Paul Thomas Anderson on the Tension with Burt Reynolds on the Set of Boogie Nights
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- Опубликовано: 12 дек 2017
- Paul Thomas Anderson talks to Andy Cohen about filming Boogie Nights, and tension on the set with Burt Reynolds.
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Holy shit PTA was 26 when he made Boogie Nights? What am I doing with my life.
1822138 Boogie Days
Orson Welles was 25 when he did Kane, John Singleton was 22 when he did Boyz n the Hood
A lot. Most people have died but you’re at least trying to understand psychology
When they broke up- the Beatles were in their 20’s
Mozart was 8 years old when he wrote his fist symphony .
When Burt won the Golden Globe, he was very gracious in his speech. He thanked PTA for his talent, calling him very brave for doing the movie as well as thanking the young cast.
Saw that too recently. Seemed like Burt Reynolds had accepted the status of the film but maybe not fully. Anyway, he was great in that one.
You gotta remember he was accepting an award that was broadcasted to millions of homes live. I doubt he would have said something insulting or negative towards PTA. I don’t think he accepted it at that point as there were some interviews a few years later where he still wasn’t happy with the film or being in it. But if he’s up for an award and wins for that film then he won’t turn that award down.
Haha, guarantee u would NOT say anything negative either. It could hurt any actor's career, including legal action, for slandering the director. Studio & movie investors would come after u for hurting their profits
boogie nights shouldve gotten oscars ! so robbed
Burt actually fired his agent after he did Boogie Nights. It was the agent's idea to do the film and Burt disliked it _that_ much. He actually turned down the role seven times before finally taking it. I always feel bad for that agent because he saw something that Burt couldn't and it only benefited Burt. I hope the agent went on to a good career with other actors.
Jeez why such distaste for such a good role?
@@rohanmiscrits Burt came from a different time. I mean like, when films meant something else entirely and were made in a whole different way. He was admist that transition into what we know now as cinema currently. Burt couldn't adapt that well at the time, so I understand his initial frustration but, practically, he was just a victim of circumstance, in a way. An actor from a different era of movie making, that's all. I'm glad he came to appreciate it later on in his life, though. And yes, it sucks for his then agent. But, if he was good enough to see the potential in someone like, PTA and his vision then, I'm sure he was okay later.
@Joe Cool if you consider that a trash movie, I question your judgment
@Joe Cool Burt was nominated for best supporting actor lol
@Joe Cool Not sure if you watched this video but PTA said Burt later watched it and liked it
For all the issues Burt had with PTA and the suggestion that he "didn't get it" with the film, I think he turned out a hell of a performance. Jack was a very likable and believable character.
Learning this is so ironic to me - I thought it was obvious within minutes he was the perfect cast for that role.
Good point. But the actual point you're making, is that Burt was really a good actor and loved and respected his craft.
Paul is very honest, open and humble in a way that's very unique and refreshing for an artist of such immense stature
@@jon8004 lol i was gonna say; in the past he was the opposite of humble. But he does seem to have really chilled out and I really enjoy hearing him interviewed now. He used to be more of a coked out dickhead lol and now seems to be a legit cool dude
Burt Reynolds delivered the performance of a lifetime! Just amazing and amazing cast!
@Tash21 He would have won the Oscar if he didn't constantly trash the Movie and the whole concept with his typical Burt Reynolds arrogance. That really angered many Oscar voters and influential people in Hollywood. When he finally got some humility and shut his pill popping mouth, he won the Golden Globe. End of story. 😁
@Tash21 *** Which is why he should have won an Oscar. ***
Meh... His performance was great, but so many others in that Movie were so much better... Thomas Jane's strung out Junkie character was incredible, so was Nicole Parker's character (Becky Barnett) - especially that cut scene where she gets beaten mercilessly by her husband (why they cut that out I'll never know?). Ridgely's character was superb - especially that Jail house scene on the Phone. John C Riley was also superb...but most of all Mark Walberg, who just carried this movie.
