Peter Cushing talks about playing Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin on carpet slippers in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.
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@raiyukimilstein52797 жыл бұрын
I love his polite descritpion of Tarkin: "This very cross unpleasant gentleman."
@zacmumblethunder74664 жыл бұрын
@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.
@stevenkies8024 жыл бұрын
Ironic, since Peter Cushing seems like he was to model of a dear old English gentleman; polite, reserved, and well spoken
@ericjamieson4 жыл бұрын
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.
@spacecase88884 жыл бұрын
When he was especially cross, he rather liked to blow up entire planets. Very unpleasant.
@edwinreid92334 жыл бұрын
We've still got Jeremy Irons & Gary Oldman ( they've played villains during their career ).
@nelsonchereta8163 жыл бұрын
Tarkin destroying Alderon while in a pair of comfy slippers only makes him even more of a badass.
@Chrisclimbsclouds3 жыл бұрын
The vilest people like the softest things
@DavidOfWhitehills3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, let's not forget: 12" carpetslippers, he said it.
@cleanerben96363 жыл бұрын
[Wakes up] "You may fire when ready" [sniiiiiiiffffffffffff] "Ahhhhhhhh, I love the smell of Alderon in the morning"
@ashlynnp.96093 жыл бұрын
Alderaan.
@dandevil55573 жыл бұрын
three days old comment with 641 likes on a 4 years old video..wtf
@nitpicker94067 жыл бұрын
A man so British, it turned Carrie Fischer's accent into an English one.
@mariabatti73565 жыл бұрын
I love Peter Cushing, he is such a good actor.
@mmmoroi5 жыл бұрын
Charming to the last...
@sgtmajvimy5 жыл бұрын
Nit Picker charming ... to the last
@cadror265 жыл бұрын
Shouldn't you have it say "he turned"?
@geopanpan5 жыл бұрын
The very very definition of Britishness
@darth8567 жыл бұрын
Carrie Fisher found it hard to muster the contempt Leia was supposed to have for Tarkin, because of how nice Cushing was to her between takes. Now they are both gone :(
@OhtheSuffering7 жыл бұрын
darthen856 ;_;
@HybridRenoII6 жыл бұрын
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
@specialunit04286 жыл бұрын
she said she had to force herself to hate him because he was a true gentleman who always smelt of lavender
@therearenoshortcuts98685 жыл бұрын
@Da Cashman they have both become one with the force ;_;
@infinitlycool5 жыл бұрын
@@HybridRenoII You can add Peter Mayhew to that list. ;_;
@MacJaxonManOfAction3 жыл бұрын
"I grow tired of asking this so it will be the last time: *where* are my slippers?"
@zacmumblethunder74663 жыл бұрын
@BattleAngelFan "Why, of course, they're on the fourth moon of Yavin in an old temp- Damn"
@phil88213 жыл бұрын
"On dantooine.. they're on dantooine"
@elixir123ify3 жыл бұрын
@@phil8821 Vader : "You heard her destroy Dantooine"
@Thomas_H._Smith3 ай бұрын
Y'know, Peter Cushing is probably the only actor in the world that could make that line sound intimidating.
@GCKMimi8 жыл бұрын
"That dear little Carrie Fisher" Nope, I'm done. I love the man past death and into eternity. Like seriously.
@galaxyrider95997 жыл бұрын
Very well said, GCKMimi. I feel the same.
@AishaVonFossen5 жыл бұрын
I know, that was so precious! :D
@mariabatti73565 жыл бұрын
When did Peter Cushing die?
@AishaVonFossen5 жыл бұрын
@@mariabatti7356 August 11, 1994 Geez, I was four. LOL
@AishaVonFossen5 жыл бұрын
@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.
@nebularain33383 жыл бұрын
What a wonderful man. So gentle and kind, his roles did not reflect his personality at all, which just showed what a magnificent actor he was.
@ProfessorIgor3 жыл бұрын
Christopher Lee was the same way. Ridiculously nice man. And a motorcycle nut ! He and Peter were very good friends.
@Iskelderon3 жыл бұрын
Many great actors reach new heights when they act contrary to their own nature.
@negascoot233 жыл бұрын
@@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 🥰
@negascoot233 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@SugarRainer3 жыл бұрын
@@ProfessorIgor yeah a nice man? he was in the Military and killed people so how is this nice?
@hadassah1792 жыл бұрын
When you first see him as a kid you have NO IDEA who this man is. Later you get the full picture of his filmography, personality, and his brotherhood with Sir Lee. So thankful he continued to live life as his dear wife requested so we could have this wonderful memory of his existence.
@thegood92 жыл бұрын
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.
@Deathwing212 жыл бұрын
What did his dear wife requested? If you dont mind answering
@thelastmotel2 жыл бұрын
Sir Christopher, or Sir Christopher Lee. NEVER Sir Lee. Sir doesn't swap out with Mister.
@Ellis012345678902 жыл бұрын
@@Deathwing21 I too am wondering this
@johnshima012 жыл бұрын
@@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
@landfair1237 жыл бұрын
Kind of hard to be the oppressor of the galaxy in bunny slippers lol
@annann37457 жыл бұрын
Actually, these weren't exactly BUNNY slippers, but slippers nevertheless: petercushingblog.blogspot.com/2013/04/grand-moff-tarkin-destroyng-planets-in.html
@Saruman387 жыл бұрын
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.
@jlvfr7 жыл бұрын
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!
@SovereignStatesman7 жыл бұрын
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.
@SovereignStatesman7 жыл бұрын
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.
