@ClandestineOstrich Wait until you are 55. I can't even get to the end of a sentence and remember what I'm No. It's gone.

Ironic, since Peter Cushing seems like he was to model of a dear old English gentleman; polite, reserved, and well spoken

I worry that now that Rickman's gone, we'll have no more lovely old English actors who can play terrific villains. Hopefully Dalton will stick around for a while longer an get some good roles, and I can see Cumberbatch possibly aging into it.

When he was especially cross, he rather liked to blow up entire planets. Very unpleasant.

We've still got Jeremy Irons & Gary Oldman ( they've played villains during their career ).

The vilest people like the softest things

Yeah, let's not forget: 12" carpetslippers, he said it.

[Wakes up] "You may fire when ready" [sniiiiiiiffffffffffff] "Ahhhhhhhh, I love the smell of Alderon in the morning"

Alderaan.

three days old comment with 641 likes on a 4 years old video..wtf

I love Peter Cushing, he is such a good actor.

Charming to the last...

Nit Picker charming ... to the last

Shouldn't you have it say "he turned"?

The very very definition of Britishness

darthen856 ;_;

4 great actors gone Peter, Alec Guinness aka Obi Wan, Carrie Fisher & one of Peter's greatest friends Who has some great stories about them both Christopher Lee

she said she had to force herself to hate him because he was a true gentleman who always smelt of lavender

@Da Cashman they have both become one with the force ;_;

@@HybridRenoII You can add Peter Mayhew to that list. ;_;

@BattleAngelFan "Why, of course, they're on the fourth moon of Yavin in an old temp- Damn"

"On dantooine.. they're on dantooine"

@@phil8821 Vader : "You heard her destroy Dantooine"

Y'know, Peter Cushing is probably the only actor in the world that could make that line sound intimidating.

Very well said, GCKMimi. I feel the same.

I know, that was so precious! :D

When did Peter Cushing die?

@@mariabatti7356 August 11, 1994 Geez, I was four. LOL

@MrWesdotcom I know, I tend to feel that way about several classic actors that I hear about later in my life but come to find out they died when I was really young and didn't know about them yet.

Christopher Lee was the same way. Ridiculously nice man. And a motorcycle nut ! He and Peter were very good friends.

Many great actors reach new heights when they act contrary to their own nature.

@@ProfessorIgor They played enemies in nearly every movie they were in together--the Hammer Studios horror films in particular, which were Britain's answer to Universal's monster movies. I love that they were such good friends in real life 🥰

@@Iskelderon It always does seem to work out that way ☺️ Take just about any actor famous for portraying truly loathsome and despicable villains, and you'll hear the same stories from their co-stars: invariably, they'll say that off camera, these actors were just the sweetest people you could ever hope to meet. The late Alan Rickman is a good example: made a career out of playing utterly contemptible characters--but also widely known as one of the truly nicest people in Hollywood.

@@ProfessorIgor yeah a nice man? he was in the Military and killed people so how is this nice?

Amazing, isn't it? It wasn't until after I fell in love with Star Wars in 1977 that I started to realize that Peter was THE man for all those Hammer films and other horror classics I had grown up with, watching on late night with me mum! And later, of course, seeing that Chris Lee was also a member of the SW family was just overwhelmingly amazing. Two amazing men, so sad they're gone, but thank God for the Legacy (capital "L") they left us on film.

What did his dear wife requested? If you dont mind answering

Sir Christopher, or Sir Christopher Lee. NEVER Sir Lee. Sir doesn't swap out with Mister.

@@Deathwing21 I too am wondering this

​@@Ellis01234567890 ​ ​ @Arthur SS ​ I think he's referring to the letter his wife left him when she died. Peter's wife died in 1971 and he said it took him 13 years to recover, considered suicide as he felt he had no meaning to his life. He decided to throw himself into his work and accepted everything as a way to cope. The letter she wrote said "do not pine for me, my beloved Peter because that will cause unrest. Do not be hasty to leave this world, because you will not go until you have lived the life you have been given. And remember we will meet again when the time is right, that is my promise." To mention the part about not taking his life she must have known he'd struggle. This is a great interview with him where chats about it - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/o7B0aNehtsqVYmQ.html

Actually, these weren't exactly BUNNY slippers, but slippers nevertheless: petercushingblog.blogspot.com/2013/04/grand-moff-tarkin-destroyng-planets-in.html

Yeah, except that "Hitler's mustache" was fashionable at the time and was not seen as grotesque, and goose stepping marches were absolutely not invented by the Nazis, but by the Prussians in the 18th century, and were even used by 19th century Britain. Plus, there are tons of examples of "brutal dictators" who have a very unoriginal appearance, like Lenin, Mao, Franco, Salazar and so on. So that theroy doesn't hold up.

