of his.

  • @TweedSuit
    @TweedSuit Před 8 dny +1

    Searching for the Roy Scheider interview...

  • @lionelhutz5137
    @lionelhutz5137 Před 4 dny

    "Tell me something good, man"
    "I'm sorry, I'm afraid Harry didn't make it"

  • @pegcity4eva
    @pegcity4eva Před 13 dny

    I love him in Looper

  • @pathutchison7688
    @pathutchison7688 Před 4 dny

    Actually, that moment in speed where Harry (the same first name he had in Dumb and Dumber) realizes he’s dead meat is great. I actually thought Daniel’s look of understanding was incredible and perfect.

  • @ChrisDarby80
    @ChrisDarby80 Před 5 dny

    He'll always be Ben Wilson from The Grand Tour/Timescape (depending where you lived) for me

  • @voldlifilm
    @voldlifilm Před 14 dny

    I remember seeing that scene as a kid, and it stuck with me. That moment when he realizes he's about to die was part of what made me realize my own mortality. I'm glad so much thought and consideration went into the moment that made a little kid in Norway realize he was gonna die one day. ;)

  • @Novastar.SaberCombat
    @Novastar.SaberCombat Před 13 dny

    Ahhh, how often moviegoers forget that "acting" often involves SOUND, lighting, lenses, a certain distant TO the lens, direction, editing, music, and--yes--sometimes 'splosions. :D In the case of "Speed", Jeff's character simply walked into a trap and it was game over. No quippy quips, no "OMG, EVERYONE OUT" mad dashes... this one was simply a checkmate by the storyline, editing, etc.

  • @Autonova
    @Autonova Před 4 dny

    Speed is one of the great action movies

  • @ggr1zz
    @ggr1zz Před 13 dny

    My wife’s favorite movie but I still give her a hard time every time I hear the line “it’s enough C4 to blow a hole in the world!” Cracks me up every time.

  • @johnmoore2344
    @johnmoore2344 Před 15 dny

    Some of the best scenes from actors comes when they don’t say a word and their faces tell the story. Not to steel any thunder away from Mr. Jeff Daniels, but take Richard Dean Anderson’s reaction when Dan Castellaneta tells him something about the O’Neill’s character in Stargate SG1 S8.E15 titled Citizen Joe.

  • @morgan180181
    @morgan180181 Před 16 dny +2

    Thought it was a motion sensor behind the wall art not a thermostat that set the house bomb off 🤔 1:55

    • @saske271
      @saske271 Před 16 dny +2

      Yeah It was. One of those sensors that’s usually connected to a home security system. I guess Jeff couldn’t remember what his character was looking at in the movie.

    • @morgan180181
      @morgan180181 Před 15 dny +1

      @@saske271 You're absolutely right, I mean it was 30 years ago..

    • @darylmorning
      @darylmorning Před 12 dny +1

      Unless what the audience was shown and what he saw were different things. His thing to give him timing cues and the thing we see to "make it cool" on the screen.

  • @robertbrook8552
    @robertbrook8552 Před 16 dny +3

    Jeff Daniel's is the only reason I like dumb and dumber. He nailed it

    • @geoffelder2236
      @geoffelder2236 Před 15 dny

      @robertbrook8552. Jeff's great, of course (as he is in anything, regardless of genre), but no love for Carrey?

    • @robertbrook8552
      @robertbrook8552 Před 14 dny

      @@geoffelder2236 he's alright, I just think Harry was a better idiot. Lol

    • @geoffelder2236
      @geoffelder2236 Před 14 dny

      @robertbrook8552 Yeah, I see your point, but they did have great chemistry together, didn't they?