Benny Safdie Shares What Inspired Him and Nathan Fielder to Write The Curse (Extended)

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7 ай бұрын

Benny Safdie talks about his work as a stand-up comedian and shares how he and Nathan Fielder came up with the idea for their show The Curse.
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@Existential_Carousel 6 ай бұрын

He's become a reflection of his environment and his community. It really is a powerful artistic piece when you think about it.

@wakegary 6 ай бұрын

That's Passive Living!

@SofaPop. 6 ай бұрын

The Curse (2023)

@bperk3253 Ай бұрын

Lol it's a bit.

@Existential_Carousel Ай бұрын

@@bperk3253 Yes... Way to go big guy 👍 And the sun is bright and socks go on your feet.

@Existential_Carousel Ай бұрын

@@bperk3253 Have you seen The Curse?....

@Baxxter101 7 ай бұрын

I love how addressing the gag only lasted 30 seconds and the rest was completely normal. Legendary.

@frarfarf 7 ай бұрын

would have been even better if they just didn't address it at all

@CMBlue 7 ай бұрын

The dedication for just such a throw away joke just to follow it up with a genuinely interesting serious interview. I appreciate this guy

@uncanny.valley 7 ай бұрын

Was thinking the same, but equally satisfied with the idea that he came down early to earn some change on a milk crate before the show @@frarfarf

@JJJameson. 7 ай бұрын

@@frarfarf It would indeed be funnier if he said "Let's not talk about it", but still not bad

@emailemmajames 6 ай бұрын

It looks like black and white television, maybe a reference that's hard to pinpoint.

@tessas 7 ай бұрын

I like that he presumably saw Nathan’s ridiculous outfit on Jimmy Kimmel Live and was like “Oh you think you can come up with the craziest outfit for a late night talk show to promote The Curse? BET!”

@Pillowlips77 7 ай бұрын

They probably discussed it between them on how to promote the show since they're both the creators and writers of the show. Gotta get people to talk about the show!

@tessas 7 ай бұрын

@@Pillowlips77 I assume so too…I was kinda joking in my comment. I think it’s really smart to dress up and be so eye-catching especially because a lot of people might not know who Safdie is BUT they might decide to watch the video out of intrigue on why he’s dressed like that when they otherwise wouldn’t.

@Pillowlips77 7 ай бұрын

@@tessas yes totally! 😂

@katrinasmith6720 7 ай бұрын

I think it’s actually a callback to a short film the Safdie bros made with Adam Sandler while they were shooting Uncut Gems. Check out “Goldman vs. Silverman”

@jmcc6104 6 ай бұрын

@@tessasyou internet fans are just too weird anymore.

@user-xl4xy4xg8r 7 ай бұрын

His performance in the Curse is spectacular

@anthonyparedes1334 7 ай бұрын

I got to be honest when I started watching it I was a little lost on his character, but midway he is slowly becoming my favorite.

@user-xl4xy4xg8r 7 ай бұрын

@anthonyparedes1334 same. I thought something extravagant was going to happen soon but it's certainly a slow burn. Yet it has made me appreciate his and everyone's character more.

@lostfilmsfromthepast 6 ай бұрын

lol you should watch some real actors act. Nothing spectacular about his amateurish performance

@user-xl4xy4xg8r 6 ай бұрын

@@lostfilmsfromthepast good thing we didn't ask you. Peace!

@anthonyparedes1334 6 ай бұрын

@@lostfilmsfromthepast Your mom gives amateurish performances.

@BlakieTT 7 ай бұрын

I really appreciate the effort he/whoever else went through to put on that fantastic and ridiculous costume. Props bruh. 😂

@christdolphin69 Ай бұрын

yeah, who knew a j would take any opportunity to make some side-money as a street hustler

@mr.monkeypaws4019 7 ай бұрын

Him saying that he makes fiction feel like real life and Nathan making real life feel like fiction also perfectly describes their respective interviews on here and Jimmy Kimmel

@AA-qb7ni 7 ай бұрын

Lmao Benny is so talented tho. Loved him in Oppenheimer. He and his brother make great films 🙌🏼

@rupertpupkin2660 7 ай бұрын

I first saw Benny Safdie in Goodtimes. Such a good movie. Then Uncut Gems. Greatness is in the making.

@DetectiveTrupo203 6 ай бұрын

King of comedy

@dx315 6 ай бұрын

Last night I showed a friend The Curse, told her that was the brother from Good Time, and she was so shocked and she still couldn't believe it when she left.

@fluff975 5 ай бұрын

good time*

@PowerNapProductions 5 ай бұрын

He co wrote and directed those too.

