Luke Kirby on portraying comedy legend Lenny Bruce

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4 жыл бұрын

Luke Kirby has been nominated for an Emmy for his role as Lenny Bruce in the comedy series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. He joined q's Tom Power to talk about the strange friendship he now feels for a comedy hero who died long before he was even born. cbc.ca/1.5281117
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@kalenzypie 4 жыл бұрын

His voice is an unbelievable joy to listen to and he is PHENOMENAL as Lenny Bruce on Mrs Maisel!

@mooalijasmine 4 жыл бұрын

Michelle Koh i think there’s also something early brando about him too

@lindas1st 4 жыл бұрын

He actually sounds a lot like Bruce, even the inflection is right on. Amazing.

@maureenhansen3308 4 жыл бұрын

I think he found the cure for cancer last month too.

@kellyhenderson9972 2 жыл бұрын

It’s because he’s from Hamilton Ontario. We have nice accents. Lol. Southern Ontario Canadian accents are a little nicer than other parts of Canada if I do say so myself lol

@miat789 4 жыл бұрын

Oh my. This man is gorgeous. His voice. His face.

@vanessawassink3004 4 жыл бұрын

His arms ... uuuhhhh love him

@cherylwolfe6668 3 жыл бұрын

Good hair, too

@jonahr.1236 3 жыл бұрын

Zaddy AF. 🤤

@Kikwatz 2 жыл бұрын

🥺

@muzicaempathica6479 2 жыл бұрын

His fuckability score Is 0FF THA CHARTS‼️💯😲😛😋👄😋👄😲🎯 It's just hard getting past that😆🤣 { no pun intended } His characterization of #LennyBruce is sublime; his acting Superb❣❣🤗 I am so in love with #LukeKirby👄🥰

@jema.flores 4 жыл бұрын

Damn. He’s beautiful.

@karamoss4130 4 жыл бұрын

Those cheekbones tho!!

@shelleyzoe8254 4 жыл бұрын

up to episode 6... does his heroin addiction show up?

@Ginzy 4 жыл бұрын

so so much so

@jema.flores 4 жыл бұрын

@@shelleyzoe8254 not that I recall. Maybe in the show they're going for the alcohol addiction.

@i8ET 4 жыл бұрын

Not only beautiful. His humbleness shines through just hearing him talk.

@Mizzlinda14 2 жыл бұрын

He's mesmerizing! I love his laid back voice and mannerisms. The role he plays in "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" is dead on. Very well written show.

@katieface86 4 жыл бұрын

He is much more soft spoken in real life. His voice is amazing.

@ShelleyHarris-ey1pu 5 ай бұрын

His voice puts me to sleep

@lauriecosgrove9662 2 жыл бұрын

I found myself wanting to see Luke as Lenny in every scene, even though I knew that he couldn’t be. I actually missed him at times. That’s how you know a great portrayal. I was wondering when he and Midge would hookup!

@tashamiel Жыл бұрын

he's such an underrated actor. he performs Lenny Bruce in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel brilliantly. he steals the show. producers/production companies should give him more good important roles. also, he's desperately goodlooking. his smile sends me to orbit 😍

@opaljk4835 Жыл бұрын

Didn’t he just win an Emmy?

@eugeniogentili1048 8 ай бұрын

He is the perfect copy of the great Ted Bundy.

@jessicag5398 4 жыл бұрын

his talking voice is so soft and quiet it makes me want to lean in lol

@clara8058 2 жыл бұрын

Tell me I'm not the only one who can't stop smilling watching Luke Kirby. He's so handsome and sweet.

@electrojones 4 жыл бұрын

What could have been a one-note performance instead became a viewer obsession. He brings so much to the Lenny Bruce role, and I"m all for the producers doing a full Once Upon A Time In Hollywood job on our past reality and just pairing Midge and Lenny up and taking that dynamic through in to the seventies.