Hitler's moustache was the result of having to use a gas mask in WWI. He had a regular, full size moustace... that didn't fit into the mask. So he had to cut it off. If you want "ridicolous" from Hitler, think of his "flip hand" salute. He was the only one that could get away with it!

Yep, Charlie Chaplin used the same mustache because "The Tramp" was generic European immgrant, i.e. men all over Europe wore such little mustaches, and he basically _tramped_ around America looking for work.

What are you talking about, that's a STANDARD military return-salute by all commanders in western culture; American presidents use it in response to the marines when they get off planes etc.

Elizabeth Lestrad I'd love to meet him have coffee or a beer with and relax he seems like a very relaxed man

I had my aunt round a few weeks ago, and after talking with her about Peter Cushing coming back as CGI in Rogue One, she told me of the few times that she met Mr Cushing when he delivered his clothes to be cleaned where she used to work at a valet around Whitstable. One time, he apparently left a shirt, or trousers (I forget which) there, so she got his address and drove over to his house to deliver them back to him. He had answered the door with a rather pensive look on his face, so she thought she'd just hand them to him and go. His face lit up when he saw the item, as he was about to go out to a dinner party, and couldn't find the one that he'd left at the valet, which was why he was so deep in thought. Apparently he was so polite, "Oh you shouldn't have gone to the trouble of driving here" ETC ETC. Just enforces my view of him as a great man.

More than that, he seemed like such a nice person

Jennifer Bibi How can you say that, he destroyed peaceful Alderan. ;)

John Olson and wore slippers while doing it lol

My guy looks like an older butler and I love it

That's usually how it goes with villains. The most vile and hated villains are often played by the nicest people.

Dude, can you imagine if all of those guys had been cast together in a comedy? Like an elderly gentleman's OCEAN'S ELEVEN or a goofy British drawing room comedy? Gadzooks, I think I fried my brain just *thinking* of that!

Theomite That would have been truly amazing! Sadly, they're all gone now with the passing of Christopher Lee several years ago.

They all did appear together in the same film, only once. It was called "House of The Long Shadows".

They were a generation of men that will never, ever be duplicated or even approximated. I think their experiences with the wars, The Great Depression, and other aspects of life in their day molded them into the people that we now treasure. Our grandparent's generation was truly remarkable. I miss them.

They all seem so wonderfully charming in interviews, like you just want to have high tea with them. Scared the crap out of me as a kid!

That would have been a total Peter Cushing tribute all the way! :D

It'd be hilarious if someone found a full CGI model of that.

Imo it's kind of disgusting they used his image in a CGI character after he's long dead. Would he have approved it? I don't think at the time he died they could predict the tech we have now and I'm not sure he would have agreed with it. He probably would have done what Robin William's did in his will to prevent studios from pulling that bullshit. Also fuck franchises I'm so sick of seeing endless sequels made by soulless corporate stooges for quick cash. Need more movies like The Lighthouse that was fucking incredible cinema. Rogue One was one of the better Disney Wars but it's still unnecessary and forgettable. Everything since Empire has been diminishing results. Franchises are cancer and fans need to spend their money more wisely.

@@beyondz55 and thats ur opinion :)

@@beyondz55 his family gave the approval.

He is a man of efficiency and Honor, respectable character indeed. Believed in his strength until the end instead of running. Maybe a bit too stiff but that’s the old way of dealing with things, and the young way took that as an advantage

He would had the whole Disney trilogy done in half a movie and given the Empire a resounding victory. No doubt.

"you prefere another slipper, a military slipper, then name the closet"

Lmao

Read that in his accent

@@AndreasSweden hilarious!

@@AndreasSweden It's more like "militree", but for real, that's great! XD

Cushing was an absolutely incredible actor. Gentle soul.

