A Weekend with Chopper Read and Eric Bana
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- Опубликовано: 16 окт 2015
- I have included a link to the same video but it has better audio.
• A Weekend with Chopper...
Eric Bana spends a weekend with Mark Brandon Chopper Read to prepare for his role as Chopper in the movie of the same name. 
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The fact Bana didn't get the Oscar for his performance shows how completely invalid the Oscars really are
It was cheapo Indie movie
@@__-wm9lu Is your fav Godzilla king of the monsters?
The whale is also a cheap Indy film
And look at that bs blow up 😆 🤣
People only like sad sob stories these days
The academy had no idea just how on point his portrayal of Chopper was
@@funkstabrisbaneyeah everyone’s a bloody poofter these days
You realize just how good a job eric bana did when you see chopper in the interviews!
Legend
Yeah, I knew he was gonna make it big when I saw Bana for the first time in this movie. His copying of this guys manners (f.e his constant way repeating his own sentences which are seen in this clip) down to him nailing his way of speaking perfect was amazing! (Yeeeh! Yeeeh! Fukin' Kin' Kon' roooigh heee!!) This movie is a classic!
Yeah, I knew he was gonna make it big when I saw Bana for the first time in this movie. His copying of this guys manners (f.e his constant way repeating his own sentences which are seen in this clip) down to him nailing his way of speaking perfect was amazing! (Yeeeh! Yeeeh! Fukin' Kin' Kon' roooigh heee!!) This movie is a classic!
Not a truer word said
Yeah he was awesome
Yep Banner did a bang up job
Bana absolutely nailed his voice and mannerisms
For one second, I thought he might strangle the chicken. But the chicken wasn’t a drug dealer so it was completely safe.
That was a good one.
I fast-forward the chicken bit, as I thourght he was going to kill it
Wait he only killed drug dealers? Idk much
That was fucking great. Thanks. X
Well done ya got me.
Watching this makes me appreciate Eric Bana's performance even more.
well most of it is acting like an Australian and nailing the accent. It helps that Eric Bana is actually an Australian.
@@sonofisaac6399 Eric was them things cos he was playing chopper, how stupid,, I'll change subject, I thought you laptop 1finger warrior were supposed to be clever, but you ever faced chopper,?? To talk like that about him, or am I guessing right in saying you'd fookin melt like a ice-pop on a red hot day, another envious wannabe
@@sonofisaac6399 its always muppets who haven't got the bottle to use there proper name and picture who talks all the shit now the man isn't even alive to reply, Insecurity seems to be jumping out of your pathetic post,.
@@StephenGeoghan its the internets.
who puts their face and real name on here lol.
you spastic.
Yes his performance was brilliant needs more recognition.
the year two thousannnnnnnnndddddd
Conan!
Never understood that. Like 2 years. Nothing in film production
The year TWOO THOUSANNNNNNNNDDDDD Can you believe that
I know, i never tire of it even if he had have said it twenty times!!😂😂😂😂
@@JonJonJonJonJonJonJonJon it was a mid nineties interview with him n bana they told hi. When the film will be out in the year 2000. Dont jump down my neck if u already know this... just filling u in if u didnt
The Year 2000!!! This always made us crack up . rest in peace Chopper
Does anyone know when the interview was?
@@nathancad it's on the behind the scenes etc . Think maybe mid to late 90s.. why his reaction is.. let's get on with it..
@@nathancad1996
I'm pretty sure this was from 1998
Chopper was a dickhead, it's a shame his son is dumber
The year 2000?!! He made it. RIP Chop.
What year was this interview ?
fredinabun ; it definitely wasn't the year 2000.this guy is a legend ahahah for fckin killing people.nah but seriously this guy used to "TAX" the scum bags,the lowest of the low,the heroin and rock dealers who kill more people a year than any fckin crimial,stand over guys in the world.RIP THE LEGEND.CHOPPER REID.
no stand over guys did some pretty messed up shit man
@@henlovely He said "that's 2 years" didn't he?
1:00 “it’s 8 years in development”
"You can't kill people by belting them over the head with an American Express card". Well there's a line that's never been said before.