@l.oveletting6990 3 жыл бұрын

YES

@claireboddey3273 3 жыл бұрын

@Kiki I think you missed the point there. Spoiler alert, but Once Upon A Time In Hollywood end with the Charles Manson murders having been thwarted and Sharon Tate alive and well. That’s what the previous comment means, that the poster would be happy with the producers of MMM rewriting history in a similar way and keeping Lenny alive.

@yvonneshanson1525 2 жыл бұрын

@@l.oveletting6990 I was gonna write your answer but you beat me to it..! 😊

@eugeniogentili1048 8 ай бұрын

Incredible resemblance to Theodor Bundy.

@abigail-og3cg 4 жыл бұрын

I love that he puts a lot of care and thought into his responses.

@marjoriecohn3868 3 жыл бұрын

He seems like an extremely thoughtful and serious person.

@TiffYG2133 4 жыл бұрын

I could get lost in his voice, in his expressions and his cheeky little smile! 😍 He could read me a user manual for a pallet jack and I'd be enthralled!

@niknak9361 4 жыл бұрын

Midge and Lenny would be the power couple of Comedy. It would be the greatest on screen relationship ever.

@justlilyanne 4 жыл бұрын

The show plays down his looks! I love him as Lenny Bruce he brings an unexpected sweetness to Lenny Bruce that I certainly never appreciated within the Lenny Bruce mythology. That scene between Lenny and Midge at the hotel just crushed me it was so sweet and so heart wrenching at the same time. He's earned that Emmy and I hope he gets it! Here's hoping he breaks a leg often during the course of his life as I'm curious to see what he does next!

@megancrager4397 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! But that line at his hotel has me feeling bad news...he died in real life in 66, and that's about where they are now in the show 😞 that line of "someday before I die" made my heart drop

@rebeccabloomfield8087 2 жыл бұрын

that scene crushed me too, I've watched it multiple times. it was so so beautiful.

@suria.617 2 жыл бұрын

Definitely and weirdly looks better than him playing Lenny

@yvonneshanson1525 2 жыл бұрын

@@megancrager4397 it's the end of season 4 rn, and it's still 1960 so there's a long time before his death.. actually they're taking it a year on every season till now, so it doesn't seem likely we'll get to it, unless maybe in the final episode they show how everyone turned out after many years or sth, which probably would mean that Midge and him didn't stick together and she hears about his death while she's moved on ?🤔, idk...

@Kristinapedia 2 жыл бұрын

@@yvonneshanson1525 They won't stick together. I think they will play Lenny's death into the show. The show is loosly based on Joan Rivers who was very close friends with Lenny. I don't even nkow about the "loosely based".. because it's almost an exact portrayal of Joan's life.

@cerebedlam 4 жыл бұрын

The Canadian/American answer to Andrew Scott.

@Tulpen23 4 жыл бұрын

In the thumbnail I thought it WAS Andrew Scott

@Tulpen23 4 жыл бұрын

He actually looks like a mix of Andrew Scott and Matthew Rhys

@StaceyJudith 4 жыл бұрын

I see shades of Andrew Scott, Justin Theroux, John Mayer and RDJ. Or maybe I need to go to sleep already!

@AleSmileyfication 4 жыл бұрын

That's it!!! Always wondering why it was like I've already seen him 💞 beautiful souls

@peteradaniel 4 жыл бұрын

Without the lack of range and annoying outbursts of over acting. Andrew Scott is so monotone.

@megancrager4397 4 жыл бұрын

I wanted him and Midge to be together when I first saw him! Before they even really got into the story...he is so gorgeous

@shelleyzoe8254 4 жыл бұрын

uh ya think

@megancrager4397 4 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry...did I offend you?

@shelleyzoe8254 4 жыл бұрын

no why?

@megancrager4397 4 жыл бұрын

Couldn't tell lol

@lifeisdizzy 4 жыл бұрын

The same here. I am almost heartbroken that they weren't.

@jenniferroque6089 4 жыл бұрын

Omg he’s gorgeous... that jawline!!!