+kyokogodai He was a high-quality British actor, and high-quality British actors are nothing if not elegant and professional with their work.

Clay Pidgeon So very true. Well, not so sure of that, these days, but it was true in his time.

The same could be said for his friend Christopher Lee, they were both sweet men, but they stared in movies that filled my childhood with frights. And I love them both for that.

The amount of bloopers between Carrie and him from the scene of the destruction of Alderaan is tremendous, much of it because he was so sweet and kind in real life that initially she just couldn't take him seriously as Tarkin.

that makes the "i recognized your foul stench" line even funnier now

serving tea where?

@@danejasho Dont say it, dont you do it

Parental Guardian isn’t it obvious they are implying an afterlife........ like seriously?

I can imagine Peter and Carrie are at a cozy little table with a pot of tea and biscuits and he’s regaling her and others with stories of his times and experiences and memories. May they both RIP.

Sir Christopher Lee too

Men with big feet have big you know what started with tarkin

@@joyboy1210 I can believe that, Tarkin does have big feet energy

​@@joyboy1210 thats actually big hands

​@@joyboy1210 Men with big Feet have big Noses? 🤔

Quentin Tarantino be like:

Don't get me wrong, I have little doubt that Cushing was a nicer person than Guiness. But we have to remember that Guiness became defined by the role in Star Wars in a a way that Cushing didn't. He continues to be remembered, probably to this day outside the circle of hardcore Star Wars fans, mainly for his horror movie work. Guiness didn't hate Star Wars itself, but he did grow to hate it because it overshadowed his other work. He didn't want to be remembered just as Obi-Wan Kenobi.

He disliked that aspect of it for sure...but he actually hated it even before that became true. He wrote letters from the set to friends which have since become public in which he expressed his dislike of the material. And it's worth noting that even his bitterness toward being "type cast" or remembered only for a specific thing shows a distinct difference between he and Cushing. Cushing never lamented that people only thought of him as a "horror actor" and he was easily just as pigeonholed for that as Guinness was for Star Wars later on in life.

@Wyatt Smith Guinness made 3 Star Wars movies and got paid a king's ransom for doing so; If he hated them then he's a flaming hypocrite

Yeah...It's hard to side with the guy or defend him against criticism. He hated the first film, made no attempt to hide his hatred of it over the years, and allegedly only returned for Empire and Jedi because they backed up the brinks truck to get him back. And even then if you watch his performances in those two movies he's absolutely half-assing his way through them. I love the character of Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Guinness's performance in the original 1977 film is very good in spite of his distaste for the project, but from everything we know about the making of those films...he was kind of a huge asshole.

+ClandestineOstrich Yeah I wouldn't doubt that at all. Guinness was there in Tunisia to see all of the production delays, special effects failures, and general mismanagement that the movie suffered through. I'm sure part of his hatred for Star Wars stems from that. Probably thought there was a lack of professionalism or something.

😂

"Grandpa Tarkin! Why did you blow up Alderaan?" "Oh, I was very cross, very cross indeed."

@@sebcharb7313 Depends on your point of view and how much propaganda you consume.

@@sebcharb7313 Not really.

@@sebcharb7313 it's the sign of the times. ONCE evil infects a person, all points of view become relative. One can do whatever one wants, no consequences. But of course we know that to be a temporary illusion.

You know what they say about people with big feet? Big carpet slippers

you know what they say about guys with big shoes right??? we have big feet 😈 I literally told that joke to a GF I had and she gave me that light punch to the arm girls do....

@@darthXreven did you call the cops and have her arrested? or better yet deported?

12 "

@@fex144 it is a fact that most domestic disturbances with a weapon are by females.

i doubt he respected him, he hated Tarkin as Anakin and saw the real weasel who would sell out any ally to get ahead.

Vader tolerated Tarkin because the emperor liked the way tarkin thought (Death Star whatever). Vader had more actual respect for thrawn because he at least agreed on the idea of building 20,000 more Star destroyers instead of one big space station.

@@bostonrailfan2427 He recognized him as a threat but couldn't figure out a way to kill him without paying too high a price. That's what passes for "respect" with a Sith Lord.

Excellently put.

