The Crimson sits down with two cast members from HBO's The Wire, Andre Royo and Jamie Hector, to learn about their experience on the show, thoughts on its educational influence and more.
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He was coolin with chris when he was all hyped on atlantic city after getting in with the greeks lol, think that might have been the one time (and his birds)
I think that's the mark of an absolute legend actor, when you - you know - get that kind of feeling seeing them as their actual selves. Dude was absolutely ICE COLD on the show and shieeeeet man, if there's any character in any show that was actually scary, this is the guy.
@@therealdababycovertible9503 imma have to disagree with you simply because there was too many fictional things about it. Especially the whole therapist thing.
@@dantemariscal8679 without the sopranos there is no breaking bad,Dexter,Hannibal etc I'm not saying that it was super realistic then go watch The wire
@@therealdababycovertible9503 I think you misunderstand him. He means the wire is important to society. Not entertainment value wise. Otherwise, sopranos is obviously up there
Just finished "The Wire" for the first time 20 Minutes ago. All 5 seasons took me about 2 weeks that's how good it was. I can honestly say after years of Loving the Sopranos as the best show of all time The Wire was rite there with it. Not one slow moment or episode. It's so real and gritty makes u want more and more. I'm actually really sad that's it finished and I'll never watch The Wire again and not know what's going to happen next.
+googzgag I couldn't agree with you more. Just finished it a few days ago and I'm going through withdrawals. As an aspiring filmmaker I was blown away. I've never seen a show that was so impactful that had as many characters that resonated with me. I'm still living with the show to this day!
I was never a big fan of Marlo,then I started to really recognize the genius of his character. Wasnt flashy,or loud.But a cool,cold and calculated drug kingpin.Who looked at the game as big business.Unlike Stringer who was similar in the business part.Yet Marlo knew how the game was played,and the ultimate sacrifice you will end up paying is prison or your life.String thought he could go legit,and came close,but the game is bigger than anyone.I love reading the different comments people have on a particular scene.
Good post. I actually couldn't stand Marlo's character. I felt he was one of those slick guy's who won his way to the top by attrition. Remember, he was warring with Marlo's crew before Stringer left that note with Bunny Colvert who turned it over to McNaulty and that was the end of Barksdale's street day's. Had that bust not gone down, Barksdale's Crew was about to light up the entire Stanfield crew because Slim Charles made them and sat on them but they got busted and he watched Marlo's crew escape unscathed.
I took Marlo to be a sort of distillation of previous generations. Avon and Stringer were dreamers. They embraced the tools available to them and played the game, but they were never pure products of that system. Marlo is what you're left with when all innocence and aspiration is gone. He was a living embodiment of the game. Ruthless, driven, and yet purposeless. Purely destructive. In the end he couldn't handle the upward mobility. He needed to be back on that corner, because that's what he was. Avon and Stringer spent their lives trying to get up and out. Marlo didn't want to leave.
Yea I have to say the first time watching I really disliked Marlo but every time I've rewatched I like him more. Still not my favorite but he's a great fucking character. Also I love Snoop and Chris, but Chris especially.
Jamie Hector is as cold as ice in his portrayal of Marlo Stansfield; I'll be keeping an eye out for him in future. RIP Michael K Williams - I'll really miss his work.
I have watched The Wire 4 times already, planning to watch it the 5th time but I still get the same goosebumps. The show is so fucking brilliant, every time you watch it, you discover a new story about someone from the show. Watching it one time is not enough to take in everything the show has to offer.
Greatest tv show ever made, and the best ensemble cast too. Andre Royo as Bubbles is probably the best portrayal of a character over the course of series that I've seen. Wish I could have been there.
It's weird to see cast from the wire do interviews and things like that because throughout the show they spun the illusion where you really felt like those are their true characters. One of the few shows that can say that. I mean Mr. Jamie Hector might be the nicest person in the world but if you talk to him in person all you will see is Marlow and it will be very hard to talk because you knew what Marlow was capable in the show.