Jimmy Ballina it’s bloody insulting
The man ibdeed had a way of putting things, his owb way and if you didn't luke it.... God help you!!😂😂😂😂
chris brady she might have big thumbs
He had a certain panache and originality and i don't want Charlene Manson mentioning in same comment area yet it's not unusual for me to see this creature cretin in a space where he's not fit to be
FFS!
Funnily enough I paid for McDonald’s today with my bosses Mercian express card and this interview was the first thing that came to my mind 😂
This guy refused a liver transplant when he had liver cancer because he thought it was better spent on someone else. The cancer killed him. Think about that.
True altruism!
He caught Hep in prison through sharing razers
Very true and not fair considering over here, we're halving Grooming/paedaphelia sick wankers. Yep if cancer hadn't of beat him, one wonders....💋 💞💞RIP MARK BRANDON CHOPPER REID.XXXXX🙏🙏🙏
Chack out comnebt i think two voxes ahead and read what he says. Lol back he's a twat and i can't be bothered, can but i think he likes bullyibg the dead.xxx🤔🤔🤔😂😂
Gotta give him credit for that. Say what you like about him he had some principles. Any other cunt would have taken that liver & then ran a shitload of booze through it. The fucking tumour he had was a monster! He shows it off in the last interview 16 days before he died. My livers fucked through heavy drink everyday for the past 27 years. Nearly killed me 2 years ago so I stopped drinking for 5 months then back on it everyday since! I'll be out of here soon. My body is getting its revenge on me & its called a mutiny! Im fucking falling apart at age 43. Lost a few uncles to booze too. The booze will kill you faster than anything. I wonder if his drinking played a part as drank a lot but he was in jail a fucking lot so wasn't drinking then. Aussies fucking love a bevvy though. Aussies are sound. If I lived in that heat I'd be swigging ice cold beer all day too!
Eric bana did a great job being chopper, so many parts of this are recognisable in the movie , he got it so right
I'd love if he played him again in a tv series
“never let the truth get in the way of a good yarn" This from the man himself...
nailed it john.
An Irish saying. Chopper had Irish blood.
Heavyweight champion of sh#t talkers... Total f#ckwit
Apparently the entire Overcoat war in H division started because the screws armed up the local crazy person in the wing (Chopper) and mad him go after the Dockers who hated the screws and governor. The system used Chopper as a tool to fight against other criminals and later the Melbourne police use him the same way when he was on the streets. He was such an important informant and pasty for the police that they even gave him a bullet proof vest to protect himself (which Chopper was wearing on the night he shot the Turk). Chopper talks like hes his own man but he was just a government bootlicker and a yes man.
What a film it was, Eric Bana played him brilliantly and chopper got to see it many times.
This guy does the best Eric Bana impersonation I've ever seen!
😂😅❤❤
Brilliant 😂😂😂
'Keefys dun himself a mischief'
I had that printed on a tshirt for years. Used to get some laughs :P
My favorite line
Keep 'em coming both in life and on film.NEVILLE FXXXING BARTOS!!👌
@PISTOL PETE Who's that? Me, Mark or the bits of Keefy left on the walls of H division?
Bit of ova tyme
I can believe how well Eric acted chopper. It's absolutely incredible it's like he's him.
Nutorious criminal just casually cuddling a chook
Very good!xx👍😂
@das wright Many of the notorious psychopaths tortured animals.
@Flat Earth True dat. Are you my third flat Earther? What fun.
I thought that was sweet
@@bernardcumberbatch7795 Well He is in tasmania at this stage but yeah. thanks. I know where the fridge is
Eric Bana is a F*cking genius. How could you even attempt to play make believe, or create playtime in a world Chopper lived. Well done.
Method acting at it's best, i think Rusell Crowe, thought he'd got the part, I'm going to google in which filn role he didn't get, did he head but someone or cry like a girl as Bana in this was better, and by fxxxing miles.xxx😢😢😂😂😂😂😂
Heath Franklin does a pretty good Chopper impersonation too. Look it up.
Eric said something like “I can’t act, I’m just good at becoming other people”.
