Kyle MacLachlan on Fallout, David Lynch, and how he really feels about Dune
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- čas přidán 10. 04. 2024
- After making his name in series like “Twin Peaks” and “Sex and the City,” Kyle MacLachlan is now back on the small screen as the star of the new Amazon Prime series “Fallout.” The show is based on the hit video game series of the same name. Kyle joins Tom to chat about the show and look back at his career, including his starring role as Paul Atreides in David Lynch’s 1984 adaptation of “Dune.”
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Kyle doesn’t show up in much, but whenever he does, it’s always great. Twin Peaks, Portlandia, Fallout. I love him. He just feels so kind and charismatic
He’s also going to be in Blink Twice directed by Zoe Kravitz pretty soon!
I agree! He always delivers quality.
He has such a clear, warm, and direct way of speaking and telling stories. I wish this was much longer.
Agreed. I was taken at how much of a delight he is.
@@joshuahough8265 That's how he is. When I was a youngster I worked the cash register at Whole Foods and he must have lived nearby because he was always in there and was ALWAYS open for long and delightful conversations with lil ole me.
"Father, the Sleeper has awakened."
Ah man ya beat me to it😂 thanks
So many fun quotes in the 1984 movie.
He will always be the Kwizatz Haderach.
Yes, the Nick Knack Patty Whack.
No-one ever believed he'd use the family nukes on Shady Sands...
Wait for my brother Baron!
Yes😭😆
Yeah, yeah the sleeper has awakened
They did a great job on Fallout. Kyle has been knocking it out of the park for 40 years. They should've given him and Patrick cameos in Dune.
He has that wonderful blend of fatherly warmth, charm, intelligence and yet potential for intense darkness that he used spectacularly in nailing Hank the Overseer. Superb performance!
I'm 27 years old and I've watched the first season of twin peaks 4 times. Truly incredible
What about the rest?
@JUNKO____ season 2 has a lot of bloat but I still like a lot of it. It's not quite as watchable though. Twin peaks return feels more cronenberg than lynch its so weird and gross, I've made it halfway through a couple of times but drop off. I really want to finish it one day though 😩
@@sunnyjones8682 Good old 22-episode format bloating every tv show from the pre-streaming era.
Season 3 is the weirdest and darkest for sure. It has a hell of a last few episodes though.
Funny how these guys get compared a lot. Besides the superficial stuff - using the same actors, using each other's actors, same age, even look kind of similar - they have lots of violent and sexual content that never feels exploitative and they are the most bizarre acclaimed directors of their respective countries.
If any Twin Peaks fans are gamers then I highly recommend a game called "Deadly Premonition". It's basically Twin Peaks: The Video Game.
Have you watched season 3?
He did a great job portraying Ray Manzarek in The Doors movie.
True. Also was the only one who actually looked like the real person.
Imagine Kyle being re-cast as older Paul Atrades in the upcoming Dune Messiah
Perfect, bring it full circle.
Kyle seems like a really nice guy, just a genuine person.
Walton as well. I suspect this was a good set to film on.
David Lynch's Dune is a masterpiece. The depiction of Paul was perfect!
Dune 1984 is what inspired many people to join the Dune-verse.
Definitely one of my favorite sci-fi movies. The more I watch the new movies, the more I appreciate Lynch's film. Not that the new ones are bad. They are stunning with the scale of things and technology envisioned, but they just feel a bit hollow. A bit more, been there, done that. Just not memorable.
A lot of people get hung up on it not being a faithful adaptation of the books, but I personally prefer the 1984 movie to the new ones. It feels wildly imaginative.
The new Dune movies are bizarrely over-rated. I will always prefer the Lynch version.
Same, I prefer the 1984 version. It just seemed so much "richer", if that is the word I am trying to go for. The Harrison 2000 version wasn't too bad either, just a lower budget, as it had better exposition than the Lynch version due to its better time length as a miniseries 2 decades before the Villeneuve version also had the same chance to spread out the story details better. The Lynch version sadly never had that chance, even though it was initially meant to also be split into 2-3 parts. However, if you guys haven't yet, if you all want the 1984 version to follow the Herbert novel just a little bit closer & a little bit longer, go watch the fan-made 2012 Spicediver alternative cut. It is at 3 hours long & there is a 4k-upscaled version here on CZcams (GW channel).