@mminu100 Жыл бұрын

Just finished the last episode of season 4 and I felt so broken inside. I know what is coming in next season and I am not ready for it 😭😭😭. Such a good voice and beautiful face.

@luikanami Жыл бұрын

Next season already? I hope not, the time jump would be way too big. Please no.

@donajones5772 Жыл бұрын

He’s a dreamboat as well as an incredible actor! He’s a leading man and a Star!

@jayes8191 2 жыл бұрын

Luke Kirby as Lenny Bruce is captivating, but Luke Kirby as himself is smoldering bedroom eyes with a voice like a wet dream. ☺️💭

@patriciabagby90 2 жыл бұрын

My late husband met Mr. Bruce one night in a bar in California. It was a great memory for him. As for me, I keep thinking of one small scene in this latest season of TMMM, where he wakes up after a rough night. I kept re-watching that scene, with such subtleties of movement. I was thinking that it was like peeking into someone's life, rather than a scene being acted! What talent.

@skyguppy1 4 жыл бұрын

Is this ASMR?

@mrjamila88 4 жыл бұрын

skyguppy1 lol yes love his voice and easy on the eye 🥰😍🤤

@renfam8183 4 жыл бұрын

His voice and the microphones are sensational, LOL. Cool cat

@raahrocha 3 жыл бұрын

LOL shdsoiadhisdh in the begining i was confused too

@artanastacio1569 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah man... he has that "James Dean thing" down. Very cool, and smoldering.

@dominiquefoust4735 2 жыл бұрын

did anyone else notice the start difference of his reaction in listening to his performance as Lenny (5:24) and an actual snippet of Lenny Bruce? (15:12) its incredible how his face lights up when Lenny starts talking.

@Ellington3 4 жыл бұрын

My favourite Lenny Bruce scene in the latest season is the off camera argument he has with Tennessee Williams, I was crying it was hilarious 😂.

@aNa-oo1xb 4 жыл бұрын

Ellington3 i didnt get that scene. They had a beef or something?

@laughingcheektocheek 4 жыл бұрын

@@aNa-oo1xb during his obscenity trial, they asked a famous journalist who was known for being a prude, why she gave him favorable reviews and if she agrees with his over-usage of profanity. She then says that she thinks that like Baldwin and Williams, Bruce had the right to use those words to emphasize something or to set up a scene in which this persona would use those words. This was a famous thing that was said, so the writers probably thought it'd be funny to have Tennessee and Lenny just have a brief moment of bickering and cursing. I believe Lenny made a joke about Tennessee's homosexuality as well, but it wasn't too harsh, if I remember correctly.

@JJ-el6qx 2 жыл бұрын

@@aNa-oo1xb when was the scene?

@ndalisian4386 2 жыл бұрын

@@JJ-el6qx season 3, episode 5 - the part where they're filming Miami after dark

@alisky8551 4 жыл бұрын

His voice and like aura is just hypnotizing!

@marshasimpson261 Жыл бұрын

Mr. Kirby brings a kindness and a soul to Lenny Bruce. Bruce was much more than “foul mouthed comedian “. He was genius and Mr. Kirby is brilliant!

@Criminaticgrey 4 жыл бұрын

i can’t focused he’s too gorgeous

@pixiescott9616 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful sadness in his eyes 😍

@sunshinever9305 4 жыл бұрын

He is fiiiiiinnnneee!!!! My goodness, the definition of heartthrob!

@ninacullari1078 2 жыл бұрын

Luke Kirby veritably channeled Lenny Bruce, And is quite something as Luke Kirby as well! Glad he won the Emmy.

@maryfeierstein5627 4 жыл бұрын

Oh my God - season 3 episode 5 the best hour of television, entertaining, romantic - in love with Lenny Bruce

@Neely1992 2 жыл бұрын

In every season and in Season 4 recently, Luke killed it!! His scenes in the finale were incredible!

@jellicle77 2 жыл бұрын

Luke stood out in this role above all others *because he absolutely played a person and not an icon... he's beautiful.