What a polite answer by PTA
Glad to hear PTA breathing lol
I want to see John C reilly in a PTA movie again
Nobody fucks with Chest and Brock!
SquidkidMega
Hell yeah, Magnolia and Boogie Nights were his best performances
I'd like to see him reunite with him and Tom Cruise again. Throw Joaquin Phoenix into the mix as well, then it would be perfect.
Kev Low Hard Eight all day homie!
I want to see Steve Brule in a PTA movie
really hoping pta goes back to make at least one more big ensemble type movie with his actors hes amassed over the years
me also and something more relatable and/or personal a la Boogie Nights/Magnolia
Burt Reynolds was one of the greatest movies stars talented dashingly handsome and lots and lots of personality, there isn't anyone in Hollywood today can even come close to being a real star like Burt.
Chris Pratt would be my first thought. Not sure if he's as good a serious actor as Burt but bear in mind Burt did A LOT of comedy work. I'd say RDJ comes pretty close as well - although not as uber-macho as Burt, he's a very talented actor and damn good looking. Denzel is getting up there in years but he's also a good match. Can't be bothered to go on, but there are plenty.
@@misteral1083 Glad you're a Pratt fan and that's cool. I enjoy some of his movies myself. But, and I guess it's just my humble opinion, he is no where near Burt's talents and abilities. Denzel is a very good actor and Pratt doesn't hold a candle in comparison. I would have loved to have seen Burt and Denzel in something serious. That could've been really tense and sensational.
@@WilliamsDad1989 I just recently watched "Tomorrow War" and I 100% retract my comment!
@@misteral1083 Damn !! Just saw this, and was also just about to start T War. Now it's what are my other choices. I'll prob give it a chance.
Burt Reynolds was great in Boogie Nights and anchored the entire film. Perhaps he didn’t realize the film’s dark undertones until he saw the finished product.
pam0626 Burt Reynolds stupidly thought the movie was glamorizing the porn industry and that’s why he became an insufferable diva throughout the production.
@@adamzanzie boo hoo hoo, guessing you're not a Burt fan. Obviously PTA was, that's why he kept pushing and pushing for Burt in the role. Wasn't going to make it as written without Burt. And had the opportunity , but never took it, to fire Burt anytime. But didn't. He really needed Burt to do that role for his film to come out as he envisioned it.
It is a super film and a wonderful cast all round. Sometimes the Art is ahead of its time. Credit to PTA for casting BR . It shows a strong vision can make things work . A lot of big directors might have passed on BR . IT is some of BRs best work
Agree
Incredible cast
Boogie Nights is by far the best movie Burt Reynolds ever made, including all that Hollywood tat (Deliverance, Smokey and the Bandit etc.) which people remember him for.
Deliverance was and still is a one of a kind film. Burt was excellent init. Also the longest yard. BN = an excellent, perfect performance, no doubt
@@nadagabri5783 Totally agree nada. 👍
Deliverance isn't a typical 'Hollywood' movie.
Out of your mind.
Deliverance pretty much changed EVERYTHING about cinema. New Hollywood. Bonnie and Clyde, Midnight Cowboy and Deliverance are the three films where there was a gigantic plate shift in how stories were told on screen. Smokey and the Bandit was popcorn crap, but Hopper was in the same boat and he'd made Easy Rider. All the greats careers were in a lull in the 80's apart from Nicholson.
Rest in peace good buddy
Burt has said that if he could do it all over again, he would not have done the film. Had a miserable experience making the film and he never saw himelf in the film up until he passed away. And it was the film that earned him his Only Oscar Nomination
Shame, I thought it was his best performance
Just a fantastic film, "Boogie Nights."
All said, IMHO, it was Burt's best performance.
Boogie nights. Magnolia.
Masterpieces. Burt Reynolds performance was perfection
Directing Boogie Nights at 26....damn!!!
"I was 26 years old-"
Fuck my life
My feelings exactly. Who tf makes a film like Boogie Nights at 26?
@@TheGoodfella2012 Almost nobody.... one of the few times something can happen when all odds are stacked against you.
