I thought the best thing about the interview was how ordinary Richard seemed. Dressed very casually and relaxed. I think having aged and being out of the tabloids shrivelled his ego a bit.
Unforgiven is not only the greatest western ever made, it's one of the greatest movies of all time. What a collection of extraordinary gentlemen and superb talent. Love Richard Harris.....
He was in a lot of movies, but not sure his off screen antics were to be admired. MacArthur Park is an appalling song, those stupid lyrics...🤣, and Richards voice wasn't really suited. You can hear him straining on the high notes. I've not heard him sing much else, but he was in a lot of stage shows, so I know he can sing.
I disagree, slightly... it IS the best western. Watching Mr Money finally return to his old self in one afternoon after several years of honest effort to change himself into a good person, and after his own effort to recapture that attitude of old in two weeks, was executed better than any character in any movie. It is not only the best western, it is one of the best movies of any genre.
Great actor. Watched unforgiven a few weeks ago. I don't have the right words to describe it but the speech English Bob gives about people not being able to kill a King and that they would just stand in awe and how William Munny kills everyone at the end and the writer stands in awe looking at him. The realisation that yes Munny is a monster but also a 'King' in the old West. Just incredible storytelling.
This was a great interview. The interviewer was respectful and well-informed, and Harris was effusive and candid. Would have been great to see more of their off-camera discussion.
This is great .. just came off a Saul Rubinek interview about "Unforgiven" and he relates the same story as Harris. Harris had a way he wanted to play English Bob and Clint would never try to stop him. Same with Rubinek. Clint would never change a word in David Peoples' screenplay yet he let the actors handle their parts as they saw fit. He told Rubinek that his character was his department, and how he wanted to deliver those lines was up to him .. not the director. And the result is one of the greatest films of all time.
what an incredible man Richard was. of course he was known as a hard drinking hellraiser like oliver, burton and o,toole but away from the drink he is such a humble down to earth man, RIP richard Harris. one of the best.
@Carmel O'Hara Jimmy Webb changed Richard's life. He wrote the hit song "MacArthur's Park" and let Richard sing it. You might like Jimmy's recent autobiography called The Cake and the Rain. He tells the story of how he wrote it and met up with Richard and their feud. Jimmy was the best songwriter in the USA in the late '60s. He was so good that two of his songs got nominated for a Grammy as song of the year. "By the time I get to Phoenix" sung by Glen Campbell and "Up Up and Away" by the Fifth Dimension. He won, but he thought they would split the vote between them and allow another song to win. The winner was Up Up.
I was on construction on the royal opera house in covent garden London in 1998 and met Richard Harris walking up from the pub he was a real down to earth guy drinking with all the workers at the pub. great times in london
+steve Fowler I was always of an opinion that the wonderful actors you have mentioned here NEVER EVER took themselves too seriously!! I have gravitated towards everything that these actors have done and have always been rewarded with pure satisfaction from their art! Cheers
Yeah, Clint generally gets the best actors for his projects. That bit about him giving the green light to Harris on his character, was great insight into how adept he is, as a director. Trust, the brilliant actors, you've assembled.
What a great interview and a very interesting guy to interview. Also, to look back on your life at that age and not have one single regret, well, that's very lucky indeed. Good for you Mr Harris.
Unforgiven has to be in the top 10 westerns ever made....brilliant interview, Richard Harris a wonderful actor, and a rogue, but he had charisma and skill.
I could listen to Richard Harris read a grocery list! He is ( was 🙁) one of those singular storytellers that could enthrall you from the instant he opened his mouth. We’ll never see his like again.
I drew him secretly in the Cole hole pub and he walked past(not planned) me so I showed him and he is such a lovely man and even signed my drawing still one of my most treasured items
I heard the song again today. It is still as amazing and evocative as when it was new, my high school graduation year. Never mind madeleines and tea. That song brings back all the heartbreaks and hopes that an 18 year old can have.
I'll never forget going with my History teacher and class on a field trip downtown to see "" The Molly McGuire's"" with Richard Harris and Sean Connery as Black Jack Kehoe such a Fabulous movie. The true story of the Irish in the Hard Coal Fields of Pennsylvania and the terrible condition they lived and died in, the Company Mine.
Richard Harris had a unique charm and presence about him. Before the interview starts as he's whistling and looking around his eyes look very contemplative and reflective. Then when the first question is asked his eyes light up as he gets into storytelling mode.