@saskia8583 4 жыл бұрын

loved how he is given the time to think about his answers, and how his face lights up when they have him listen to lenny!! :D

@ilovetaylorkristi 4 жыл бұрын

Can this man please narrate my entire life?

@emilywatson1141 2 жыл бұрын

How can you not smile the ENTIRE time watching him!

@r.n.holmes5625 2 жыл бұрын

He has a rather pleasant sounding voice. Excellent actor.

@OldRaver Жыл бұрын

Lord I fell for him so badly on this show, I literally forgot he wasn’t Lenny! He captured the pathos of Bruce that lay just under the surface that I suspect most people missed. (Although watching this the casting job was easy, spooky resemblance in appearance and persona.) (I wanted the Midge/Lenny relationship to be real! Found myself hoping she could ‘save’ him even though I knew his ending 💔 That is the sign of a great show. I honestly think they need to do a spin off from Miss Maisle on Lenny with this guy. Darker. It is just BEGGING to be made!! Bruce was born 60 decades too soon. Watching his sets in 2023, 60 years later, it just seems like watching one of the better comments of today!

@shreya3365 2 жыл бұрын

"the more you kinda lean into it, the more fulfilling the work becomes"... seems universally relevant- for one's career, relationships, hobbies

@marjoriecohn3868 3 жыл бұрын

I am totally in love with his work as Lenny Bruce. It's incredible.

@Mybestfriendlivesinboston 2 жыл бұрын

He’s so dreamy on screen and in real life interviews 😍😍😍

@mid-niteryders5523 4 жыл бұрын

I think Lenny would be proud, Mr. Kirby plays him great, and Amy can really write real people and real people, I'm totally hooked by Mrs. Maisel.

@mariaperez-er6yf 4 жыл бұрын

HIS VOICE! Dios mio que bello es este hombre!!!!

@kgawlik 2 жыл бұрын

He is absolutely incredible as Lenny Bruce!…. If things play out as they did in reality, I will devastated because it’s such an epic character

@JeremiahGreco 4 жыл бұрын

He should play Lindsey Buckingham in the Fleetwood Mac movie.

@CheleBelle 4 жыл бұрын

OH. MY. GOODNESS. Hell Yeah to that.

@TiaCatR 4 жыл бұрын

OMG. Yes.

@VanessaKlinger 4 жыл бұрын

Yes He Could! That would be a great movie... He was also in The Deuce!! Great Actor!!! #newfan

@kelb6073 4 жыл бұрын

yes. yes he should.

@megancrager4397 4 жыл бұрын

🥺 they're making a movie?!

@KellyKansasCity 2 жыл бұрын

I love Luke's curly dark hair!

@MSYNGWIE12 2 жыл бұрын

A class act. To my mind, a true gentleman, uncool to some- not to me, for Luke to keep Kitty, Lenny's daughter in mind! Bless him and Kitty and Lenny, a man who fought his demons and said what many of us don't have the guts to say. Namaste to the cast and production company of this show. London Ontario! One of my Canadian homes...Luke keep all your future projects this great!

@DannielSquall100 2 жыл бұрын

He's very attractive. His voice, his face, his hair, his... arms. Wow.

@inthe13thnovember 4 жыл бұрын

For some reason he reminds me of Sebastian Stan

@genevieverenaud2537 4 жыл бұрын

Must be why i love both of them so frickin much lol

@etashasanghrajka3069 4 жыл бұрын

When I first saw him, I legit thought it was Sebastian Stan

@nataliacirjalov58 3 жыл бұрын

A bit, yeah 👌

@Shakashack2022 2 жыл бұрын

Here after finishing season 4, ep 8. He & Rachel end the season with an outstanding scene after Lenny’s gig, moreso Luke’s delivery. 👏🏼 He ought to get nominated for this performance. His character’s comedic pace helps calm & ground the rest of the cast’s loud & fast-paced dialog (stressful for me at times). Great work to the entire TMMM production! 🤌🏼

@ambre_9774 3 жыл бұрын

He is like a mix of Andrew Scott and Mark Ruffalo. I like his real accent but I ADORE the one he does in The Marvelous Mrs Maisel. However, Andrew Scott's voice and irish accent is a masterpiece on its own. I could listen to him talking on and on and never get bored.