@@bostonrailfan2427 probably because he called Vader a naughty boy at some point

your my favorite sith

I think he was dead by 1977, but Basil Rathbone would have done a great job, imo.

thats why america casts english people to play villains

@@torquetheprisoner Not quite. Alec Guinness starred as Ben / Obi-Wan in the same film

The way he rolled his R's, "We will crrrush the rebellion."💯

😆 😂 🤣

Shoes are far too trusting.

This 1000%

Just the little bunny ears poking out from under the desk :v

Sir Christopher thought the world of Peter. Look up the interview feature they did with him on the 1958 version of Hound of The Baskervilles...Lee talks a lot about Cushing in that one, including the last time they were together.

@@johnathonhaney8291 Have you read the story with the pair of them being thrown out of a theater for laughing and being too noisy while watching a Sylvester and Tweety cartoon? The 2 were like brothers.

@@diracsea4590 I would give my right arm to see a footage of that. Finally someone mentioned that moment in history.

That's amazing to know, thank you

the uniform is almost identical!

Most modern people would have said something like "... dressed rather like a Nazi officer" or something like that. Only class and true wit can make such a delightful comparison.

that's horribly disrespectful to put dead Cushing in a new movie. they should have just recast

Disrespectful would be to dig up the man and prop him there. they didn't so get over it.

I think he would be really proud if he could see what Disney done!

***** we can't ask him, so I don't think it proper to use his image

The Gaming Kitchen that's kind of what they did (figuratively speaking)

PhantomoftheInterwebz oh, dear. Now I need to see this! :D

@@Jemppu Word!

if it doesn't exist: sounds like a job for Deviant Art...

There are a few out there.

lemmingscanfly5 I agree. Peter Cushing is simply incredible

lemmingscanfly5 I agree. Disney did a good job with that! You could sort of tell he was digital, due to the smoothness of his motions, but for the most part, it was very realistic!!!

***** It's not really about his voice though, Peter Cushing was a scary looking man.

lemmingscanfly5 one of my favourite actors

***** While I completely agree with your statement about Disney, and about trying to bring back the dead (i.e. Tupac hologram) I make the exception with Tarkin, he is an established character in the universe and he happens to look like Peter Cushing, was it wrong of them to recreate him (albeit in a more cartoony style) in Star Wars the Clone Wars even though he died before that came out?

Paul Kerrigan He was very charming. A true English gent.

to the last.

JohnLutherable -agreed-well said!

JohnLutherdale Donald Pleasance was anything but a nice guy i am sorry to say

Why is that?

My memory isn't what it was but i do remember their was a bit of a scandal involving him just after is death. I think it had something to do with the way he treated his wife or wives he was married five times or it could been something unsavory regarding one of his daughters. It was definitely family related.

vunderground1 -oooohhh, someone had to go there.... 😵😂

I didn't know that! Thank you for the info.

so he was an actual space nazi

What's the origin or the term?

@Jay Slomine bruh

He was nearly a Knight but he died before he could be knighted. Arise Sir Peter Crushing and rest in peace.

Lmao

Underrated comment.

kek

Just no

Brilliant

@Guy Sky Couldn't have said it better myself :)

Star Wars would not be the same without the British.

@@evertonporter7887 yeah, if the British weren't involved the Empire would have to be comprised of Russians!

@jamie bennett The English are British. You dim or something?

I haven't thought of that, but it's of course because both the film stock and the lighting for the big hollywood productions is the best money can buy, whereas the interviews are done with a single light and serviceable film stock or early video

@@Herfinnur That's it exactly.

Also, they don't receive the great care that the Hollywood productions do

I also love him as Sherlock Holmes in the 1958 version of Hound of The Baskervilles, first color film of Holmes and the first to show how much of a cheese grater on the nerves he could be.

They took a very big gamble and risk with Star Wars as well. Nobody knew the behemoth it would become. For all these fine actors knew, it could have been just as easily a garbage sci-fi flop. It could have stained their reputations if it was a stinker.

@@skycloud4802 Good points, Lucas had some great talent and you can tell the difference. I think the Emperor may have been played by a English stage actor too.

Classically trained Shakespearean stage actors are such a completely different caliber compared to everyone else.

