Crazy story! Tommy Flanagan and his knife fight near death experience

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Loved the openness in this moment 👏👏 Tommy Flanagan talks about how his near death experience allowed him to understand that fear was okay, where growing up fear was taboo and looked down on by his peers.
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Tommy Flanagan (Sons of Anarchy, Power Book IV) joins us this week and opens up on how his near death experience after a knife fight led to him not only changing career paths from being a DJ to acting, but also allowed him to realize that it’s okay to fear things in life. Tommy talks about drawing from experiences and interactions in his past to inspire his ‘tough guy’ bravado that he portrays with a lot of the roles he has. We also talk about his underprepared experiences on Braveheart and Gladiator, how he was able to overcome imposter syndrome in this insecure business, and his time shooting Power Book IV: Force.
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Crazy story! Tommy Flanagan and his knife fight near death experience #insideofyou #fight

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@daleravic Жыл бұрын

Small parts but his first 4 movies are Braveheart, Faceoff, The Game and Gladiator. Wow

@colinbooth531 Жыл бұрын

Sure, if you forget The Saint, Plunkett and Macleane and The Ratcatcher. All came before Gladiator.

@SaintShion 4 ай бұрын

@@colinbooth531 Did you mean the Pale Saint? Also how cld you not add Boondock Saints 😢 /j

@5TRICT9 3 ай бұрын

@@SaintShion lol he wasn't in boondock saints you're thinking of billy Conerly

@graemethelaw Жыл бұрын

The British Army used to send new army surgeons to Glasgow hospitals to train them for battlefields because they had so many stabbing and slashings. So may people getting chibbed up.

@Garrus1995 Жыл бұрын

That’s both hilarious and tragic to hear.

@Thebaron87 Жыл бұрын

Aye been up the Victoria hospital in Glasgow a few times, getting stitched up.. Its no fun shall I say

@reina3439 Жыл бұрын

Chibbed. Got that one 😜

@missourimongoose8858 Жыл бұрын

They do the same in the US military, every SF medic has to do a year at one of the 3 hospitals in the US with the highest gun violence victims

@Man_fay_the_Bru Жыл бұрын

Aye I’ve been through it myself

@jason-gf8dg Жыл бұрын

I loved this guy as chibs in sons of anarchy its one of my all time favourite shows.

@lordsidious83 11 ай бұрын

He's a fooking inspiration. I personally have huge scars on my arm when i was "done" as he says, then got into acting, while ive never had his success, he definitely gave me the inspiration to keep going with what you love.

@jeffcordova9633 8 ай бұрын

He’s the man

@lordsidious83 18 күн бұрын

@@jeffcordova9633 Definitely! i admire the man greatly not just for his acting ability, but for his resilience. I get embarrassed by my own scars along my arm, (from serious elf harm) fully permanent. Unfortunately i don't have a cool story like tommy...so to speak. However he looks and sounds the part, and got his break, despite everything. I wish for my confidence and break to happen too. We should make physical deformities be embraced on the big screen.

@jtyearsley Жыл бұрын

He describes being stabbed to death so....Scottishly.....

@marym9150 11 ай бұрын

Doesn't he just 😂

@shawnthompson2303 7 ай бұрын

Aaawwh mooooonn aahmmm fucckin leeakin moonnnn

@reissmain6573 2 ай бұрын

@@shawnthompson2303that’s not close to how it sounded

@Chertoff88 7 ай бұрын

This man holds the title of the only actually tough actor in Hollywood. Goddamn!

@llq4ever309 6 ай бұрын

Jason Statham has entered the chat lol

@ryanbesco8067 3 ай бұрын

@@llq4ever309Russell Crowe comes to mind too

@chrislaverick6413 3 ай бұрын

Sean bean

@kylethompson3008 2 ай бұрын

You should read up on Clint Eastwood and Christopher Lee

@dw69376 Жыл бұрын

God, I love Flanagan! So glad he made it through this!