@bookmanahmed 7 ай бұрын

Been trying to strike up a friendship w this guy since college. Total master at talking endlessly.

@jbode11 7 ай бұрын

You went to college with benny safdie ?

@bookmanahmed 7 ай бұрын

Indeed. Boston U.

@Grindtesque 6 ай бұрын

Did you hang out? What was he like?

@bookmanahmed 6 ай бұрын

@@Grindtesque yes, some. Always a delight. I was totally enamored by him and his bro's movies. Felt like i'd finally found purpose in coming all the way to America for college (not like there was much of a choice, from Abu Dhabi-- back then it was America or nothing, for children of expats born and raised in the UAE... parents are Indian, but i never lived there; visited twice).

@unreciever_ 6 ай бұрын

@@bookmanahmed Wow, I am studying in America now having come from an expat family in the same city. (For what it's worth, nowadays a lot of the kids tend to leave for Europe, Canada, or even Hong Kong/Singapore/East Asia moreso than the US.) Good taste in movies and I'm totally jealous you got to talk with the Safdie brothers as students :)

@jamesonhardgrave4615 7 ай бұрын

I don’t know if I like this new take on the Hulk. But I trust Mark Ruffalo.

@weverage 7 ай бұрын

This isn't appreciated enough.

@TigerGreene 7 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@cinemasprite 7 ай бұрын

Silverman on the TONIGHT show wtff amazing deserved moment for Benny so dam cool. He’s really had a hell of a few years between Oppenheimer, Licorice Pizza, the severely underrated Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, appearing in the Star Wars universe, and now with this Nathan show The Curse lol the versatility of this man is insane, MORE than just killing it and has a bright bright future ahead of em

@leahlanglois5812 7 ай бұрын

Im so obsessed with this show and everything surrounding it. This is great

@OneLickLess 7 ай бұрын

I liked it better when Leno hosted.

@b-dub6865 7 ай бұрын

@@OneLickLessI think she’s talking about The Curse - the show that Benny was promoting.

@davidparsons3432 6 ай бұрын

The Curse was a stupid wank...like Benny

@Michaelstea 7 ай бұрын

Wow I have never heard his regular voice, only seen him in Good Time and Oppenheimer

@jadennguyen2811 7 ай бұрын

just realized that too lol

@looney1023 7 ай бұрын

He was also really great in Licorice Pizza!

@aslan9334 7 ай бұрын

How! He has done many interviews!

@Michaelstea 7 ай бұрын

@@aslan9334 like I said, only seen him in those movies, haven't watched any interviews

@husker4life109 7 ай бұрын

Benny looks like he’s about to give jimmy what he deserves

@aslan9334 7 ай бұрын

I don't know if this is a good thing or not!

@danielbarrero2815 7 ай бұрын

😭😭

@yashvardhangaur3107 7 ай бұрын

Both Nathan on Kimmel and Benny in Fallon being SO COMMITTED to the bit is CRAZY

@nicholasgarrick8855 7 ай бұрын

Appreciate ben safdie commitment wearing that ridiculous outfits tonight hilarious 😂.

@mariacampana7764 3 ай бұрын

Yup ‼️❤️🫡

@lashendawest7509 7 ай бұрын

We love benny safdie

@griffinkelly8694 6 ай бұрын

nobody is laughing? Like, I understand Jimmy Fallon not being funny, but Safdie is killing it. "Have you guys seen 'Wish.'" Incredible.

@jqyhlmnp 5 ай бұрын

Different styles of understandings exists :(

@gatewayrealtor664 5 ай бұрын

This guy is such an underrated actor who fully transforms in every role he chooses. No role is at all the same. Oppenheimer, the curse. Even the way he talks and moves his body in this interview against the character he portrays in the curse are completely different. And not just because of the long hair, all the subtle mannerisms of the way he holds himself is also very different

@SasMuffin427 5 ай бұрын

Watching this interview after having finished the curse and within the first minute hearing him say “you’re out there with no net whatsoever” ………too soon

@BlakieTT 7 ай бұрын

KZfaq compression can't cope, bruh. 😂 ✨🥈

@cristoburn4778 7 ай бұрын

Love the Safdies man

@miroslavassiniavskis7725 7 ай бұрын

Love Benny's Keep talking and be rewatched many times if needed (especially by non-english audiences) attitude. Having projects with Emma Stone is so cinema kingy!

@jessedupuy4124 7 ай бұрын

Are you gay?

@drumgold23 7 ай бұрын

I hear this in an Adam Buxton voice

@123fulRahul 7 ай бұрын

Why isn't this guy in the awards conversation for Oppenheimer. Him and Jason Clarke were the best of the supporting cast.