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@@kalliste23 I think the new Dunes are great, but in some sense they are just ticking boxes using today's improved film technology. The 1984 version felt more like world building. With the exception of the Harkonens portrayal in the new films which I liked better, I think I prefer the 1984 characters.
Third season of Twin Peaks is a masterpiece. Great Kyle’s performance there.
PerformanceS*
@@JUNKO____ Hvad?
S3 is goateddd
Yes yes yes!!!!
Absolutely.
Dune was amazing! Made me a Lynch fan! I was 17 and took a date, a first date. I knew it wouldn't work out with her after that.
Dune 1984 is amazing
Way better than the woke new one they make for sure.
@@Steger13”woke” ?
That’s the only way you could phrase whatever your critique is?
All you could do is dump that stupid word?
@@vhufeosqapmust be referring to the sleeper. Although I'm pretty sure that was in the 84 film too.
"The rightious?!"
@@Steger13the 84 film is completely dogshit the new one is better in every way
He portrayed 100% a Vault overseer how I expect one to be ❤
Sitting down with my Mom to check out "this new show" Twin Peaks, and being instantly absorbed, has always been a favorite memory of spending time with her.
His acting in Fallout is so convincing, he is almost unrecognizable.
I read Dune as a young teenager too, before I’d seen the David Lynch movie. I have no idea anymore what image Id had in my head of Paul before seeing the movie, Paul is just Kyle MacLachlan for me forever
I was touring the colosseum in Rome and who was standing right beside me with his wife and family ?
Agent Cooper ! KM himself ! I’m not embarrassed to admit that was a bigger thrill than the landmark.
So lucky!!
But Dune is a truly masterpiece even that squeezed version. The music, the ambient, misticism, mesianism, acting, story, I watched over 150 times, and thank God for that movie. Intro is one of the best intros of all time and one of my favoruit movie. It was not popular in that time because it wasnt the time for that movie, an because it was good. But we will all want to see directors cut of David Lynch. Greetings from Serbia, Balcan, Europe
You may want to watch Spicediver's cut of the Lynch's Dune here, on CZcams, with all restored deleted scenes, re-arranged sequences, and footage revamped to meet the technology of our era (it's 4K, I believe). _Spicediver_ is an anonymous group of film industry creators who did the monumental amount of work.
He’s a national treasure, and definitely brought a brilliant dynamic to the Fallout universe.
it'd be so cool if they could find a role for Kyle in Dune Part III
Someone mentioned an older Paul Atreides might work, and I kind of agree. He does look like he could pass for an older Chalumet, and considering he was the original, it makes poetic sense too.
A few ropey effects aside I adore Lynch's Dune, AND Kyle's performance. I pretty much would watch anything with Kyle in it after that point, especially if directed or created by Lynch.
Lynch is incredible. Not only his cinematic take on his art, but watch him on "Louie" or as John Ford in "The Fabelmans". You gotta love him.
The fact that he was the bartender on The Cleveland Show is amazing
or as the voice of a light operator in inland empire
David Lynch’s Dune is one of my favourite movies. While not 100% faithful to the book it has a lot of heart. Kyle seems like a really nice guy.
Kyle is so lovely. I adore both him and David Lynch.
Agent Cooper is easily one of my fav characters ever created in movie, tv or book. Brilliant performance.
Agreed. And he gave brilliant performances as Good Coop, Bad Coop, and especially Dougie Jones.
I just saw fallout and dune 2 in the same week. I think its amazing they got the og paul to play the father in fallout and dune 2 is playing at the same time. Great character
I didnt know the mayor of portlandia is a washingtonian! I also found out the author of dune is washingtonian as well and was inspired by the dunes in Oregon.
Dune 2 Aaaah! RTS' Thé beginning 1992 ♥
Kyle honestly seems like the nicest guy in Hollywood.
He seems like a very down to earth guy, with the best chin in the business to boot!
Great head of hair!
bruce campbell crying
@@obscure.reference stop😆...funny I been watching videos on Bruce too.
@@greenytaddict lol went through an evil dead phase last month still fresh
Thank you Kylie!
I hope you know your and Davids' Dune has a cult following today, as I've been a fan since my late teens when I saw it in 89/90.
As also a fan of the book, that I read at the same age as you (15) I always saw beyond the movie, filling in the missing parts of the story.