@rubazahran3252 4 жыл бұрын

What a calming presence !

@louvongundell8304 4 жыл бұрын

I would let this man do what ever the f*ck he wants with me. I'm freaking out.

@kelb6073 4 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@blsk3719 4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@mastermadii 4 жыл бұрын

Same fam. Same.

@bencummings5304 4 жыл бұрын

Lenny Bruce was better

@maureenhansen3308 4 жыл бұрын

Doesn’t take much I guess

@blsk3719 4 жыл бұрын

Woahh, he actually talks like this?! I LOOOOOVE it.

@lauraafjs 3 жыл бұрын

This version of Lenny in Mrs Maisel is so beautiful I can't imagine anyone not liking the portrayel.

@Laguna2432 3 жыл бұрын

his voice 😍 it's literally smooth like butter. i listen to a lot of asmr, and yes, he could totally do asmr.

@hdng1984 Жыл бұрын

Even though he's sat there, with Nike shoes, pants and a t-shirt (and an earring), on KZfaq, my mind is still having trouble separating him from Lenny Bruce. It's a sensation not unlike waking up from a vivid dream

@michellebabicz2143 Жыл бұрын

Luke Kirby is the best kind of actor... his performances sneak up on you and get under your skin. He always leaves me wanting more.

@CastellonZamora 4 жыл бұрын

Makes sense they'd choose such a cerebral man to portray Lenny Bruce. Big fan of the silence after the questions, the guy is well thought out. Perhaps a bit too much but I can relate to that.

@shreya3365 2 жыл бұрын

I might have been living in a bubble- but it was only after season 4 that I especially thought "whoa, that actor really added another emotion to the show". Thrilled to see so many fans :D

@drpayalwavhal882 3 жыл бұрын

He is beautiful!!!! Not just handsome, beautiful!!!! And his voice ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

@TokyoBlue587 Жыл бұрын

I totally fell in love with him while watching Mrs. Maisel, he is the best character and a fantastic portrayal of Lenny, I could watch this man all day. He definitely deserved that Emmy, his Lenny speech after Carnegie Hall was amazing and acted so perfectly. Also he is GORGEOUS and sexy

@jessicamarciel9735 4 жыл бұрын

He is an amazing Lenny!!! I am 68 and had old musician parents who knew him, and told me all about him. They took me up to his last house he had, when we were in L A. This actor is very Hot and a great smoldering Lenny!!!!! GRRRRR8 CASTING

@spandanav22 2 жыл бұрын

He reminds me of Andrew Scott in Fleabag.

@deborahmitchell8414 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing performance on Mrs. Maisel!! Love him! 😍👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻💕❤️

@barbaramelady110 3 жыл бұрын

Great actor,we need more of HIM!!! xoxo Make canadians so proud!

@ferenchardi4090 Жыл бұрын

We saw two times all 4 season ..... incredible story , actors , sets , etc .... the best comedy serries of all time ...blessings from Budapest , Hungary

@secretsquirrel8527 2 жыл бұрын

Super sexy, mega talented, and ultra cool...I just can't get enough of Luke Kirby! I could look into those eyes and listen to that voice indefinitely...

@Cibavisioncorp 2 ай бұрын

OMG I gotta put so much more silence in my dating life, and pause, and gesture, and silence again, and not speaking loudly and...that man is everything

@riverebec1 2 жыл бұрын

Those eyes and eye lashes! Hel-low gor-geous!!

@fatimafadhil3039 2 жыл бұрын

They should make a series about lenny bruce stared by luke, he’s unbelievable talented ❤️

@aicram62 2 жыл бұрын

I think Kirby has characteristics of Bruce in that he is a sensitive man. A thoughtful person and he believes in himself but also knows how humans can exaggerate. What gets me is how the director or casting director can see that in a person before the show.