@aKrazyGuyUKno Жыл бұрын

I love that Mad Max saved Tommy Flannigan. 😆

@TrixtyEdits 7 ай бұрын

I’m in love with his accent 🥰

@noteimporta2880 Жыл бұрын

love this guy.. in my all time favorite movies, braveheart, gladiator .. others i dont recall

@dathorndike4908 7 ай бұрын

Dude- I never imagined that some of those knife scars on Tommy were for real. That is so bad ass!

@kingbrutusxxvi Жыл бұрын

I've been both shot and stabbed in my life (not at the same time) and stabbing definitely hurts more than you expect. Maybe because the blade is actually bigger than a bullet but you feel it for days.

@MrScotty5877304 Жыл бұрын

Always thought stabbing must be more painful given its slower and the knife must do more damage on its way out aswell

@ActionHero29 Жыл бұрын

just days?

@kieranb7747 Жыл бұрын

doubt it.

@Man_fay_the_Bru Жыл бұрын

I’ve been shot in the head& my mate stabbed me up the nose with a pen knife,I’d rather have been shot….again

@andrewwye1058 Жыл бұрын

More nerve damage. Horrible.

@bluecollarmenproductions Жыл бұрын

Sons of anarchy apparently had a crazy cast

@LouPay89 Жыл бұрын

He was hilarious in All About The Benjamins 🤣😂

@matty6848 Жыл бұрын

Remember at one point Glasgow had the highest murder rate in the whole of Western Europe. Never mind the U.K. it had the most brutal, highest rate of stabbings in Europe. Yes Glasgow could be a brutal place too live..

@llq4ever309 6 ай бұрын

Damn would’ve never guessed or probably known that. Been stabbed once clipped the top of the right lung 2 surgeries later safe to say I’ve felt enough steel inside my chest for a life time lol always thought to myself I’d probably rather get shot than stabbed again but it’s even a hell of a thing to contemplate smh

@Fixatedwatcher 3 ай бұрын

You seem proud. Glasgow Smiles better yeah?

@andrearamirez9924 Ай бұрын

Got to meet him at a comic con once. He was a very kind person. They were charging $85 for a picture with him, and when I said that I could not afford that because I was a single mom working at Pizza hut, he immediately stood up, walked over to me, and allowed me to take a picture with my cell phone for free. If I could, I would post the picture.

@sonyaballard4922 Жыл бұрын

I love this guy

@KellieKellie-oo5nf 7 ай бұрын

Aww 🥰 thanks for your love and support how are you doing?

@danfromNY 2 ай бұрын

absolute living legend

@jamesjameson4566 Жыл бұрын

He remembered the pain of the knife going in. note to podcaster, at this point you could have said, "inside of you™" and then looked at the camera and begin the music for the show

@ROC14088 3 ай бұрын

I've been stabbed 6 sliced 2 ( I know). People think it's like John Wick, someone stabs you, and you're up dancing around a minute later? When you get stabbed, you ain't doing shit 💯

@BernieMcquillan Ай бұрын

I, thankfully, haven’t been through that but I’ve witnessed it happening a few times and it’s absolutely terrifying! I just about kept the two alive for the ambulance to take over for me. I live in Northern Ireland and a place I lived in was crazy. Unfortunately, my 12 year old twins at the time witnessed “adults” get off their heads and slice themselves up. One in particular took a blade to his own throat.

@ROC14088 Ай бұрын

@BernieMcquillan yeah crazy stuff. People don't realise the damage a knife does

@amaharra8569 2 ай бұрын

Scotsman can be crazy as hell. I was working in Scotland back in 1998 and thre was kk weekend without a fight in a bar. We used to go with boys foe a few pints and ended up fighting sometimes. Once I ended up in hispital with some guy , we fought and gave each other other some scars I carry till today. Well, we shaked hands and had a pint later. I had to meet management same week, but was canceled, my face )))

@williampowell3378 Жыл бұрын

Amazing actor

@chasehedges6775 Жыл бұрын

Loved him in Gladiator

@ottomackensen 3 ай бұрын

My favorite SoA actor. We could also use a friend like Chibs.