I find it hilarious that Peter Cushing and Alec Guinness had exact opposite reactions to Star Wars. Peter Cushing, who was only in the one movie, loved sci-fi, was in several sci-fi/horror B movies, and loved working on Star Wars. Alec Guinness, who was in all three movies, loathed science fiction, found it incredibly beneath him as a classically trained actor, hated working on Star Wars, and hated to even talk about it.

@@GrndAdmiralThrawn That is interesting, I didn't know all of the backstory. Off topic, have you and Rukh made up yet?

Rebels truly are scum.

#WhiteLivesMatter (I mean like white stormtrooper outfits, not anything else, I have friends who are many colours, Blue, Green, Red, etc..

Yet we're giving one to Tony Blair.

He also was Sherlock Holmes in a few movies.

Reeeally I could see that.

He also did two Doctor Who movies in the 60s. He played a very sweet version of Hartnell's Doctor. Unfortunately, they made him human for the movies. This was before any regeneration occured in the series. The movies are remakes of the two Dalek stories. Personally, I prefer the second movie which also has Bernard Cribbins as a police officer who stumbles into the TARDIS.

With all due respect to Patrick Troughton, I guess you could say Peter Cushing was the second Doctor....only human.

larry potter Not really. The movies were remakes of Hartnell stories. They're more like a different interpretation. As much as I like Peter Cushing, they made Doctor Who too nice. ...and he actually introduces himself as Doctor Who in the movies.

@ You are indeed stupid.

@ 🤦‍♂️

Well Cushing DID play Dr. Who in the two Dr Who Movies that were released in the 1960s: Dr Who and the Daleks & Dalek Invasion Earth. However, in those movies 'The Dr' was an eccentric human scientist and not an Alien.

Thats one of the advantages actors from the old age had: They really learned how to speak.

+TOFKAS01 It's an old, posh British accent that would have been in vogue from the late 19th-century through the early 20th; chances are people born of that period would have learned to use it to elevate their social status much like penmanship techniques and elocution exercises found in the school system. You don't hear it so much anymore, but a number of British actors would have used it in film and theater to convey upper-class sensibilities throughout the 20th century. And since people watched those movies beyond their lifespans, the accent still lives on in art if not in everyday use. Angelina Jolie used it for MALEFICENT, and you can hear it in her "o"s, "g"s and "try"s (like "gentry").

I agree, a very "Victorian" like accent, very polished and elegant.

Most people don't realize he also played "The Doctor" in both "Dr. Who" movies. I saw he was in "The Howling III", So Star Wars was far from his last work. Do you know what was the last Movie he was in?

I remember reading while he and Christopher Lee were making Horror Express Lee basically spent as much time while not filming keeping Peter occupied. Those two were BFFs in the best kind of way.

I imagine that Guiness would ble less pleased, given that he was less of a fan of Star Wars. I do not hold any high hopes for this

I hope not. Alec was selfish. Ewan McGregor fits hit profile anyway, and Ewan loves to be involved in the series.

Ewan mcgrEGGor

Ewan embraced the role of obi wan and I'm sure he would jump at the chance of an obi wan Anthology film

John Gancarcik Besides, Ewan's appearance is canon hahaa :P

Grymmorgan 😭

Reminds m my grandfather, and kinda looks like him without my grandfathers moustache

Pffft. LOL. She was an admitted life long druggie and her body finally said, "Nope, I'm done."

@@fredrickseiler4492 And? Not a reason to snigger about her being dead. Regardless of whether or not she actively worsened her health, she's still Carrie Fisher. When someone says rest in peace, you don't turn it into a mockery. Just scroll past.

@@BlanDandelion And blah blah blah.

@@BlanDandelion Snowflake.

@@fredrickseiler4492 says the guy that’s so hung up on my comment that he felt the need to reply twice on two separate occasions, and yet he calls me the snowflake 😂

I saw a clip somewhere of Bloopers with Carrie looking down at Peter's Feet and laughing when Peter messed up a line. Maybe you can find it on KZfaq somewhere.

You have unlocked max britishness and now the queen awaits for you.

Fun Guy Did these shoes don comfy carpet slippers?

They did actually. It was only the very first shot of him in the movie though, the back of his head looking out of a Star Destroyer's window. And it was only in a TV spot, not an actual trailer, but still.

They should have cast Cushing as M after Bernard Lee's death. A Real Missed opportunity if you ask me ...