It was magnificent! The vistas, the acting and clothing. The real-looking stillsuits! Also the score by Toto was and still is so inspiring.
But as David Lynch has said himself it was flawed, cut apart and you really need to have read the book to see it and understand it.
However, if it wasn't for the pre-scouted pitfalls of the 80s Dune adaption I doubt Villneuve would have succeded now with the new version.
He could build on your creation and made sure that even audiences who hadn't read the book could relate and understand it. Doubly so with his Dune part 2 that can, and for many are, watched as standalone. Yet they get it and find it an enjoyable movie.
Nevertheless the new movies could never contain every aspect of the story, show every scene and intrigue. So yes, there is room for both the new and your Dune.
This as a fan of both makes me so happy.
Thank you for making Dune and Twin Peaks and all the other things. It's given me great joy in my life to watch and re-watch them. Sometimes while making my own cherry pie to eat to it. :)
I'm adding Fallout to that as well now that I've seen the entire first season. What a great show and what a treat that you are such a key part to it.
Twin Peaks, season 1, episode 3 blew my mind. We all called each other after it aired asking "what did I just watch?". In many ways it reminded me of the final scenes of 2001: A Space Odyssey. I absolutely loved that show. Lynch will always be Lynch and thank god for that.
One of the best TV show opening scores ever.
Surprised at how eloquent and clear he is when speaking - we need him on a long form podcast.
I just watched Dune Part 2 and absolutely loved it. I still adore Lynch's version equally. All 3 movies are amazing and masterfully done.
I watched David Lynch's Dune when it came out in the cinema, and is still to this day my favourite movie ever!!!!
I write Fallout Fan Fiction on Wattpad.
I’m currently writing Fallout: Long Island New York.
I finished Fallout: Healdsburg.
Cliff Vandercave!!! Can we just all agree this guy is freakin nice as can be…this was a great interview THANK YOU
Great show, Kyle is such a personable character and the interviewer was really good at asking the questions that were coming to my mind about Kyle MacLachlan, as a David Lynch, Fallout and Dune fan
It sucks because I absolutely love the 1984 version
This was great! I am one of those “Twin Peaks Superfams” (alas I didn’t make it to North Bend this year to meet Kyle), but you really know how to conduct a quick and dirty interview that runs the gamut of a guest’s life and career.
Its actually interesting that as an American the threat of nuclear war didnt have much impact as here as an Aussie in the 80s it was pretty pervasive. The cold war, the threat of nuclear war, it was part of the media landscape and part of the cultural and political landscape. For me it was part of TV, music and art. At elementary school they made us watch the movie The Day After. There were big movies like Wargames as well that had nuclear war as the central threat. So speaking for myself as a child of the 80s, the threat of nuclear war was never far away. It wasn't something I particularly obsessed over as I was a kid and you tend to be much more focus on the present and the day to day, but the threat of nuclear war was always an undercurrent there, like a vague unpleasant smell or a barely perceptible hum that you cant pinpoint but you can feel in your bones. Like I say, I was a kid so I wasn't really losing sleep over this stuff, but it was always there. It just goes to show that even on another continent, the effects of the cold war were strong enough to flavour my childhood. I had thought the feeling would be there for Americans too, but I guess it depends on what part of America you grew up in.
All his shows are amazing!! Fallout is so good too, love his character
Dune was a GREAT MOVIE !!!!
Kyle MacLachlan was a Hero !
It was a great show.
I have watched the movie Dune 1984 several times and it is Much better than the recent Dune 2023.
I wish this interview was just about His time making the movie . What details could he tell...?
Lynch Dune is good but to say that is better than the recent adaptation is an utter farce. The recent films are a MUCH better adaptation of the source material.
Great film of Kyle's is The Hidden
I can't find The Hidden on any streaming service. Very annoying.😮😮😮
Great interview,,, really enjoyed it
Great interview!
Fantastic interview
I think that was the first interview I've ever seen with Kyle MacLachlan, and it didn't disappoint.
I love that he tried playing the games beforehand, but I am still curious which game it was. Probably Fallout 4 since he was playing on his son's console, I'd wager. It was also really interesting hearing about him meeting David Lynch and all that: I could've listened for hours. Anyways, you asked some great questions and it was a lovely interview.
dune 84 was a great film. had really good casting. the actors could actually act. I like the new version but the casting is reliant on a couple good actors to carry the rest. I don't care for changed characters or added ones.
