Malcolm McDowell On A Clockwork Orange | Empire Magazine 

Many Brits are Scandinavian by descent via the Viking raids and Norman conquests.

Tom Evans some or a few... not many

His eyes and his voice❤️❤️❤️❤️

​@@SovereignStatesmanthe native Britons had majority blue eyes and so did the Anglo-Saxons (English). It doesn't have to be Scandinavian just to be blue eyed. Their genetic input into Britain is quite low anyway, the Normans even less so - who after numerous generations, were more or less French. I've known blue eyed Spaniards and Italians.

Steve Mcqueen's eyes😊

Not "dill-doll"- dildo! ;) And I do agree - he's a great actor!

Vinterfrid I know it's "dildo", but he makes it sound like "dill-doll". :P Accents never die, I swear.

Vinterfrid he says dill doll

I love that you think it sounds like dill-doll :)

Likewise, brother.

Me too brother, he is my fucking favorite actor, i learned to love him later watching this movie

My god!! Why do you think he is going to die anytime soon?? 😐

79soleil I never said that, but when the time comes, I'm going to be very sad.

Damned old age.

Lol, growing up in an Irish family you literally hear some variation of this all the time

😫😂😂😂

I scared him in Utah once 🤭🖖

He strikes me as a guy who doesn't give a shit about accolades and trophies. He likes to do work that intrigues him or unashamedly pays the rent. He's versitile but he has this raptor like predatory cadence that lends himself well to villains like David Warner or Charles dance. He could play the father of a female fiance in a Romantic comedy where he appears terrifying but is actually a nice guy but the boyfriend is terrified off him

"with great relish and scary charm:" Perfectly said.

This is why he remains a big favorite.

What I love about him is his complete lack of snobbery, ego or pretention about it. Because really, the most honorable thing to be doing is working, isn't it?

Haha to be fair, I forget if it was caligula or clockwork celebration event Probably clockwork.,but he basically said "I don't know how it got made and I wouldn't let my children watch this crap but there it is. Ummm thank you"

He sure remembers a lot of production detail though.

+Tom Evans imagine telling a story over and over again in every interview. Eventually it's going to be like reciting a poem or film script itself, you barely need to think about it and maybe the memory is even somewhat different from the reality by now, it's been embellished upon so often you begin to believe the little things you read into the situation or wished to be there. Now imagine being asked about another mundane part of it that you haven't thought about in decades. That would probably about sum up why.

Sir John Hammond I guess it's like Luke Skywalker in reverse. He gets so famous playing an evil character that he never gets hired as anything else, but just has Geeks asking him about making that one film... for 40 freaking years.

I find it an immense shame no one at the BBC has approached him to do a Christmas tradition of wearing a smoking jacket and slippers in front of a fire and read some random book passages like Robert Rankins antipope or Ben Elton this other Eden and end it with goodnight and god bless. Or something bizzare

If Kubrick's name was attached to it, it's one of the greatest films of all time.

g nk

Laurence Herring It's an off movie which seemed really strange the first time around. The second time, things made a bit more sense. Though I may have to chalk that up to an acquired taste.

+Laurence Herring Eyes Wide Shut is a goddamn underrated masterpiece, in my humble estimation. The real issue is that most people don't understand that the film is very openly and textually about class and very specifically the intersection of classism and sexuality in America. Maybe they'd still hate if they understood that - if there are two things Americans love to self-deny about their own society and culture, it's classism and sexuality (speaking as an American, and Eyes Wide Shut being a uniquely American film).

sekunderkun Well that was an extremely stupid way to portray it.

" Come and get one in the yarbles, if you have any yarbles, you enuch jelly, thou"

It seems a lot of actors do when working with Kubrick, non more so than Shelley Duvall.

I want Big Smoke to meet Alex DeLarge.

Big Smoke I'll have number 9 large

Big Smoke quote from gorod krovi

Guess what the Scotchman gave me a bottle of English

70 is the new 40.

Yeah... Kubrick is well known for treat his actors like toys... whatever he was an incredible director, a genius.

was he a nice person to begin with?

Birdman Of course, he was just a young actor and very devout Christian, he prayed to God to show him how to play a completely evil character; and he did it so well that nobody wanted to hire him for anything but villains after that. Look at the original interviews with him just after the movie, and he's just a shy British kid. That's why he seems angry now, since it's the only role he's really known for.

Tom Evans ooooh.... now i get it. thanks though for the responded. and how about Kubrick?

Birdman I already talked about him.

I think it befits especially lucky Malcolm aka Alex.

They're both Brits, and Brits tend to be a lot more open with cussing even on just regular shows (with certain limits and boundaries) .

