Steve Coogan looks back on his best (and worst) movie roles
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- Опубликовано: 21 сен 2024
- 24 Hour Party People. Alpha Papa. Philomena. Around the World in 80 Days.
Steve Coogan's movie career has been a journey through arthouse classics, cult favourites, Oscar winners and big budget flops. Oh - and someone called Alan Partridge.
Here Coogan looks back on the highs of lows of his time on the big screen so far.
Alan Partridge alone has given me incalculable hours of pleasure...so thanks very much Steve
Me too
Tash hag me too
Alan’s internet disciples....
He is a fucking great
Ooo in off the red!
As an American, the Alpha Papa movie was my first exposure to the world of Alan Partridge. He has since become my favorite comedic character of all time. Glad the movie came out so well, if it would have been shit I would have never got to enjoy so much great content from that character.
He's totally right about Tropic Thunder being one of the best things Tom Cruise has ever done haha. Not saying he hasn't done a lot of great films he's just fantastic in it.
Didnt even know it was him at first. Thats how good his acting was
Favourite Beatles album? I would have to say probably the Best of the Beatles. #classicQueen
Joke then stolen by david brent
Tropic Thunder is one of the last good American comedies, it was great that Steve got in there as well. Love our man Coogan.
Alan Partridge helped me come to grips with my Toblerone addiction
Were you the chap who drove to Dundee in his bare feet?
Coogan did so much greatness with Partridge I wouldn't care if Steve never did anything ever again. Partridge is that special and important in comedy.. Total genius. Its like saying, Im pretty happy to live and listen Stevie Wonders great 4 albums for the rest of my life. Very happy..
The movie Alan Partridge was nothing like the original. Couldn't even finish watching it...same thing happened with the David Brent film.
@@cyberhermit1222 I'm very surprised. I've always been a big fan of Alan Partridge, and I loved the film. After I first saw it, I watched it again as soon as it ended.
I've not seen the Brent film, but from the bits I've seen, I know I'm not going to like it, so I won't bother.
Saxondale was a masterpiece, best soundtrack of any comedy series. Actually got me into Prog and realised it wasn’t just a sound setting on my stereo.
I’ve never met Steve but god almighty I would love to meet him. I wouldn’t even want to say much, I just want to listen to him being himself, cos he cracks me up
I've watched Alpha Papa over a dozen times and it's honestly one of my favorite comedies of all time! I think I can pretty much quote the entire film!!!
Really?
@@deepzepp4176 Oh boy, can he!
I love to watch early Coogan, especially his chavvy Pauline Carf who always had me in stitches. He is a very fine actor, always believable with his portrayals. His recent obnoxious Jimmy Saville was eerily spot on.
How dare they not bring up his greatest accomplishment of all, Hamlet 2.
Coogan has got better with age. His Stan Laurel was excellent.
@@nicebitofcheesethat9251 I was only thinking about his talent but as a person he has always been morally questionable from comments made by ex g/f’s to avoiding speeding fines and now this at his 4m mansion. I lived down the road from where he lived and a crime not to be Labour but whether he is would be debatable.
@@nicebitofcheesethat9251 Yep
@@nicebitofcheesethat9251 everyone is Labour until they come into money.
He had the last laugh. I can now see his life like a book, and a good book, like Bravo Two Zero, by Andy McKnob.
“Have you ever met a genuinely clever bus driver” 😂 genius!
@Zippy Rainbow he had a golden voice but was as thick as shit! 😂
When he slags off young public school educated directors why am I suddenly reminded of Paul Calf?
He says Paul Calf is just him when he’s on a drunken rant 😁
OSW got me hooked on Steve Coogan.
My play list this past weekend was
-Alan Partridge from the Oast House
-Alan Partridge Alpha Papa
Freaking hilarious dude.
How did they not cover Hamlet 2, such a great movie.
I am in love with Hamlet 2! It blew my mind- it was glorious!!
Its odd seeing Steve as a young man still in 2003 0:53 , after more than 10 years playing a middle-aged man.
Coogan is a comic legend
24 Hour Party People is one of my favourite films ever. It has such a unique charm and style to it, and it tells the story in a humourous way without being over the top silly.