Shoutout to all my Aussie ciggy butt brains who remember when cigarettes had their logos & paper seal on the top!! What a ripper time
PJ gold 30s for $9 and shit, fuark me dead what happend bro haha
I started smoking Winnie blues when they were about $8 for a 25 pack. That was in 2000,2001ish
Time to quit they're too fucking expensive now mate
@@beerman7410 I started about 2 years before you I think the cheapest I remember Winnie blues was $7.10
I could get a 25 pack and a 600ml coke and have change from $10
That’s when winfield was the working mans ciggies
Who the fuck can afford them now at $52 per pack?
@@ishtarbabylon4869 I did it’s been a month now sucks but I’m not spending $350 per week to smoke
The appeal with Chopper was that he had unarguable charisma and charm. He embellished a lot of his stories, but was most definitely still a dangerous psychopath. The man really is engaging and has a wicked sense of humour which does mask the fact he was a bad guy. I could listen to him all day. But I wouldn’t want him round my house.
This is the best summary of this man I ever read
He is a good guy.
@@rikijenkins6729 I guess it depends how you look at it. Throughout his life he probably hurt a lot of people. Which I’d say makes him a bad guy. But he’s still got this magnetism. I could listen to him all day. Not sure I’d want him round my friends and family.
@@rikijenkins6729 you're wrong and foolish
I don’t think old chop chops a psycho but you never know eh
eric bana nails the character in the movie like
the gaming PANDER like what?🤷🏼♀️
@@missyb9438 just another cretin who inserts the word *like* into every sentence completely unnecessarily. They need to be rounded up and removed from this world.
It’s a uk thing usually welsh they say like at the end of a sentence or but
@@missyb9438 nothing to do with you like
@@MrWeAllAreOne lighten the fuck up like
The tenderness he shows that chicken is very revealing.
Tenderness? Dude grabbed it by the arse, wings flapping, and gave it a little squeeze lol. The chin rub seemed tender though.
I genuinely was thinking he was gonna snap it in half.....ooofft
I thought he was going to rip its head off for sure.
Pirate Piece he grabbed it by the arse.
@@moonboy5851 #ChickenMeToo
Eric is getting to know his material, ie., the looks, mannerisms, humor, darkness, charm, intimidation, goofiness, etc., etc. of Chopper Read. That's why he did such a great job with that movie, "Chopper." One of the best movies I ever saw.
This guy is a true talent.He has the ability to turn serious,dangerous situations into humorous stories that we can laugh about.Given the proper direction he could have been a multi millionaire.You could sell his material all over the world.The demand is high for unique characters like chopper
He’s passed away
I met Chopper around late 2010 when he stayed at the hotel I worked at that time. Very charismatic guy, actually reminded me of my dad a little, as far his mannerisms goes.
I'm fascinated with the fact you met him and descriibe as charismatic as i agree with you,never had pleasure of being able to say I'd met the guy but the evidence to substantiate that he was not a bloody psychopath and was in reality a gentleman is just overwhelming. He is a legend and I've researched alot about him anx and his past, what happened to him in jail and how you or rather i would feel so safe leaving this historically kind man at my kids party. XXX😭RIP CHOPPER! XX😂🎉🙏🙏🙏🙏😔
@@helenwaldron5858pyscopaths can be very charismatic and charming, im sure he is a good bloke, doesnt mean hes a not a pychopath, they mime in the choir, they go through the motions, everything appears normal on the outside but inside there something missing, hes a legend no doubt, by a pysochopathic legend
@@Cuccaweepoo lmao such a new science thatll be completely rebunked one day. psychopath LOL what a term
I met him in a shop in Collingwood years ago. He walked in just before me. I was a youth worker then and we chatted about a few things. He said he would get the young kids into football and tell them to stay away from drugs. Out on the football field he would see them dealing. He said he became a bit frustrated trying to educate the kids and steer them the right way, and in the end, they just did what they wanted to do. I found him very open and friendly. He gave me his card as i left, and I would show it to people that i knew to see their reaction....LOL
What year was that?
@@Mctrippzy 1990never
Eric Bana had him down to a tee.
100%
Anything less would have been... Bloody insulting, bloody insulting.xxx😅
Absolutely. Built himself up big time. '' hospital driver''
I worked on the set of chopper with eric, did not see chopper three days i was there .thought he would come onto the set to show how he did it, but a lot of it was improvised by eric .