@PaulJGorzkowski 4 жыл бұрын

I'm here because I just watched Mambo Italiano for the first time. That movie was freakin hilarious! From the amazing cast to the story line and dialog, it was a really good movie. I think Luke just gained another fan. I'm now going to try and watch more of his work. He seems like a good actor.

@welltemperedclair8584 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant actor portraying Lenny Bruce. Have to mention his natural humor, charm, and mellowness comes through out of the role tho. Voice of a top asmrist too.

@4supernatural 4 жыл бұрын

I believe Luke Kirby has nailed the role beautifully , channeled Lenny Bruce, that it shows out of character.

@anxiousduckk 4 жыл бұрын

if andrew scott and sebastian stan had a kid

@teenachandna3706 3 жыл бұрын

It's impressive how he's maintaining the energy and charector

@CeeCee630 4 жыл бұрын

Those warm brown eyes. Smoooooosh

@deborahstollman6238 2 жыл бұрын

One of the best shows I’ve seen! I thought it was about some crazy detective so I kept skipping over it 🙀I’ve been bind watching!! I love Luke as Lenny. I love the relationship between Lenny and Midge. I don’t want the show to end. I’ve started doing standup in my head with great deliveries…lol. LOVE LOVE LOVE ❤️

@jackiemusgrove6956 2 жыл бұрын

This guy reminded me why i loved Lenny Bruce!

@delhadi00 3 ай бұрын

Gorgeous and his portrayal of the real Lenny Bruce is spot on! Holy talent!

@jehouse61 4 жыл бұрын

We do the dinner/supper thing in the south, too. Rock on, linguistics. And I am so in love with his Lenny Bruce!

@niallmurray9725 2 жыл бұрын

Just finished the Mrs Maisal ‘show’. All the actors are great in it, but this guy was awesome. Surprisingly at least in this interview mannerisms much like his Lenny too. Uber Cool. Hope it’s back for a 5th, and this guy gets more gigs 🤟🚬😎

@ezmrsoundspacer76 2 жыл бұрын

is that an EARRING? my god this man is going to kill me

@christinegood1395 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve loved Luke Kirby since seeing Mambo Italiano and everything since…. And He’s aged like a fine wine and I love that he’s getting all this well deserved recognition for his acting (and let’s not forget how incredibly handsome he is)

@aditibhagat1616 2 жыл бұрын

Just saw season 4 last week,and he has made this season so great. Idk why but I really like him more in this season than Mrs. Maisel. Is it with everyone or only me?

@Mia7189 4 жыл бұрын

Big fan of his work since 'Tell Me You LoveMe' (HBO) and 'Rectify'. Amazing actor.

@northbound01 4 жыл бұрын

His voice - it's George Costanza's voice if George Costanza were, like, thoughtful and introspective

@Dolby109 4 жыл бұрын

Crap...I can't unhear this now.

@honjabee 3 жыл бұрын

Ew why did you make this comparison lol

@rubymichelle 2 жыл бұрын

MrsRonaldo713 lmfao 😂

@renatacantore-gross8842 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for these insights into Lenny during this masterful interview.

@ettietude 4 жыл бұрын

This a definite 'watch on fullscreen' video ;)

@opinionatedbitch- Жыл бұрын

Wow he is smooth...great portrayal of Lenny Bruce..so so good

@raynemadison1095 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting such a lovely and intimate interview. Watching It was like having tea with friends. You guys are awesome. Best of lunch to you both!

@plasmichoneytrip 3 жыл бұрын

How did every element of Luke become so sexy compared to his Mambo Italiano days? I’m sooo obsessed with him!

@meissysabardiah621 3 жыл бұрын

It's called maturity

@zinsbin3996 2 жыл бұрын

I agree about his performance as Lenny Bruce. Awesome portrayal. I have noticed also how much he looks like my Dad, and in another picture, like my brother!