@@TheGoodfella2012 harmony korine wrote KIDS at like 19 or some shit. it's insane man, i agree.
@@scott7521 i feel a great resurgence in arts and music going back to basics, all a generation needs is someone to get the ball rolling
@@FOUL_TROUBLE Harmony Korine is NOT Paul Thomas Anderson, for sure. I'm not sure this comparison holds up.
Everyone probably already knows, but Burt regretted doing Boogie Nights and fired his agent, and i believe he said that he never saw the movie. He also stated that he didnt think the director liked him at all
Not true anymore
Burt Reynolds said he never even saw "Boogie Nights". Frankly, I LOVE the movie.
I saw him say that also in his late years, I think it was on Conan.
personally I can't wait to work with PTA is some way...the guy is BRILLIANT seriously!!
" I got John C. Riley, Marky Whalburg and Burt Reynolds in a jaccuzie and I'm filming it. This is a good day." - Paul Thomas Anderson
He was phemomenal!
Burt was Excellent in that film
I love Burt so much in that movie.
Sam Jackson turned down Don Cheadle's role because he didn't understand what the film was about. I guess Burt ultimately didn't have that luxury, but that he sucked it up and played Jack just as PTA directed speaks very highly of his professionalism. There's not a single flaw in his performance, and I don't blame him for being such a pain on set when his reputation was on the line.
That’s another thing I only found out, disappointing Sam didn’t want to come back for a second PTA outing but happy we got Don Cheadle who was wonderful in that role.
He was Conan recently and said he hadn't seen it.
Where’s the rest of the interview?
I must comment again because I have always liked Reynolds while many don’t but I understand while many don’t. Nobody sabotaged Reynolds career more then himself. He did popcorn garbage like Smoky and the Bandit and loved it and continued to do more of that and when he does do something great like this he seems to try to fuck it all up. The fact that he did not know how great
He was in this makes me think he had very outtake idea what great
Film making is.
I don't think he loved doing the goofy popcorn pap but he wasn't being offered real parts at that point in the 80's. It made him easy money but he knew he was a has-been. Michael Caine was in the same boat of doing any old shit for money, hitting gold with Woody Allen and then making Jaws The Revenge. The aging dudes in the 80's were grasping at anything.
when viewing this film for the first time, years after its release, could not figure what all excitement was about.
A lot of actors don’t much care for some of their movies (Meryl Streep dislikes The French Lieutenants Woman for example) - but Reynolds made an error by very publicly dissing the movie - until he started to win awards. His earlier stance on it probably cost him an Oscar.
Yup Marky Mark said the same thing. Burt would have won the Oscar if he had stopped bashing the Movie and Director. He pissed lots of people in Hollywood off. And they made Burt pay for that. It cost him an Oscar. And you know what. He deserved that, Oscar.
He does Deliverance and all that entailed but had trouble with this!?
Not even a thoughtful reply. One scene in Deliverance doesn't make it comparable to a movie about the porn industry.
haha. he called him Markie. :D
Maybe if you addressed him as Turd Ferguson things would've been different.
That was one Fargo of a film!!!!
Used to love Paul Thomas Anderson's movies; he lost me somewhere along the way but would gladly come back. Is Andy's voice getting more like Harvey Fierstein's or does he just have a cold? Sometimes he looks cute as a button and other times like he finds his own charm exhausting to maintain. Nice, if rather inconsequential, interview... from what I've seen Burt Reynolds himself summed up Burt Reynolds better than any interviewers could .
Not a fan of Phantom Thread?
Nice to see some nobody Podcaster knows more about a movie that he was not in didn't make and was p
a child when it was made than the actor than quaterbacked the whole movie... fantastically.
Anthony Danes What are you talking about??? The tension between PTA and Reynolds is common knowledge.
@@adamzanzie my comment was directed at the podcaster who said Reynolds "didn't get
Boogie Nights" I didnt say anything about PTA.