I disagree, the joke the interviewer made after Richard's comment at 5:10 was so terrible it took me out of it, and it almost took Richard out as well but he recovered.
I had 2 7" 45 rpm singles by Rlchard Harris. 1- Mc Arthur Park & 2- The Yard went on forever. And if you want to see a great action film get your self a a copy of The. Wild Geese.
You admire Clint Eastwood for his work! And then you hear someone else you admire Richard Harris, expand on what it was you admired!... Plus you learn even more to admire about Richard Harris; win, win and win some more!... Thank You Mr. Carter! ... Doc Blake
In an old interview on Carson or Letterman, it was noted that Harris was an infamous hard drinker, but had quit. His answer was, "It's nice to wake up instead of come to."
This IS a great interview, a great actor, too. Saw him live at the Ordway in St. Paul years ago, what a riot he was, and talented, too, doing a one-man show! a warm, loving kind of actor -- in spite of some of those less warm characters he's played in the past.
Crazy that Richard Harris was younger than both Eastwood and Hackman. Harris died in 2002 while the other guys make 90 this year. RIP Richard, thanks for your son Jared.
Loved RH as English Bob in Unforgiven, truly an extremely well cast movie. Everybody was great and the Big Four of Eastwood, Hackman, Freeman, and Harris were legendary good in their roles. One of the greatest movies of any genre period!!
I was an extra in Midnight in the garden of good and evil. I got directed by Eastwood. He said precisely that “ Please step to the right “ I will never forget the experience, on top of that it was my Birthday.
Robert Crabtree I was a bouncer , my scene did not make it. But I got a check from Warner Bros and a great story to tell. I still have the check. It’s a book marker. Its in the book of the same name. The book also has autographs of the real characters still living.
@@Saidakine That is very cool. That's the one with John Cuzack, I believe. It's been awhile, but I remember that I liked it. "It's like Gone with the Wind, on peyote". That line, was memorable, for me.
I know his drunks were legendary, he has no regrets, and I don't judge him for it. But it's remarkable how the years of sobriety let the intelligence and character shine from his eyes, and radiate from his personality in a whole new way.
One of my favourite actors. So many great performances but I loved him in Major Dundee playing a Confederate officer. Loved to have had a drink with him in a pub in Limerick his home town. Yer man.
that old school gentleman but still a feicin rogue , love it..some of his drinking stories are hilarious if you come across them..from the guns of navarone to professor dumbledore..
Michael Cain had no love for Richard Burton or Richard Harris, because he didn't approve of the way they liked to party...That came out in a Interview that Burton gave one time ...
@@keerthirangana8173 The most underrated British actor of that time was Ian Hendry (who unfortunately suffered from alcoholism). His performance in The Hill with Sean Connery is perfect.
WOW , what a great interview, Never seen Richard Harris give up so much in front of a camera before in such a short amount of time, , , Full credit to the interviewer, , , - I always thought Jimmy Carter was just a former US President who sold peanuts in his spare time, Shows how much I know!
I don't know but I really really miss the Dumbledore version of him. He was perfect. If only he was around until the last installment. I wish he stayed a little bit. RIP
100% truth, he was a perfect pick for that role. He had the serious and whimsy mix down just right. Legit if I had 3 wishes from a genie, one would go to making that happen.
This is great! Richard Harris was a very interesting fellow. There's an interview with Saul Rubinek floating around. Saul, of course, played English Bob's biographer, Beauchamp. Saul has high praise for Clint's directing, as well. Another great interview, and worth checking out.
Unforgiven is one of my favorite westerns of all time.. one of the best quick scenes is when english bob gets his ass kicked n jailed..as he is leaving the town on the train u see clint eastwood entering at the same time n he peeps english bob pulling off all beat up.. only time they were close to being in a scene together in the movie.
I liked it when he said he had no regrets about his wild days and would not change a thing if he could do it all over again. Not many people would say that, and mean it.
When my parents bought a radiogramme back in the early 70's (remember them?) Harris's album "A Tramp Shining" was supplied with it, and songs from it always remind me of that time!
In the '70s the Camelot movie was on TV starring Richard Harris. I fell in love with the Arthurian legend. A few months later my mom bought tickets to the play Camelot staring Richard Burton. Not to impugn Richard Burton but in my mind; I associated Richard Harris as King Arthur. Sadly, Richard Burton suffered a non-fatal heart attack just prior to the play showing in L.A. To my youthful delight Richard Harris filled in and it has been one of my fondest memories.