I don’t understand this, every actor is phenomenal in the new dune, while the old one is stunted by really strange acting choices and downright cringeworthy dialogue
Kyle at the Fallout premiere was cracking me up this morning I saw some video of him just lurking around being Kyle and awesome.
Great series so far, just finished season 1 last night. 👍
Aside from the David Lynch stuff I loved The Hidden (1987) with Kyle in the leading role as well as him playing the drug dealer in Where The Day Takes You (1992). I used to get him and Charlie Sheen mixed up at times in the early '90s.
Casting him was a genius move, he’s perfect for it. I do feel like Twin Peaks and Fallout have a very similar vibe to it but it’s distinct in it’s own ways. Nice interview.
They both make use of MacLachlan's ability to play equally convincing good-guy and bad-guy roles; both series habitually switch between comedy and gut-wrenching drama on a dime, and both series make stellar use of their ensemble casts.
That said, I'm not sure David Lynch would ever want to make a series like _Fallout_ anymore than Jonathan Nolan would think to make something like _Twin Peaks._
I see what you mean. There's crossover, for sure but they are their own thing.
Kyle is such a delight. Such a great interview subject
Fantastic interview. Well done.
The Dune movie from 84 is one of my favorite films. In its difference it’s a unique and it pulls you in.
Love Kyle! He's been a formative figure in my childhood. Cooper was a wonderful character and it really made me want to be someone that was just, kind and a little goofy sometimes.
Dune is one of my favorite books of all time, and David's film of it is special, was one of my first theater experiences as a kid. As I read the book to this day Kyle is my mind's visual for Paul. Its a fantastic visual treat with an EPIC soundtrack!
I'll never understand the critiques of Lynch's Dune, it's so good! And of course I love Kyle in it. So interesting to learn it was a comfort book for him!
I'm surprised noone mentioning his brilliant portrayal as Ray Manzerek.
Great movie, great acting, amazing Sound Track, great weardrobe, great sets, some iffy visual effects (could do with a lift up), but also amazing ones.
People complain of the whispered thoughts. I love them.
And yes I'm talking about the Lynch version.
I did not know that Kyle was a big fan of the book (as am I). This blew me away and re-ignited my appreciation of him as an actor. I checked his IMDB and was reminded that he was, also, in Hidden. That was another great sci-fi movie!
I, also, was a HUGE fan of Twin Peaks!
Awesome interview of an awesome actor. I grew up trying to emulate Kyle MacLachlan every chance I got.
Never played but loved the series...really loved KMcL flying off in the mech...badass....
Special Agent Dale Cooper
…and my daughter was named after Audrey Horne. Twin Peaks was amazing!
Watched Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet, and Dune while in college. Just fell in love and became a big fan of Kyle's. Can't bring myself to finish the 3rd season of Twin Peaks though. Hope to see more of him in Fallout S2.
I'm very nearly done Season 3 of _Twin Peaks._ Persevere. That's all I can say. Lynch teases us for nearly the entire season before giving us what we want, but he _does_ eventually start tying up loose ends that even go back as far as the movie.
Thank you for sharing.
He was fantastic in desperate housewives. My girlfriend made me watch but he shows up and whoah this just went up a few notches. He’s always a joy to see.
For me DUNE 1984 is one of the best sfiction movie ever made.I actually like much more Dune from David Lynch , then the new one from Villenouve which also is great , but not that great
Amazed and super cool to see you bouncing back to current relevance and exposure in Fallout.
Such a class act every time I hear him speak. Great interview.
I agree that there is a place for the new and the old Dune movie. I love Denis' version but Lynch's version has a special place in my heart. Back in the 80s, a friend of mine and I were super into Dune. That movie inspired me to read the amazing books and Kyle will always be Paul to me 🙂 I'm not embarrassed to admit that, at some situations in my life, I recited the litany against fear 😉
When I was about 13, I was home alone on a quiet Saturday and Dune came on cable. I had a transformative experience watching it in front of the TV. I’ve rewatched all the edits and frequently quote it with my friends today.
It remains the definitive version in my mind so much that when I read the book, I was kind of disappointed that a few movie elements weren’t the same in writing. I’m actually a huge fan of the use of sonic power as a weapon as depicted, especially the final use.