The line between Coogan and Partridge gets more blurry everytime he does him.
In the end...well...AH HA !
Philomena a masterpiece ❤️
He is Alan Partridge, And sometimes Saxondale.
I've noticed that, in From the Oasthouse, Coogan drifts into Saxondale occasionally.
The movie Alan Partridge was nothing like the original. Couldn't even finish watching it...same thing happened with the David Brent film.
Films based on tv shows are literally NEVER the same. It was still good though.
Both films were crap.
It was an excellent film
The Partridge film is WAAAAY better than the Brent film.
Absolute truth. Wasnt good at all. These characters don't translate to film.
I love this man! ♥️♥️♥️
Love Partridge. You could say though I'm a Coogan-skeptic
As a new fan of Steve Coogan I wonders which is the best Movie he has made? I have seen 24 bhour party peoploe and Alpha papa and would like to see more..
Everyone in this comments section seems to be slating Alpha Papa because it’s not like other Partridge. At first I pretty much agreed, but after watching it I realised it’s still funny, just in a different, more mainstream, film friendly style.
Personally I find pretty much anything Coogan does is worth watching and find something to enjoy about it.
Maybe instead of moaning about it, if you don’t like it just go and rewatch some of the Partridge you do like and be grateful it was made in the first place.
Cheers for the laughs Steve
Given how much I love Partridge it's amazing how Coogan has put me off him so much and now have a sort of contempt for him. I read the book he did and that clinched it.
Poor old Coogan, only getting £500,000 for Around the World in 80 Days. At least he's philosophical about it.
As he says they thought he had to be grateful for being there. Which is why they paid him minimum wage.
“Tropic Thunder was just a blast.”
Awesome bloke🤙🏼
Better add this to my favorites. Anything by the Coogs.
around the world in 80 days & tropic thunder :)
Probably best to warm this shot up, Esquire. Why the blue face?
*Night at the museum. Octavius was hilarious-*
He really bounced back with Philomena
Ye although I notice she ended all her anecdotes about the convent with 'needless to say I had the last laugh'.
@@pdub7562 needles to say, I did drugs.
Living legend.
Holmes and Watson is his best work.
Thought the Look of Love was his best film . Sad, tragic but also uplifting is Coogans best characters
As a fan of Alan Partridge for many years, I never actually liked the movie. I was disappointed in it slightly because I never felt it was like the character of old. His best AP days were in the mid-late 90's.
The Mid Morning Matters series with Tim Key as Sidekick Simon were some of the funniest Partridge material ever.
Also the one offs he did like Scissored Isle had some hilarious stuff in, like going to the teenagers party and taking drugs, or working at Tesco 😆
So in this interview they bleep out the word crap or shit but not the word fuck
Stop fucking swearing!
Where's The Other Guys maaaan.
For some reason with his longer hair he reminds me of Henry Winkler
Ahaaahaaaaaayyyyyyyy
Alpha Papa was fantastic, so hearing how it was made is so unexpected!
I didnt like it. Didnt feel like the Alan Partridge from TV.
It was awful Partridge. Clearly it was rushed and the best writers were absent. It came across on screen.
A class act
Saxondale for me is one of the funniest programs ever made...Keanu Reeves...1999..lmfao..👍
Saxondale! ❤️
This is supposed to be a high-class Bureau de change! Not some two-bit punch and judy show on the seafront at Margate!
Philomena was great, albeit really sad.
How did they leave out The Trip?
Because it was a TV series originally.
@@jasewildheart ah-HAAAA!
@7:10 "Needless to say I had the last laugh."
But...is he in character even in this video? 🤔
Where's Hamlet 2!
Alpha Papa was rubbish. Coogan can say it was “successful”, but he can only be talking about it being financially successful, because as a film about Alan Partridge, it completely missed the mark.
Are you kidding? It was one of the best incarnations of AP
The Alan Partridge film was the worst of all the Partridges. Felt like Partridge for beginners.
I still haven't seen it. I think because I already felt the Partidge stuff had gone downhill before then. That line in the clip when he said "have you ever met a genuinely clever bus driver" was quite funny tho.