@@tonyd7601 But that was exactly the case. Reynolds *didn't* get the film. Read up Grantland's oral history article about the making of it, featuring interviews with the cast/crew. Reynolds was cranky and confused throughout the production, convinced that he'd been coerced into co-starring into an actual porn movie. He thought it was "glorifying" the porn industry, which is such an idiotic assumption for him to have made. He and PTA punched each other on the set. Reynolds' performance is excellent, but his later interviews dissing the whole experience are unfortunate.
@@adamzanzie fair enough I am not going to look into it. I am 59 years old and I remember seeing Burt Reynolds everywhere in my teen age years he was iconic. Everyone liked him women loved him and men wanted to be like him. As for the movie Burt was unbelievable even with many other outstanding performances and a great Director. As for the video I think to he questioner was over the line. I don't dispute your facts. Burt Reynolds is like Paul Newman or Leonardo DiCaprio. You don't speak about them in a truffling manner. I appreciate your comment. I wish you well. But that's how I feel about it.
@@adamzanzie I've read a lot on this movie. Never the PTA and BR punching each other. Little 26 year old PTA would've had his ass handed to him with one smack from Burt.
Damn, I thought that guy would take forever to ask just the first question. THEN the director is all, “Umm, I uh, well, it was, I umm think . . .”
he put him in a headlock and knocked off his glasses in the process. according to marky mark on the commentary at least
Mr. Way when does he say this? only beefs he mentions is with John C reilly and the marshmellow episode
young PTA was wild ha
What was Burt’s problem with the film?
He was very uncomfortable with the subject matter of the film
Perhaps he went into it thinking it was gonna be a PG-13 comedy making fun of the porn industry. But once on set he realized it was closer to an R Rated humanizing drama that celebrated the industry, and as an old conservative he wasn't about that.
Don't know for sure, just a hypothesis.
@@Ryan-Petre am pretty sure he wasn’t a conservative
@@user-uw3fr7cd9z I don't mean "conservative" as in politically conservative, I mean it more just in terms of being more "old fashioned". During the time Reynolds was growing up/getting big in Hollywood, the adult film industry was a pretty isolated and looked down upon sect of America, even more so than today. Wouldn't be surprised if he carried a lot of those associated biases with him onto set.
Again tho, just a hypothesis.
@@Ryan-Petre Did you watch the movie? It doesn't celebrate it at all. The end sequence tells you everything: the sympathetic characters escaped...Those left behind are literally damned. It's no coincidence that Julianne Moore and Mark Wahlberg's characters' final moments involve them looking in mirrors. They are trapped in a cycle of narcissism and self-destruction that they are never going to escape. But, at that point, only one of them (Amber Waves) knows it. Look at the expression on her face.
It was another steller movie from burt he delivered a performance worth a thousand hard ons
*wistfully nodding* It's a real film. Burt really made it fly.
Burt just sort of walked through Boogie Nights like alot of his films. He hasn't really acted since Deliverance.
Obviously u didn’t c BNs.
@@nadagabri5783 Yeah, what's he talking about?
Paul thomas anderson looks wierd and oddly creepy in the thumbnail
he looks like a thin gus van sant
For you.
Paul please grow your beard back I don't like seeing you age oh gosh. I can see all the directors aging now. You peaked during interviews for The Master btw. I still love you very dearly.
wtf? A grew beard is what will age you
Vincecouk Have you seen what Paul looks like with and without a beard today??
Not at all.
@@vincevirtua Beards are makeup for men. They conceal half your face.
Burt Reynolds is dense
Stubborn too with addiction and financial issues. Bad combination for anyone. IMO
How can you be a veteran actor and be cast as one of the main characters in a movie,and not get it???
He needed the money really bad. At that point he was an angry pill popping washed up old Hollywood actor whose Florida home was in Foreclosure. A real mess. I thought it was the best performance of Burts career. He was never the same guy after Loni left him and took him to the Cleaners.IMHO
Read about Sir Alex Guinness in Star Wars, one of the greatest actors ever and he didn't understand anything about the films when he was making them.