@fakeNoahBritton 6 ай бұрын

So amazing that Zach and Ralph both got mentioned on The Tonight Show!

@technicolorgiallo1111 7 ай бұрын

Kaufman-esque. Good work.

@sebbynimeh8997 7 ай бұрын

Emma stones performance really is incredible

@BroCapitalista 6 ай бұрын

him in The Curse, OMG, subtly spectacular!!!

@giselleo5976 6 ай бұрын

"no net whatsoever." 😮

@joonsantini 5 ай бұрын

I died😂

@ramaladingdong4998 6 ай бұрын

Only jimmy fallon would laugh harder at a guys name than the punch line the said guy is saying

@EkpyroticBounceHouse-DunderDan 6 ай бұрын

After watching Nathan’s Jimmy Kimmel review I assume they were trying to top each other in sheer ridiculousness in presentation

@anniestacie 6 ай бұрын

I know my people when I see them. He's beautiful in silver.

@mariacampana7764 3 ай бұрын

Handsome and amazing person a total silver ⭐️

@novakgoatovic 7 ай бұрын

Hahaha. Didnt expect that

@timemasterhms 4 ай бұрын

Jimmy can't get a word in or a fake laugh. Good work Benny.

@mariacampana7764 3 ай бұрын

😅 Yay ❤ Benny!

@RosieYogi40 7 ай бұрын

I liked this guy when I saw him in Are You There God, It’s Me Margaret? and now love him the moment I saw he was head to toe silver.

@mariacampana7764 3 ай бұрын

👏‼️

@Digitokethreepointoh 7 ай бұрын

I like the shiny suit!

@gilles2269 6 ай бұрын

great serie!

@TheBeatles9091 7 ай бұрын

Is it just me or does he sound exactly like Jason Segel in the clip at the end?

@pagli7215 7 ай бұрын

benny going kaufmanesque

@treblelatrice926 7 ай бұрын

Brings a whole new meaning to "WITNESS MEEEEEEE!!!!!"

@benhenderson8952 7 ай бұрын

🥈Love the Silver Face

@pumitriii6160 6 ай бұрын

Love how the only time you remember Jimmy is in the room is when he bursts into an excruciating fake laugh

@mariacampana7764 3 ай бұрын

Yup!👍

@mariacampana7764 3 ай бұрын

Hi Ben! Regards from Lucy & Me @ Dr. Sobel’s office ! 👆🏽‼️😍👋👋

@TuchNGoh 7 ай бұрын

If yal aren’t familiar, this outfit is referencing Safdie’s short film ‘Goldman v Silverman’

@aslan9334 7 ай бұрын

Yeah am sure many of his fans know!🤣

@6la6ni6 4 ай бұрын

i need him lol

@Ericktatt 7 ай бұрын

Where is the link yoooo lmk

@Botchedtoeknife 6 ай бұрын

That is a skin condition. My uncle had it as well.

@chrismazz6130 6 ай бұрын

I wish Jimmy could just be himself

@abeleyob8311 7 ай бұрын

The first black and white guest in the history of the tonight show

@DJGamingSmash 7 ай бұрын

Still haven't seen that short film. I don't know where to watch it. (The Silverman / Goldman one with Adam Sandler)

@benanon4429 5 ай бұрын

its on youtube

@janoycresva276 7 ай бұрын

Second to Cillian Murphy, he was the best part of Oppenheimer as Edward Teller.

@_thk 7 ай бұрын

Hey they have Silverman! They should bring out Goldman too

@reservoirdude92 7 ай бұрын

I was looking for this reference immediately 😂

@Zecamilleo 5 ай бұрын

It's literally chip and Joanna Gaines from fixer upper

@savoie0721 6 ай бұрын

Jimmy's fake laughs are off the charts here

@1fattyfatman 5 ай бұрын

Reminds of that burning creative energy like Tarantino.

@Thelaughingpreacher 4 ай бұрын

SO interesting how dressing up in an extravegant gag allows Benny to have an extremely sincere interview. An interview that would be too sincere to have done without the getup.

@md83619 7 ай бұрын

He should have wrapped it up with, "And that's why I look like this."

@bak1snus 6 ай бұрын

i thought it was mark ruffalo at first lol

@tylerhackner9731 7 ай бұрын

Nice 👍

@pumitriii6160 6 ай бұрын

What is this dude talking about though? Anyone know?

@GDBOYFilms 7 ай бұрын

The Nathan to Emma applause ratio is absurd

@EricMorello 7 ай бұрын

Ha, I didn't realize the TV producer character was played by Safdie.

@aslan9334 7 ай бұрын

He posted it in social media!