@@THEremiXFACTOR Mid Morning Matters was decent. The film not so much. His latest series was a slow burner, I had to watch each episode twice to get into them.
You're not alone. It was a bit limiting at best due to its hostage scenario plot.
I got paid half a million dollars to have a fantastic time in Thailand and Berlin and I was supposed to be grateful for the gig.
Out of touch much?
Given he's the lead role, not hard to understand his point.
@@fergalbannon4614 Leads don't automatically command the biggest salaries. He was paid his market value. If he had the star power to negotiate for more he would have.
@@grantmalone 100% agreed, but you'd struggle to find a title character paid 40 times less than his co-star.
@@fergalbannon4614 Marlon Brando in Superman earned a lot more than 40 times Christopher Reeve did for 2 weeks work and 20 minutes of screen time. And Reeve actually played a title character. Coogan didn't. It's called Around The World In Eighty Days. Jackie Chan was the star on the posters, with his name above the title.
@@grantmalone good to know. Clearly a stand out case as it's over 40 years ago.
I love him so
he lives near me saw him in Tesco at the cash til I said " my son loves all your Alan partridge stuff including the film ! ...He said "my name is Steve Coogan"
I just thought..."cock"
I have mixed feelings about this- having worked in hospitality with celebrities occasionally as customers it is pretty embarrassing when a member of the public fawns over you in a public space- but sounds like Coogan dealt with it like a bit of a knob. I wasn't there though, so can't say for definite.
He was proud that Alpha Papa made money, not that it was good....ok Steve, I'll give you that one
Partridge ended with Mid Morning Matters season 1 for me. Don’t like the new stuff at all, don’t think I laughed once during the movie.
Alec Parsons. 😂
from behind the times
What about the Other Guys
He didn't enjoy making it. He said he felt all he got to do was play a none comedic part and he wasn't in the club with the other actors having fun.
@@davidjames579 He said that was the only role he did for the money and just went through the motions.
didn't he sing year of the cat back in the 70's
No, that was Al Stewart.
Hamlet 2
No Stan and Ollie? WTF??
not particularly popular.. strangely.
In this comment section there are two groups: Steve Coogan fans and right wingers who have nothing but ad hominem insults against Coogan.
And you " got to dress like a woman" nice one mate, yer a good man lar.
Umm where is Hamlet 2
Like all actors, he bores the crap out of everyone talking endlessly about himself.
So who should he be talking about on a documentary about him, you absolute muppet? 🤦♂
He looks better as Partridge than he does in real life.
🎶Rock me, rock me sexy Jesus🎶
A King Around Men
Amongst
@@evildead1949 no I mean if there are any men around then he is a king
@@TtotheCizzel 👍😂
I’m pretty sure this tea tastes like chicken
why do people like you think its funny to post lines from something that has absolutely no context. Im genuinely curious. you see these comments everywhere of people thinking they are funny when it has nothing to do with whats being talked about.
@@prawngravy18 Well, if you are a fan of Partridge, you would understand.
@@prawngravy18 prawns beef gravy 18 diggers
@@ep7615 a FOP you say?
@@mikeydluffy2718 Full blown FOP.
His teeth are a bit scary. Actually, he just seems rather scary overall.
I thought his best role was Bing in Sunshine
You are fucking cool
Coogan is actually Partridge.
he does say that he basis alot of AP on himself, so...yeah.
@@freqeist Not in the way you mean it. So … no.
Is THIS cool?
Haha. One of my favourite Coogan sketches.
steve coogan loves living in gated communities and preaching open borders
Fyou sad little sausage you are nowt but a boring you tube observer
that's leftists through and through. It's alrite, bung em all into east London.
@@hjeyj
says the guy who doesn’t even manage to observe properly
Partridge is a legend.
Coogan is a self centered, egotist
lets explore that please
@@brendanbyrne6607 Well he lives near me talks to no one and ...weell i put a comment on the top of this page go and see...then you may get an idea. Oh and he drives around in his Aston Martin with the top down all the time unless its raining I think he is just lonely
Ah, haa!
Only 500 grand then ..
For being the lead in a Hollywood movie that will be seen by millions of people. Not a fair payment.
compromised.