The new movies look visually interesting but the storytelling just didn’t have the same visceral impact as 1984 did.
Dune is a movie which ages very well for me. I seem to enjoy it more with every watching. A great piece of work.
Twin Peaks I like so much for the settings in the North West. The music was excellent. And it had a unique cast of very well playing actors. A unique master piece as well.
Thank you very much!
I hope the movie and television industry take heed of the positives coming from Fallout and how they utilized this existing world in such a good way. It owes a lot to the games of course but it tells its own story and has its own unique traits that make the storytelling good overall. Loved it. They struck a good balance.
The 12 years old me who saw Dune in 1984 in theatre wil always think about Kyle : "And how can this be? For he is the Kwisatz Haderach!"
China Beach was on before Twin Peaks when it aired on Saturdays. I forget what was on before it when it was showing on Thursdays.
I for one have always loved his version of Dune,I’ve seen many different cuts including the original,TV and fan edit on here and I’ve enjoyed every single one of them..Twin Peaks is and has always been an absolute masterpiece of television but one movie of his that not much is spoken about is The Hidden and that’s a relatively forgotten sci-fi crime action thriller about and alien on the run that hides inside humans and is addicted to fast cars and crime
One of the best Q guests in a long time. Great actor. And for the record - there are so many fans of Dune 1984. I am one of them. While I enjoyed the new one, I think MacLachlan's portrayal of Paul was solid and closer. Fallout is excellent and MacLachlan is one of the best parts.
He was in another great sci-fi movie with Michael Nouri, and Babylon 5's Claudia Christian, The Hidden.
If you haven't seen it I won't spoil it.
That was a great film!
He's such a gentlemen actor, I bet he's ace to work with. Good interview.
I love the old Dune movie. I've watched it more times than I can count.
I've seen both parts of the new Dune and I think it was great. An amazing achievement. Still, I prefer 1984's version slightly more and for a variety of reasons. Sad David Lynch does not care for it, but I get it.
He really would have done much more interesting movie if the company would,have gives him permission to do two part movie!
He did have to cut so much because of Only having one film… and Lynch is dreamer/builder… and there were not room to build.
I just watched Twin Peaks for the first time after watching Fallout and getting inspired by Kyle who suggested us millennials to go and give the show a go and I was not disappointed.
Twin Peaks and Pee Wee's Playhouse, the two most amazing shows to ever hit network television!
He will always be Paul Atreides to me. I grew up with that version of Dune. I don't care what anyone says. I even love the score from that movie
He deserved so many awards for Twin Peaks: The Return.
Oh my god, right???
For the Dougie Jones bit alone, he deserved an award! I've never laughed so hard whilst simultaneously being so uncomfortable, than watching those Dougie scenes in the first few episodes! But then you throw two other knockout performances as both the Evil Cooper, and then finally a return to the Good Cooper, as if no time had passed since 1990... brilliant in every way!
He must have felt honoured due to the easter egg in Dune2 referring to Blue Velvet.
How grim can our dystopian present get. Blue Velvet futures?
If I was in Fallout, I would be proud to serve Overseer Muad’Dib
A vault dweller with the Weirding Way perk.
Kyle's last video game was Defender. Love it.
I’ve only seen the first two episodes, but they did great justice to the games, of which I played FO3, 4, and 76 (76 was a confusing mess, and the inventory and monthly payment put me off of it). I really have enjoyed the TV Series so far.
great interview. six out of four.
I go to thrift stores occasionally, hoping to find a gem. Sometimes when i see Butterfly Effect, I think momentarily, that I found Trigger Effect. I've never even seen B.E. but I love T.E..
I found an unopened Blu Ray of 1984 Dune. I got Blue Velvet as well, a couple months ago. Years ago, I asked my father what his favorite movie was. He said Blue Velvet.
"defender" classic game m8 :)
Long live to fighters!!!
Dune from 1984 is still my favourite. Maybe not the best book adaptation but damn fun sci-fi movie.
After watching Fallout, m daughter said "He went from Muad-Dib, to Muad-Deadbeat" 🤣
Kyle McLachlan is a national treasure. We must protect this man at all costs.
One of the best actors of MY time. I love Deniro, and Pacino, etc. They are a little past me. Kyle has been hip to my generation. God bless