@upurkilt7246 Жыл бұрын

Hence the reason he got the nickname chibs in s/o/a in Glasgow its slag for stabing. A we phase is normally used.... "heer mate ......yur getn chib'd". Give it your best shot in a Scottish accent. Much love to ya tommy boy 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@MrScotty5877304 Жыл бұрын

Usually means slashed more than stabbed, it's also slang for a weapon usually a knife or bottle' if you have something blunt like a bat it's called a cosh. Glasgow gets a bad name for violence and there is some right shiteholes same as any other city but I wouldnt want to stay anywhere else in Scotland. Like the saying says " People make Glasgow " you can have a laugh with people here and let's face it where else in the world can you rely on members of the public to kick the living shit out of suicide bombers who are on fire trying to set off a bomb in a crowded airport 🤣🤣🤣

@matty6848 Жыл бұрын

Or a” who’ve gave him a Mars Bar” aka a scar.

@upurkilt7246 Жыл бұрын

@@matty6848 aye bud exactly

@ape_zero0 2 ай бұрын

@@matty6848that's more cockney rhyming slang

@kanukki84 6 ай бұрын

He is great actor and human beig.

@grimkalhoun671 8 ай бұрын

i remember him most fro All About The Benjarmans

@MeBeTheDB Жыл бұрын

BIG FAN OF TOMMY FLANAGAN-! Would love to work with him on something ... as he and his characters are river of life's ups and downs and ultimately, a bit of the wisdom we are lucky enough to earn. D.A. (filmmaker)

@paulgorman1305 Жыл бұрын

A great actor indeed, should be given more lead roles that's for sure.

@unclelink Жыл бұрын

Live and be grateful! Never know when you're number will call!

@damaniqphillip2756 Жыл бұрын

Wow

@alittlespice 10 ай бұрын

I also have a Chelsea smile.. weirdly it was inflicted by the same situation.. I have ptsd to this day from it.. I would consider myself a friendly guy.. the two worst parts about it.. is not that you see it everyday.. but if you speak about it.. if feels like they win and 9/10 people judge you before you ever say a word

@buckplug2423 9 ай бұрын

You gotta own it man. It's the only way you can win

@bobbobertbobberton1073 6 ай бұрын

Its a Glasgow smile, you Chelsea lot can't re-name it and make it yours.

@tubbyrainbow111 4 ай бұрын

I reckon it's pretty badass man, like the other person said you gotta own it

@everyoneash Жыл бұрын

If that guy had heard this story he never would have blessed the marriage by enforcing prima nocta...

@5GCHEMTRAILVACCINESFORBATS 6 ай бұрын

That never even happened in France where Mel Gibson and Co picked up the myth while researching the English Kings French origin.

@Cumquatlounge Жыл бұрын

And we all went to the same school . Tommy , his brother Andy and Paul Riley ( Winston in still game ) . Add the mental gangster families that would take 2 minutes to Google and you'll have a feel for the place. Mental days .

@mrpvz548 Жыл бұрын

My mum knew this guy

@undeaddave9671 Жыл бұрын

You interrupt your guests too much, just saying.

@MustacheVerra Ай бұрын

Let's be honest those scras look great on him. Make him look real tough. I'm sure he is anyway but it totally add something extra.

@user-fx2og9ch8l 5 ай бұрын

Damn

@BrandoInIowa Жыл бұрын

When he’s like you survived.? Yeah lmfao

@dash-x Жыл бұрын

When glassin’ is a verb… ☹️

@GDAWG. Жыл бұрын

Yeah i copped it in ‘rooftops’ (old shithole nightclub in sauchihall st.) with a bottle over the head that tore my nose open. Learning experience! 😂

@rippedtorn2310 Жыл бұрын

Glesga was no joke .If yer fae the schemes you know . Shout out to those who not only survive but thrive .

@Jim-Mc Жыл бұрын

But Tommy's brother wasn't "done" after all? I'd like to know.

@legin3753 Жыл бұрын

he is alive and well

@JohnSmith-gb5vg Жыл бұрын

Hell after he stood up for his bro, they probably didn’t want to have anything to do with his family!