Alan Partridge film was pretty bad. TV shows are much better.
he aludes to that between the lines in this interview..
@@freqeist indeed....I've heard him say he doeent like I'm Alan partridge s2 as well which I agree with. He's a great character but hit and miss sometimes.
@ReimaginedbySteve I've really enjoyed mid morning matters and scissored isle and his audio books have some burst out laughing moments. This Life ..s2 of I'm alan partridge, his recent ish live show and the film were all bad imo
He’s had A lot of really shit movie roles
Just stick to Partridge mate... Everything else you've done has been embarrassingly bad.
Haha harsh! But probably true.
He was great in Curb your enthusiasm
There were other things that are funny as well as Alan Partridge , Paul and Pauline Calf were funny and so was Saxondale and he has made quite a few funny films too.
Gareth cheeseman
stan and ollie?
Nar still don’t get it
Ah Cougan discovers the Ricky Gervais formula and thinks he invented it with his "depressing funny" film.
I think you’ll find he’s been around longer than Gervais. Alan Partridge came before David Brent, if you catch my drift.
@@thespamdance311 His 2008 movie came before The Office. Yeah right...
@@jmp01a24 Even the laziest of cursory Googling would show you that Partridge has been on TV since 1997.
@@chadychesse M O V I E. You get it eventually. Try impress and get it this round.
@@jmp01a24 What you on about? Partridge came before the office. The partridge movie came out before the David Brent Movie. There both British actors lol I like em both don't really see the rivalry here.
I only watched for some 24 hour? The rest is kak.
I liked Partridge, he was funny doing Paul Calf and the 'Trip' was good, but Coogan is very hit and miss. He isn't great in movies, he has done nothing great on the big screen, Stan Laurel was ok, 'Greed' awful and the Paul Raymond movie was just instantly forgettable, Philomena boring. Coogan also came across as a bit of a sanctimonious creep at the election last year, why these showbiz people want to get political is beyond me, if you want to be in politics, stand mate.. By all means preach lefty stuff, but it isn't what people want! Maybe Coogan should try and be a bit more humble like the real Stan Laurel rather than the big head he so obviously is!
So sick of hearing people tell actors/musicians etc to keep their political opinions to themselves 🙄 who the hell are you exactly?
@@BeardyGit89 Who are you? is more the point. You whine that you are so sick of people telling actors to keep their political opinions to themselves and ask me who I am to air an opinion. I am someone who is not remotely interested in the left wing Steve Coogan or the right wing Laurence Fox using their showbiz status to pontificate their extreme views. Both are crashing bores and both are big boys who don't need whiney little weasels like you defending them. Get a life!
TBH I like Coogan and am a lefty, but celebrities preaching pisses me off. IF they get behind a decent cause, put some money into it whatever and it's not just about PR then fair play I'll give em a break, but when there preaching to normal folk, left or right, they can quite often have an air of looking down their nose at you, implying we're all thick and their so smart. They can just piss off for all I care haha. Think they do more harm than good half of time.
I mean we all agree Bono's a prick right?
@@roberttaylor1999 so don't listen then. No one gives a fuck if you aren't interested, you're nobody. Fucking nazi.
Coogan is the epitome of emperors new clothes, everyone is afraid to tell him he is painfully unfunny, how this guy has had a career in comedy is beyond me.
Maybe in your eyes but millions more would disagree with you ( me included).
Jack Moore just as many millions think he is an unfunny hack.
Well yes there are probably millions that dislike him, but I'm also saying that there are millions that do like him. Why even comment at all if you dislike him, if I dislike someone I just scroll on by dont even bother commenting so I wonder if you do a have a secret liking for him , maybe you dont, I dont really care!!
@@Jabber-ig3iw A priori deduction. His popularity is evidenced by his success, viewing figures and sales of his movies and TV shows. What evidence do you have to say millions think he is unfunny?
See I have no problem with people voicing their opinions but you're giving yours as if everyone else shares it and you're just wrong. Accept that different people find different things funny, moron.
Lost a lot of respect for this guy since that hole furlough thing
Philomena was brilliant, Partridge movie was shit though.........
Should of got the Oscar for Stan. Unfortunately he’s not a black person on Netflix.