Ok good and thanks for that info.xx💕💕💕
Hey mate, what kind of work were you doing on the set? If you don't mind me asking
@@chrissychaos mopping up stuff like that I guess.
"The drug world has introduced people who don't belong in the criminal world"
Well said Chopper that's why there's so many grasses
He was a did wat he had to do
And your the man that takes no shit
On the other hand the problem with the criminal world it's run by criminals.
@Ehnus Lover696 speaking like a true nonce
@@siok4375
Spoken like a true grass
He might have been a nutter, but he had a wicked sense of humour and told a great story!
Haha 😂 bit of character
Chopper fascinates me, loved the movie and after seeing it when I was younger I bought a book up country when visiting a loved one. I don't read books, they bore me. But choppers book was entertaining and funny and dark all in one book, was an absolute pleasure to read. The whole book I read in 4 days. Brilliant. He's one of my heros criminal or not. Rip. Legend.
hey whats the title of the book?
Chopper 1,2,3, etc plus a couple of others including Road to nowhere which is practically a start to finish autobiography
Funny thing i actually got to meet him, his wife and his son. They stayed at the same hotel we stayed at in QLD. Was unreal.
He was a real hard man I'll miss he's tipe old school man rest in peace...
i read many of his books. legend R.I.P Chopper. " i used to like cutting off their toes" "cutting off their toes...what did you like about it?" "The way they just, pop off."
😂😂😂😂
love this guy
Yes as do i. Dream about the man last night and the pissing cat ruined it and woke me up. Bastard! X🙀😂😭😭😭😭
Hes completely insane
@@helenwaldron5858 😂 you are awesome!
@@NZMuzz so
Rip buddy. I never get sick of watching him....
‘Once you get the funding I would rock n roll with great haste ‘
I’m definitely stealing that line for my next annual review
This interviewer/reporter did a really good job of making chopper feel comfortable and chat to him like a friend
Some of the best acting ever seen. Erica Bana amazing.
Yes he was
chopper was a good bugger! rip I could sit n listen to his stories for ages
He only ever hurt street men who new the dangers before they got involved. Rip chop chop.... Bana done a great job on playing chopper even the voice
For anyone who is wondering, this footage was shot in August 1999.
Rip chopper legendary guy respect from England mate
Man Eric Bana is a legendary actor.
Rest up Chop chopp,one of the most funniest guys ever! "I'll be out of here this after nooooon" Haha, I love the Aussie accent
Legendary weekend, wish I was there.
Eric Bana got chopper voice and persona down perfect!
Eric Banna was amazing in this movie!!! He nailed this role he really did!!!!!!!
Thank you so much for sharing this! 👌
I remember seeing him once in town in Ballina nsw while he was on tour and drinking in a pub back in 2008 he was a legend remember his Tatts
XXX🙏🙏🙏😂😂
I could listen to chopper telling stories for hours
"Keithy's done himself a mischief!"
I love Aussie Humour! I gotta borrow the "done himself a mischief!" thing and import it to the U.S! I love it!
Techincally its British sense of humor
Chopper read is a legend, even though he had a history of high crimes he was still a legend
Chopper was a very funny fella. Putting aside his crimes etc for a moment,.....I'd have loved to have shared a pint and a chat with him. Fascinating fella. Certainly a very rare breed.
He was a local at my local when he moved back from Tassie...rumour had it that he was a member of the 100 pot club after 2 days...
you can only imagine what he would have been like in his 20s
an absolute dog . literally.
@Nosaveddata exactly.
no one likes a "dog"!
@Nosaveddata Exactly,and god help those that do not
No straight members of the public ever pressed charges, or complained about him, only other crims, So if your in that world, it's a "" live and die by the sword "" life, he just happened to be good at what he did to survive that long and become famous, and which brought so much jealousy and envy from straight go-ers and the crim fraternity, who tried to kill him a few times, but couldn't. He certainly was a character to be remembered
I can only imagine him in the YeAr tWo thOuSAnd
You can even feel Eric sucking in Choppers mannerisms, personality, everything. Right from the start 😊
what a character he is! totally tapped in the head. funny guy!