I was at a Q&A with Malcolm in London 2019, he is very proud of this movie, he doesn't hide it.. he knows it's a masterpiece and he's more than happy to speak about this movie over anything else he's done

It's rare that an actor gets to act in a truly artistic film, let alone star in it. It's refreshing that he doesn't pretend to be over it

id like to see a remake, but i know it might not make it to the cinemas. People will complain, even though it is art, not porn.

Arenzoj A sequel doesn't really make sense. What would happen? I mean we know that Alex supposedly reverted back to a murderer rapist by the ending (spoilers). But like, what would happen in the movie? He gets reformed AGAIN he gets tortured by people AGAIN. I dunno. Plus, I feel like it would dishonor Kubrick who is one of my FAVORITE filmmakers EVER. Like, making a Fullmetal Jacket 2 or a Shining 2. Hell they already made 2010 a space odyssey and we all know how THAT turned out.

PS4Fever Then again their making a movie of 50 shades of gray.

If they did make a sequel, it would probably be based on the last chapter of the novel. It's where Alex continue's his life of crime, and when he sees that Pete has now reformed and married, Alex is taking less pleasures in Ultra Violence, so, he decides to get married and leave his past behind him.

PS4Fever I don't think it needs remake . It is perfect as it is .

He's also great in O Lucky Man! & Cat People among others..

Are you referring to 655321??!!

@@FilmForger are you now or have you ever been A HOMOSEXUAL

@@FilmForger crunching lomticks of toast and jam

Love it, I have to use that when the situation arises!

I always wondered about that too. There were no cuts in that scene if I remember correctly. Maybe they had a scuba mouth piece under the water.

nah it was all in one shot and he did almost drown.

Actually, he said in an interview (Can't remember where), that there was an oxygen tank in the water, allowing him to breathe normally once he had found it.

aSJxzyt Either "Great Bolshy Yarblockos" or "Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures"

@War Monger: That's clever thinking like a real director or prop guy does. Could also have been one of those special breathable liquids they give scuba divers to breath.

I think he of all people would've deserved to at least see the 21st century. Even if I don't like his last three films much.

I am an American and he certainly doesn't sound American to me. Perhaps all the years of living, working, and traveling abroad with all sorts of people, with all sorts of accents may have had an impact on the strength of his original 'British' accent. So perhaps it's not as strong as it once was. But I'd presume that would happen to anyone from wherever they come under the same circumstances. But to be honest I've personally never noticed and I know the British and all their different regional accents very well. But on another note... what a brilliant man/actor Mr. Malcolm McDowell is. : ) He is in my opinion an extremely underrated actor an I hope one day soon will get the recognition he deserves.

correct..i agree with you..its an habit...

Afrizal Anoda English accent not british

Kind of like how Gary Oldman has been In so many movies with so many accents, he doesn't know his real accent

I think he probably just exaggerated his accent in movies, he really laid it on thick in Clockwork Orange.

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+Janet Craft fucking idiot

+Janet Craft He was definitely a visionary

Hate to burst your bubble, but Kubrick was a bit batty and when I say "a bit" it sounds more like an understatement.

But he was a massive prick...

Hahaha no. He was notoriously cruel to his actors. Look up how he treated Shelly Duvall in the shining, for instance.

This is your president, John Henry Eden speaking.

+The Russian Hammer ayyy! fallout 3!

Sheev Palpatine A surprise to be shure, but a welcome one.

There's no such thing as an Irish alcoholic.

oh, ok XD

Evil Smith You've really grabbed hold of completely the wrong end of the stick... he wasn't talking about Dave Prowse (Darth Vader) he was talking about Patrick Magee...

Oh cool. Thanks.

lol!

Everything was fine until maxis went and balls'ed everything up

"It wasn't really a good idea letting the most powerful artifact on the universe JUST LAYING ON THE FUCKING TABLE"

quote in gorod krovi and revelations

yes

+Joe Musashi yeah, you're right. Patrick Stewart has lived in London for most of his working life, so has Brian blessed (probably).

Liam Roberts I loved his Leeds accent!!!! I remember him saying he went to boarding school so think the posh accent was something he picked up. I know lots of actors who change their accents so they don't get typecast and get more roles

Liam Roberts In Clockwork Orange you hear his real accent, actors just have to make their accent more neutral as a thick accent could put off of future directors/parts

Yes

as i was watching this video (still unsure if its dr monty) he said the eff work. that's when i realize it is him.

This. Is. It.

Yes, it is THAT DUCK

Considering Kubrick's reputation for numerous takes in order to get the right shot, I wonder how many times McDowell endured having his face spat upon for that one scene when in the hands of the cops.

Feels like a cigarette being stuck in your eye.

In my case a girl had hummed a Jelly Bean shoe at a guy she was pissed off at. He ducked and it caught me in the eye instead.

I see what you did there. 😁

I didn't need eye sedation 😉