Compelling villains stick in the amygdala. We remember threats. This is why Anthony Hopkins is still Hannibal to many people. It's an ancient adaption. We can't shake fear so easily.
whats crazy isn't just seeing Marlo "out of character" but that he still has those fucking stone-cold killer eyes... No matter how friendly he comes across, your blood will always run cold every time he looks straight into the lens
He just walks with good posture and looks confident, nothing too specific about that. I also don't see the cold killer eyes thing. Actors who play compelling villains always get fans sticking their characters to them. Anthony Hopkins is still Hannibal to people. Something about the amygdala, people remember threat the best.
If you havent seen andre royo in anything else, go do it. If nothing else, just to understand how insane his transformation into bubbles is. The scenes with bubbles contain some of the best acting Ive ever seen in my life. Especially when hes high or that time hes just sitting in park taking everything in
I probably rewatch all five seasons every couple of years or so. So happy to see most of these actors that came from the show are giving back to their communities one way or the other.
Yeah its a classic. Omar Little is a character on it and they were saying his character might be one of the best of all time. You would have to have followed it from the very first episode too.
Marlo owned all of the good real estate after the towers were gone. Simple as that. It didn't even matter if he had the best connect or the fiercest crew- his rise to power was more like a title defense than a crowning achievement. He gained power by taking each block 1 corner at a time.
+Tony Starks He had the best real estate and the fiercest crew, so he was untouchable. Up until the cops found the bodies he wasnt getting much attention from them either, which gave him even more power.
Indeed. Marlo's sudden ride made complete sense, i.e. *someone* was always going to be holding the corners the Barksdales couldn't be bothered with whilst they had the towers.
What made The Wire so incredible was how it showed ALL OF THE PIECES. I never considered the number of pieces involved in the community impacts of drug. And because I've started watching it again, for the 3rd time, the stories are even more true today. And that's a strong statement of how ass backwards society is and how important The Wire is.
Stringer died, Deangelo died, Frank Sobatka died, Lester and McNulty ended up in the unemployment line, Daniels was forced out by politics, Herc was working for a crook, Marlo was free, Omar died..not many of the main characters had a happy ending..oh yea and where is wallace?
Exactly. My mom loved the show as well when I watched it with here, she though it's the best show ever, even though it's totally unlike what the would normally watch (she prefer the much more cleverly written and intelligent European shows, yet she prefer the Wire over them. That says a lot about how well it's written). I think it's the most real and well written show ever, and also puts the finger on a lot of sore spots, which needed to be done by others for a long time now. Like inequality.
The excellence of the writing was just a part everything, the actors exquisite, settings incredible and the camera work and editing amazing. The last scene in the final episode of Marlo coming down from the "party" he was at with Levi - remember him walking out of the building in his fine brown suit....across the street and confronting the 3 soldiers selling....dealing to them and then the question...did he go back to the street or not!? Ultimately - the shows question as it finished was - "What has changed!?. IMHO the very best program made - period! Superlatives don't come close to describing the brilliance of every person involved in producing this! The inevitable feeling of "nowhere else to go" for Dukie, of Mikes inevitable departure to a certain fate, the Colvin Hampsterdam experiment that was lowering crime, infections and encapsulating the problems in manageable areas but it didn't meet conventional rules, of Marcetti's almost letting Colvin's idea run because of social beeterment but votes counted. Of Omars crusade - who felt bad for the victims of HIS heists? The list goes on and on. I have not watched another show ever that raises so many social commentaries, make the viewer think about them if they want, then leave raw the characters that you never forget - and it was fiction - based on society and politics now. absolutely stunningly Brilliant!
this is my favorite show ever. i don't see how people can't at least just watch it and get it. i let my parents borrow it to watch and they are in their 60's and loved it
it's crazy that this show was never nominated for any emmy awards for acting...i can't wrap my head around it. One of the actors said in an interview that the people responsible for nominating couldnt believe that the people on the wire were actors, but merely gangstas hired to walk around the set.. either the best compliment ever or the biggest slap in the face ever.
Great idea to correlate the characters from "The Wire" with the current social psychological, economic, political, etc. conditions that occurs in the American culture.