I just knew Bana was gonna make it big when I saw him for the first time in this movie. His copying of this guys manners (f.e his constant way repeating his own sentences which are seen in this clip) down to him nailing his way of speaking perfect was amazing! (Yeeeh! Yeeeh! Fukin' Kin' Kon' roooigh heee!!) This movie is a classic!
Eric Banner nailed his voice and accent down to a T
They are ( were in Chopper's case ) both Aussies so there was no accent to learn, but yes, Eric was amazing at Imitating Chopper's voice and mannerisms. There's no way any other actor would have been able to play this role so perfectly.
I know im 5 years too late-but his names Eric Bana-funny thing is he played the Hulk too and in the film his surname is Banner lol
This man would have been my best friend if I grew up with and knew him. RIP chopper
Eric bana what an actor to pull Chopper off so well! just wow!!
what a lucky bastard he is. free of misery, agony, and torment. I would much rather take my own life than be alive in a world where life has the remote control and it can do whatever the hell it wants with you, without you being able to change anything.
"get with the program"The ear story is hilarious 😂 whata legend
p k until he tells it in EVERY interview & gets boring
Year 2000 !!!!!!! I’m watching this nearly a quarter of a century later!!!!
rip chop chop a proper bloke you don't get many like this no more.
proper legend.
He is a murderer and a possibly compulsively lying psychopath, yet he's charming, hilarious and a cult hero. We are a strange and ducked up species.
Jacob Galloway its goverments n bullshit arse religions wat say murder is wrong.. Dog eat Dog out here mate
Jacob Galloway no we just love proper justice.
full stop...
"possibly compulsively lying"???? THere's nothing "possibly" about it - He is flat out a bull shit artist. More of what he claimed was bullshit than reality.
@@JT-lh7lq so if a guy murdered your family it would not be him thats wrong but the governments or religion because thats what its like by you? Twat
coppa dog too
Some say Chopper was a mental case, Some say he was a genius.
RIP Chopper. A modern day Robin Hood.
Chopper was undoubtedly a genius, that’s what made him so dangerous. Aside from the whole psychopath thing. Most geniuses have a degree of psychopathy though ….. no one else sees things as clearly as they do so ……
Just one of those people with such personality and wit could have succeeded In anything
Yes, he was no fool in any way and wish he had the transplant. Bless you chop chop! XXX😂😂🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️
Holy shit, I looooove Chopper (movie) and just realized now how well Bana potrayed him.
Years ago someone gave me a gift. It was a copy of Hooky the Cripple. I don't know where she got it, it must have been Ebay or something. It has a stamp inside it from a school library in Australia. Nicest thing anyone has ever got me. I always wondered why he wrote that, I didn't know the story behind it. Now I know. Thanks for posting this.
Eric Bana absolutely played this character to the letter, I real appreciate the real chopper and this interview makes me realize how good Eric did , the real Chopper is a Gangster
Props to Eric for absolutely smashing that role!!
Long live the legend of old Chop'Chop
The ending to this is amazing, shows how much bana nails the character
I love listening to his stories. RIP ay chop chop x
+MissTaiSah i guess ya like chopper hey taisah
MissTaiSah were you from taisah
+Ritchie Winters She is a Capricorn, likes walks by the sea candle lit dinners and enjoys watching dolly parton on you tube.
ozbloke74 i thought she was a pisces ,18 stone can bench press 300kg and crack walnuts with her arse cheeks
I live on the Sunshine Coast .. I like a comedian not a smartness , like candles lit during a blackout, enjoy sitting on the beach after a short walk getting there, I'm not into barbie or dolly and I'm a VIRGO. I'm 8 stone, can bench press heavy weights and can crack nuts with my bare hands, just not walnuts. 🤔
Lmao I love the re-enactments he does. What a character.
Mad respect to both blokes
More emotion for animals , than drug dealers! Needs an academy award... R.I.P .. CHOPPER! You done Australia proud!!
Done em proud?The man was a complete knob.People like you should have tried living next door to the idiot for a few years.
He might've been a funny bugger at times, but in the end he was just another crim.
He said as much himself.
Nothing to be proud of.