@@xRepoUKx And had a similar attitude as Reynolds about the Star Wars films as well.....he just wasn't as publically blunt and self-sabotaging as Burt was about it.
he read the script, he knew what he was in for, and then complained non-stop during it and afterwards - I don't understand that
And in between all that , that you know nothing about, he puts out an Oscar worthy performance and just the performance PTA was hoping for and expected. Which is why he pushed and pushed for Burt to be in his movie. BR turned it down several times you know. But PTA knew what he could get from him, wanted him, and pressed hard to get him.
@@WilliamsDad1989 burt wasn’t even his original choice lol
@@alexm2136 Well since you didn't mention any names to correct me, I'll stick with , yes he was. If he had anyone else in consideration, why would he ask him 7 times ? Perhaps you're thinking of Whalberg's role ? He tried to get DeCaprio but he turned it down to do Titanic
@@WilliamsDad1989 Warren Beaty.
@@alexm2136 Do you have an article or anything to back that? I haven't heard Beatty's name in there before, only other roles in the movie were changed because he couldn't get his 1st choices - ie: Whalberg over DeCaprio. But please enlighten me.
"Vinegar", I've never heard of cocaine referred to as that before
Anderson is lucky Reynolds agreed to do the part - end of story.
hazor777 I agree
LOL
Burt was great in the movie, but he wasn't certainly wasn't the only great thing and I'm sure there would've been someone else that would've done a fine - not as good, but not bad enough to ruin the movie - job in the role. Not sure what the point of that comment even is, PTA didn't seem unappreciative here.
Of course, but that doesn't mean old Burt wasn't a dick
dunce funce - and he was a "dick" why?
I read years ago that Burt wanted his character in Boogie Nights to have an "Irish accent" and PTA had to talk him out of it...
Yup he had the conversation with Markey Mark too on the set of Boogie Nights. Mark thought Burt was joking around and laughed growing up a kid from the Southside of Boston with many Irish people. Problem was Burt wasn't joking around. He really thought it would make his character more interesting in the movie. Nobody agreed with Burt that worked on that Movie. Burt had a very sad ending at the end of the day if you know his story. IMO
It was a great film and even Reynolds has said he liked the film but his problem was with Anderson. Maybe their issues made the film a better film because lets face it when I director like lets say Hal Nedum just let Burt be Burt is was cornball and not really serious. On the other hand when I director like John Boreman or Anderson may have pushed Reynolds he gives Oscar nominated performances.
Both Mark and Burt regret being in that movie. So take that for what it's worth.
Burt has made a lot of crap films though.
Mark says he thinks it's a great film at least
I'll take as being worth very little. That film basically reinvented Reynold's late career and it made Mark into a bonafide movie star. plain and simple.
@@benfongtorres9036 Completely bizarre that Wahlberg doesn't get that this is the best film he has probably been in and the best performance he has done (outside of probably only "The Departed").
Burt was bullshitting…he knew what movie it was…he was just having 2nd thoughts
Burt probably didn't get Deliverance either.
No he got that.
I don't think you did either.
@@nadagabri5783 Yes, yes he did. Why we got another great performance from him.
Anderson is a great director, and should stop dyeing his hair.
The sides are grey. Either he's really shitty at dyeing his hair, or he isn't.
I still think it's the former. Having said that, bits of my beard are going grey and bits aren't. I like the guy's movies, anyway.
That gave me the best laugh I have had in years. You're a very wise man, Vinny.
Crapping on a legend now?
I like Boogie Nights, but it's still a hugely gaudy and derivative movie. I mean he ripped off Scorsese pretty hard...and it absolutely feels like a movie written by a coked up cocky 26 yr old film nerd. Burt is the best part though, no question.
Yeah, Magnolia's much better.
Yes and he wanted Burt for that but Burt turned it down one of his regrets later in life
I really enjoy "Boogie Nights," but I agree that it does feel like the BEST STUDENT FILM ever made. Altman. Scorsese. Forman. Kalatozov. The influences are not subtle at all. And even though "Magnolia" is my favorite film of all time, it's clear PTA didn't start finding his true voice until "Punch-Drunk Love."
It's the worst PTA movie.
Magnolia
stahp it
Improve your taste, pal.