@Studeb Ай бұрын

Why do we never find out how his brother was or if they caught the people who did it?

@LeeSharpe-wd1bl Жыл бұрын

Ah yesss..i too have a few mars bars on mi ol chekka..

@andrewwye1058 Жыл бұрын

Glasgow is where they started a 5years mandatory sentence if you were carrying. It did work.

@onaolapolawal4952 6 ай бұрын

For carrying a knife?😂

@andrewwye1058 6 ай бұрын

@@onaolapolawal4952 Yes. Look it up.

@ape_zero0 2 ай бұрын

You don't get five years for a blade

@nonovyab9841 Жыл бұрын

Mare lines than rail track !

@jamesjennings-yd2bc Күн бұрын

"You survived". Hahahahahahahaha

@GulfCoastConnection 7 ай бұрын

I was today years old finding out that buck 50 was real, I thought it was just for the All About The Benjamin's film to make his character seem even more badass

@somesaiyanguy41 Жыл бұрын

Anyone know what Tommy's sunglasses are called? Style not brand, doubt I'm affording his

@admiralboom481 Жыл бұрын

Ray Ban

@admiralboom481 Жыл бұрын

Or Wayfarer

@ByrnePerfection Жыл бұрын

@@admiralboom481 Yup, Ray Ban Wayfarer.

@phillipedwardness9591 Жыл бұрын

Interviewer needs to shut up a bit more at times

@MARKHENSTROM Жыл бұрын

He's absolutely awful.

@dejiburner4973 Жыл бұрын

Respect Lex Luthor please

@crimedramadvdhotspot7720 9 ай бұрын

@@dejiburner4973 Lex Luthor is gay

@Jet_1982 3 ай бұрын

Did they ever catch the guys who did this?

@JS-lc8er 6 ай бұрын

It'll be awesome if they did a SOA movie picking up as chibbs as president.

@NoNameBeTheGame 2 ай бұрын

They do watch the Mayans spin off

@SaintShion 4 ай бұрын

I still wonder what it says about me that as a kid I had the biggest crush on him 😂

@stanley-fghijk441 Жыл бұрын

Cops have a saying about knife fights. The loser dies at the scene, the winner dies later at the hospital. NOTE: This is why the new scream movie was so bad. 2/4 "core four" got stabbed. Bad. The dude got stabbed like thirty times. His sister got it in the gut with a twist but was up and running around fifteen minutes later.

@Charlie-ow9hh Жыл бұрын

Holy hell I've always loved scream, even liked 5 (though it could have just been because I really wanted to love it) but 6 was just fucking awful

@lilywhite5499 Жыл бұрын

This should have subtitles.

@rmuirryyy1217 11 ай бұрын

He's speaking English you fool

@maxjones8795 3 ай бұрын

Man I always tell people. Ain’t no accent on planet earth like a good Scottish accent

@dninja6657 Ай бұрын

Chibbs 🕶️🤙🏆

@username4441 Жыл бұрын

why cant they move on from smallville?

@edmontonboy99 Жыл бұрын

I don’t remember them talking much about Smallville in this episode.

@grimkalhoun671 8 ай бұрын

and then SAMCRO

@3allz 3 ай бұрын

Just an average night in Glasgae 🤣

@alwaysoutafterdark6136 11 ай бұрын

It sounds like there was a debt involved either with Tommy or his brother. Either way, Tommy paid for it.

@jonathanbridges7711 8 ай бұрын

All about the Benjamins yall

@temite80 Жыл бұрын

Jesus.

@mem1701movies 7 ай бұрын

I barely understood any it...

@crimedramadvdhotspot7720 9 ай бұрын

That's be real Tommy They be Snitch scars

@Sercer25 8 ай бұрын

Want to be a good talk show host? Stop talking and let your guest talk.

@steven_marque_official_channel 8 ай бұрын

The WC Fields of Gangland! Not better actor or geezer ever.

@bettyrubble9420 Ай бұрын

DUDE came here to watch the interview. You’re the worst host ever!! STOP TALKING!!!

@user-fx2og9ch8l 5 ай бұрын

Damn