@FANG he was nuts mate.....end of
You're an imbecile.... Didn't do us proud at all.... He was a typical gaol bird bull sh#t artist and even a failure as a criminal hence all the gaol time genius 👍
sounds like my kind of guy.
We may or may not stab the shit out of you by tea time!!
Best quote ever!
Yes mate!!!
Wurzo1968😎
Kinda gets the point across don't it? Ha ha and in gis yniqye laugh. Lets have a chopperthon quotes kind of fxxx about!💞💞💞😂😂😂😂
I liked it and he got the fuckers to appoligise go Eric and armed him up. Class act!! RIP. X🙏🙏😂😂😂🙏
May God bless him. Love ya Chopper!
OH MY GOD, i cant believe this is put to camera. I used to live in Collingwood when uncle chop chop was walking round in bowling shoes. He is my spirit animal.
2019 we still watch it
THE YEAR 2000!?!? lol, this was filmed in '98.
The movie came out in 2000, ya fool
No shit, Sherlock. I'm pointing out that he kept saying "The year 2000!?" as though it was some time in the far distant future, when it was only 2 years away at the time of the interview, ya fool.
Well it wasn't obvious to your stupid arse.
it wasn't obvious dean. i was looking through the comments to see if someone said the year this was filmed. thanks denzoil
I RAGE HARD 95 I was thinking 93 94. Until I read a comment that said 98.
"Top marks for treachery..."
Has to be one of the greatest lines thats stuck with me, he wasnt even mad at his friend for trying to kill him, but rather encouraged him.
Wild man. Bana did a great job
Im irish living in oz .. here 16 years. Since a kid i dreamed of living here . Watched all the movies as a kid the usual but as i got to the teens chop!!! Modern ned kelly ! Loved by the people... had the chance in 2008 to meet him at a comedy club in melb when he had a show .. im 6.3 100 kgs and he was huge beside me had a quick chat and a photo funny man every convo is sarcastic... but had morals but nuts a legend in my eyes
i always liked this guy. he would hate to see the state of the uk and australia today. rip man
RIP Mark Brandon Read. absolute legend.
XXX🙏🙏🙏🍺🍺😅💋💋💋
This footage is incredible
Love and miss this guy.
“THE YEEAAR TEW FEOUSAAND?!!!”
It was like he starring in his own movie in his head, a unique character,they don't make them like that anymore
In Ireland 🇮🇪 we had a fella called Martin Cahill.
The Irish ☘️ version of chopper another great film.
It’s called the general Brendan Gleason played him.
This was my first ever film I bought still have it fresh.
An absolute one ☝️ of 🙏🏻🇮🇪🙏🏻.
I used to have this. It was on the special features bit on the chopper film but I lent it out and never seen it again. Probably about 15 years ago now
+Robert McAndrew phone the police then if u want it bk lmao
Robert McAndrew go and burn feet until you get it back
Kev Zammit Haha, I've been guilty of not returning a few myself haha
Chopper seems like a genuinely nice guy
@Witchfinder Nielsen yup
I agree. You can clearly see that
i am from central europe and i f.. love this guy rip chopper you are my hero
krisoff mr nice man where abouts i am part czech
Really good movie, clearly a amazing representation of the man.
Rest In Peace Big Mark. Eric Bana did a brilliant job playing “Chopper “ he got his voice down to a tee and the weight and muscle he put on for the role was amazing 💯🤙🏻🤙🏻🎭🎩☘️🍀🕸🕸🕸🕸🤙🏻🤙🏻💯
Chopper was a lunatic but definitely an entertaining and charismatic one.
“I’m just asking for 10,000 of the 60 you got on Sunday!” Chopper has become one of my favorite people to ever be alive. I wish I could’ve known about him earlier but I was barely wiping my own ass when he passed. I just turned 18 today and I’ve decided to get Choppers iconic ‘King Kong’ tattoo as a way to remember and honor Uncle Chop Chop and all he fuckin did.
Copy cat
I've always loved this. The year two thooooooooooouuusand.. 😂
Chopper's impersonation of Bana is on point.
He is spot on when he talks about drug dealers. They have disposal cash for nice things, but their houses are always dirty smelly dumps.