ROBOCOP Q&A w/ PETER WELLER, NANCY ALLEN, PAUL VERHOEVEN & MORE! FROM weSPARK! 5/18/13 

I always thought that Nancy's character in Robocop was her personal redemption for her character in Carrie. She did a great job.

@@NormAppleton Well, she was acting. She didn’t really need to be “redeemed”.

​@@NormAppletoni thought Carrie was great haha

​@@NormAppletonyeah, we saw everything of her 😃

What the bell is mk11?

​@@marcocaneiramortal kombat 11, Peter Weller reprised his role as robocop fighting terminator, rambo and mortal kombat fighters

oO(I didn't even know that there was a Mortal Kombat 4)

Why do people always say this shit... Everybody gets older,Everybody looks OK for their age. It’s not about your looks. its the person

@Tomakak shhhh she is 60 at that time please respect!!!

@@Pinkielover haters bro!!!

@@TheMavericktheone when you're in your 20s you can't seem to get past age. In my 30s and bi and I'll sleep with anyone. lol~ You're all hot to me.

I'll buy that for a dollar!

Yes. Indeed. Despite that he's looking old, he'll still look in shape with robocop costume. He should be in Robocop vs Terminator.

@@JELopezCastillo and that deep voice should not go unnoticed. What a voice

​@@JELopezCastillo I'm not sure about actually physically playing the role, but he can still definitely provide the voice.

9 years later and he's gone on to voice RoboCop in MK11 and reprised his role for RoboCop Rogue City game.... which is awesome!

shes alive...thank god

Yes,in movie and in real life,i talk about the actor who played this role.

@@andrismajors8171 Yep. Miguel Ferrer. He was good in Hotshots Part Deux & Blank Check.

That's not entirely fair - the script was (with 20/20 hindsight) actually really clever; I mean it contained razor-sharp political satire, comedy, violence and a really profound underlying premise. That said all of this only really became appreciated later - it was ahead of its time in many ways, and because of that, to read it in the early to mid '80s on the page I'm sure it came across as somewhat "cornball". As Peter Weller has pointed out elsewhere, it was turned down by eight or nine US-based directors before Verhoeven received it, and Verhoeven has said that he thought it was trash when he first read it; he admits that it took his wife encouraging him to take a second look at it and think about what he could do with it before he realised the script had the makings of something special.

@@turricanedtc3764 100%. The script is awesome.

As the others have said, the script was not Z grade in the slightest. It had a silly title, but contained the blueprint for the brilliant movie we know and love today. As they say, if it ain't on the page, it ain't on the stage. The pages of the RoboCop screenplay were bursting with greatness.

All of you saying the original script was clever and amazing don't seem to know about the concept of rewrites. Verhoeven (as well as other studios) threw it away bc it was probably terrible; after his wife convinced him that there is potential if he reads between the lines, he then worked together with Neumeier to flesh out the good stuff, which turned into what we see today. So no, the original script was probably generic and any cleverness and satire was probably lost among all the generic stuff.

same mate hahaeven wank her pics on my free timehahahaha

Business dried up for him in the US. He kept getting more sci-fi scripts, but he wanted to branch out and do romantic comedies. (He said as much in a commentary track; I can't remember which movie it was for.) In the making of Tricked, he literally said he was stuck making movies he didn't like when he was in the US, which is really sad. If he's happier and more satisfied as an artist now, I'm happy for him. I loved Zwartboek and really enjoyed Tricked. I hope he does something after Elle though. Elle wasn't my bag.

@@DamienDrake Which is very sad,if only he did not do showgirls and leveraged on the hype and success he had after basic instinct, he wouldnt be blacklisted by the studios and would have more artistic freedom in terms of scripts as alot of em only trusted him with sci fi considering how successful his prior films were.

@@DamienDrake Im certain if showgirls didnt happen,his legacy would be far greater than cameron or zemeckis

@@LYCANCLANTEAM What's really annoying about the Showgirls debacle is how it instantly sank NC-17 as a viable rating for studio films. The MPAA urged him and the studio to release Basic Instinct in its original NC-17 form in order to legitimize the rating. The MPAA could see that it was an excellent film and knew that it would galvanize the rating as more than mainstream porn, as some would believe. The studio refused, saying that if Basic Instinct was a hit then his next movie could be released with the rating. We all know how that went. I can't imagine having the Motion Picture Association of America make a deal like that only to be hamstrung by the studio, and then have the following film tank not only the new rating but your career in the U.S. I'm honestly surprised he didn't take a break after that. It was a truly awful turn of events for such a talented filmmaker. That being said, his approach to Showgirls was some of the worst directing I've ever seen. I had to turn it off early on. Everyone was acting like they were in a Saturday Night Live movie parody. I think the fact that he knew the kid gloves were off meant that he went nuts in the worst way. From what I know about the movie, it wouldn't have been a salvageable story in any case.

@@DamienDrake Really i didnt know that from what i've heard verhoeven wanted it to be nc-17 but the studios were against it due to advertising and promotional reasosns,as you could not advertise a nc-17 film so they cut scenes and it ultimately got an r rating.(basic instinct i mean) In regards to showgirls,I completely agree,i mean violence and sex is a clearly a trademark of his work but in this case I felt that he was trying too hard to shock the audience instead of sticking to what he's good at

😏😏😏

she had an innocent beauty at the character Ann lewis

Yeah and got a chance to redeem himself after his toxic incident

Yeah. He went on to become a douchbag doctor in Chicago. And then got crushed to death by a falling helicopter. Guy just can't catch a break. Imagine. Gets melted by acid and then gets crushed by a helicopter. 😂

And great writers and producer.

Red

a history ever made in the year 1987

SquidkidMega He died of cancer recently! Maybe he was starting to get sick by then! But no Kurtwood Smith or Ronny Cox?

Come on sal, the tigers are playing.. Tonight! I never miss a game

I'll buy that for a dollar!

reboot is not Robocop at all. its call the rubber cup

And Peter. Knows well. Whats saying... The Hard. That. Was everhring but. Despite that. He getted winner so sorry. For my english. Really im Just. Praying for the next of Blomkamp. That says. Try imagine that the work its done. For. Verhoeven. Not. Easy. But. Please. Neil. Try to keep your Word and be so loyal to the old school and so well. At least for. You when you says. The suit will be the same of the begining. Good Luck

The funny thing is that the reboot came one year after this video's release.

Teresa Andrade your English is better than my Spanish. I understand what you are saying all the way 😀

Oh yeah,

That's true. Even Clarence Boddicker only lived till the end of the movie because of his directives. If it wasn't for that Robocop would have just choked him to death in the drug factory. Of course, the plot had to keep him alive until the end.

Except he doesn’t say that at all. He says its important for a boy to have a role model. You’re not too bright are you? You have no idea what may have been happening at the time for any of the actors, I thought Peter was very chatty and quite animated, so shut up.

He was great in Medium Cool.

He makes the movie