I agree with you on this. I come from a single mother, middle class upbringing so I did not grow up poor, but I have met many who have. Those who grow up poor have almost no chance of getting into a Ivy league school. I can't even go to a good graduate school, whether I get in or not, unless I get a scholarship because my family doesn't have that kind of money. Fairness in this country is not 'Communism' (those who call it that are not informed on that political stance), but common sense.
Thanks for the Memories watching this great Series - 2002 - 2008,Great Characters to remember like Bubbles and Marlo to Clay (Sheeeeeittt) Davis 🤣And The Police Characters played by Dominic West and Clarke Peters along with Wendell Pierce.
1:40 Here Andre actually misunderstood what Jamie was referring to He thought Janie was talking avout the scene where String tried to get Slim to drop Clay Davis and Avon walked in and straightened him out. Jamie was actually talking about that balcony scene
My two favorite characters from my first time watching The Wire. Still my favorites after my third time watching the whole thing. Completely different end of the spectrums those two characters, one has heart and compassion and the other lacks both.
Good question. I watched this new movie just came to DVD called Red Tails. I didnt have much background on it so I didn't know the actors beforehand. Michael, Wallace, Bubs and Cheese were all in it. It was so hard to watch when the whole time I kept thinking that Michael might kill someone on the spot, Bubs might relapse, Wallace was resurrected from the dead and Cheese was being polite.
Jamie Hector did such a good job playing Marlo that I don't think I could ever be near him in real life. I'm just straight up terrified of the guy. And he's not even any bigger than me. THAT'S acting!
The show was awesome. I started watching it as a "meh, lets see what this is about" and ended up watching damn near 6 episodes per day. I went through the whole show quick and was left wanting more :(
It's funny. You see all of these trendy shows on HBO and other networks YET, you never see these young men and women get the true acclaim they deserve. Where are the personal awards from all of this work. We're talking 5 seasons here. Other shows like The Spranos and Boardwalk were hyped and super promoted YET, The Wire can see any of those "series", episode for episode. Who's be honored at the prestigeous Harvard University just like the life of the eccentric and talented Tupac Shakur was being studied at the University of Washington in Seattle and at Univ. of California @ Berkeley. You know where I'm going with this.
Chris Hansen IMO The Wire is better than The Sopranos. But still, The Sopranos was almost at par with the show. Frankly, The Wire, Sopranos and Breaking Bad are the best tv shows (more than just that) with The Wire being a little above the other two.
Wow the Marlo guy's acting was amazing. On the show he was arrogant, psychopathic and terrifying. Here he's a normal nice guy who even thinks "people have good hearts"!
@cs00024 Definitely Jamie!! 1st time I saw him interviewed I couldn't believe he played Marlo - THAT's a hallmark of truly great acting, playing a character that hasn't a trace of your own personality!
i own the first 2 seasons of breaking bad. its good but it's still live. i'm the type of guy who can't wait for a single episode each week. i just wait until the entire show is on dvd and just watch every season in order. you understand a lot more that way
It's weird to see "Marlo" smiling. He was one ice cold muthah. Best show of all time. I just finished re-viewing all 60 episodes, and it's still as powerful as when new.
Marlo's character at the end was handled perfectly and ended in perfect tune with the series and most importantly with the REAL stories of the real people Marlo was based on.
@@freakboy40 out of curiosity, how would you have preferred they finished Marlo’s character arc? I thought it was perfect. He had done what Stringer was trying to do his whole life. He was in the rooms with the white people, going legit. That final scene of Marlo leaving the party, walking out to the corner and taking it by force, it said everything about who Marlo is in about 10 seconds. He, like Avon, is a gangster. It’s what he knows and what he will always be. The game is the game, and Marlo is a player, period. It also provided a commentary on the game itself. Marlo had the crown. He was on top. He was the biggest drug supplier in Baltimore, he’d taken out his competition. In short - he had won. But when he walks up to the corner boys (who, incidentally, are talking about Omar, a true street legend whose name actually rang out), they had no idea who Marlo was. The game is the game, but the players will always change. Marlo won, but it didn’t make a lick of difference. At the end of the day, he was a nobody. Idk, like you, this is just my opinion. Curious to hear yours.