@mariacampana7764 3 ай бұрын

Yup! 🤩⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️‼️👍

@arempy5836 4 ай бұрын

0:46 "no net" Oh my god

@judithbreastsler 6 ай бұрын

wow he reminds me so much of Albert Brooks

@nicolamcguinness8689 7 ай бұрын

Robert j Wilke talk about john doucette

@JacobSwiftCA 4 ай бұрын

The Curse is like nothing else.

@skateblind007 4 ай бұрын

This Ralph guy sounds a lot like Mark Normand :P

@hamperionsma7218 7 ай бұрын

POSITIVITY FORCE

@paulmrjohnson 7 ай бұрын

Sergio!

@danielvijil7722 7 ай бұрын

Come on Teller! all that sunscreen ain't gonna protect you from nuclear holocaust

@nak3dxsnake 6 ай бұрын

He's going for Silver Guy but he looks like he is on black and white tv.

@Lucy-it5kt 7 ай бұрын

The nbrhd vibes

@SUPERSCHMOO 7 ай бұрын

i read some youtube comment that said oh bennie safdie wants to be nathan felder so bad... because he was trying to be as funny as him during a press conference ... and i guess they were truthful lol

@animal-lover-- 6 ай бұрын

Guys what does the ending of the curse mean to you! No spooilers

@DogAmongMen 4 ай бұрын

My hands would be pink again before the interview began.

@CollinGill7 5 ай бұрын

benny is a comedians comedian

@Deelocslowriders 7 ай бұрын

Is he The wizard of oz guy?

@debrachambers1304 6 ай бұрын

And they say that Clark Kent's glasses disguise wouldn't work.

@brynwest4495 7 ай бұрын

I was his brother's muse.

@jbode11 7 ай бұрын

@wakegary 6 ай бұрын

He looks like an enthusiastic Tin Man who auditioned for something way out of his league, as Tin Man, even though no robots were involved. He would have Molly and frequent the clubs around Broadway... always in makeup, always smiling, always ready to delight audiences of all ages. His drugs are great too, but he's weird....All of the baggies of his drugs he sells covered in silver paint all over them and they're warm because he can't really sweat. He smells like popcorn and The Big Top! He actually looks like he's passively living with those clogged pores and dedication to avoiding all cares in the world.

@sitarslayer 7 ай бұрын

he is talking so much lol

@jbode11 7 ай бұрын

He just goes and goes but he is very entertaining

@Bill.miksic 7 ай бұрын

So Nathan is Benny’s muse?

@OddOneOut665 7 ай бұрын

Come on, Jimmy! Why didn't you wanna try to sing a little Ditty with Benny like you did with Dua and Brad, huh?!?!????

@amjshortfilms8204 6 ай бұрын

"No net" Foreshadowing???

@mabxself 7 ай бұрын

Still feels surreal I got to work with him, Josh and Nathan for a day

@MatiasGeraldoThe2nd 7 ай бұрын

Do tell!

@mariacampana7764 3 ай бұрын

❤‼️

@gnalkhere 6 ай бұрын

That's not Benny that's Silverman

@RubyG6360 7 ай бұрын

Haven’t seen Mark Ruffalo in ages!

@aslan9334 7 ай бұрын

What is w/ this Mark Ruffalo comments!

@thehermeticlibrary2581 7 ай бұрын

Jimmy is far too drunk to be able to comprehend what he's even seeing

@user-mj4rc8ve2x 6 ай бұрын

I bet Benny is obsessed with gags lol. He's a genius though.

@mariacampana7764 3 ай бұрын

He is! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️‼️👆🏽👆🏽

@aclarkedesign 7 ай бұрын

Al Silverman making a reprise from the short.

@Caitrionacake 4 ай бұрын

no net you say?

@user-rg6xu8wb5b 3 ай бұрын

There will never be another Andy Kaufman, just go away dude

@tayloreh 7 ай бұрын

I think this bit was wasted here. Fallon is not witty. Would've been great on Conan or even Kimmel tho. Heck Fallon was fake laughing at the character names.

@cc_baxter 7 ай бұрын

I dont think the comments section understands that he's doing a bit. These are not true stories lol this is like some Heidecker performance art shit and Fallon goes for it.

@marinablack181 6 ай бұрын

Lol what? He's directly answering questions about the Curse. The only bit is the outfit and the first 30 seconds

@space_1073 7 ай бұрын

Every single scene of this show made me uncomfortable, and every character in them is uncomfortable too 😂

@eewilson9835 4 ай бұрын

Way to pull in new fans, that down deep inside don't fret if you were always into real estate comidee and you just now want to act like you just only now got into it. Be part of the agenda that takes down the system, and pass go. $200.