@elizabethlestrad52827 жыл бұрын
I would have loved to meet him. So classy.
@johngancarcik56827 жыл бұрын
Elizabeth Lestrad I'd love to meet him have coffee or a beer with and relax he seems like a very relaxed man
@NickDaGamer19987 жыл бұрын
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.
@jenniferbibi19726 жыл бұрын
More than that, he seemed like such a nice person
@johnolson55386 жыл бұрын
Jennifer Bibi How can you say that, he destroyed peaceful Alderan. ;)
@jenniferbibi19726 жыл бұрын
John Olson and wore slippers while doing it lol
@hoskinsfilms62272 жыл бұрын
One of the most cruel and despicable people in the galaxy, yet one of the kindest people on the planet lol. Peter Cushing, you are a legend.
@warbacca10172 жыл бұрын
My guy looks like an older butler and I love it
@StudleyDuderight Жыл бұрын
That's usually how it goes with villains. The most vile and hated villains are often played by the nicest people.
@PtolemyJones7 жыл бұрын
Nothing but love for that man, and his generation of brothers, Christopher Lee, Vincent Price, Boris Karloff and John Carradine. What a delightful little interview snippet.
@Theomite7 жыл бұрын
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!
@scottmoore16147 жыл бұрын
Theomite That would have been truly amazing! Sadly, they're all gone now with the passing of Christopher Lee several years ago.
@LordHades800BC7 жыл бұрын
They all did appear together in the same film, only once. It was called "House of The Long Shadows".
@gertrudemcfuzz747 жыл бұрын
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.
@brianjlevine4 жыл бұрын
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!
@AlexSDU7 жыл бұрын
Imagine if they made his CGI character wearing carpet slipper in Rogue One.
@AishaVonFossen5 жыл бұрын
That would have been a total Peter Cushing tribute all the way! :D
@h.plovecat43074 жыл бұрын
It'd be hilarious if someone found a full CGI model of that.
@beyondz554 жыл бұрын
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.
@joramsim4 жыл бұрын
@@beyondz55 and thats ur opinion :)
@ThaddeusGhostal4 жыл бұрын
@@beyondz55 his family gave the approval.
@IceSlushi2 жыл бұрын
Grand Moff Tarkin is one of the most bad ass characters in SW.
@schumerus67862 жыл бұрын
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
@TheNefastor2 жыл бұрын
He would had the whole Disney trilogy done in half a movie and given the Empire a resounding victory. No doubt.
@legionnaire59473 жыл бұрын
“You may bring me my slippers when ready,”
@AndreasSweden3 жыл бұрын
"you prefere another slipper, a military slipper, then name the closet"
@GiulianoLopez3 жыл бұрын
Lmao
@1992reyflorez3 жыл бұрын
Read that in his accent
@ezzz423 жыл бұрын
@@AndreasSweden hilarious!
@jrs6893 жыл бұрын
@@AndreasSweden It's more like "militree", but for real, that's great! XD
@bushranger512 жыл бұрын
There will never be another Peter Cushing, the epitome of a British gentleman who is rotten to the core, and yet one of the most likeable characters in real life. That is the pinnacle of greatness in your trade.
@BenjaminMankowski8 жыл бұрын
Sounds so pleasant in this interview but so menacing and cold as Grand Moff Tarkin.
@kyokogodai-ir6hy8 жыл бұрын
Cushing was an absolutely incredible actor. Gentle soul.
@claypidgeon48078 жыл бұрын
+kyokogodai He was a high-quality British actor, and high-quality British actors are nothing if not elegant and professional with their work.
@kyokogodai-ir6hy8 жыл бұрын
Clay Pidgeon So very true. Well, not so sure of that, these days, but it was true in his time.
@NeoGee7 жыл бұрын
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.
@iLikeTheUDK7 жыл бұрын
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.
@ElroyMcDuff2 жыл бұрын
My favorite Carrie Fisher anecdote was that she apparently had some trouble pretending to be afraid of him because he was wearing slippers and smelled like lavender. =)
@417Owsy Жыл бұрын
that makes the "i recognized your foul stench" line even funnier now
@RoyJNg7 жыл бұрын
Hope he is serving tea for Carrie Fischer and having a long fun chat right now. RIP both Peter and Carrie.
4 жыл бұрын
serving tea where?
@cowmoo55964 жыл бұрын
@@danejasho Dont say it, dont you do it
@carson111004 жыл бұрын
Parental Guardian isn’t it obvious they are implying an afterlife........ like seriously?
@morbius1094 жыл бұрын
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.
@nursmalik60244 жыл бұрын
Sir Christopher Lee too
@Neo2266.2 жыл бұрын
A true chad, starts the interview by asserting dominance with his *B i g F e e t*
@joyboy12102 жыл бұрын
Men with big feet have big you know what started with tarkin
@Neo2266.2 жыл бұрын
@@joyboy1210 I can believe that, Tarkin does have big feet energy
@TheCaptainSplatter2 жыл бұрын
@@joyboy1210 thats actually big hands
@johannesseyfried79332 жыл бұрын
@@joyboy1210 Men with big Feet have big Noses? 🤔
@ua315-012 жыл бұрын
Quentin Tarantino be like:
@MatsThyWit7 жыл бұрын
He seems like he was such a sweet, kind man. I would absolutely love to know what he would have thought about his own "resurrection" for Rogue One considering he was known to say he would have loved to be in a sequel. Unlike Alec Guinness, who seemed to hate Star Wars and his entire experience on it, Cushing seemed to relish the experience.
@darth8567 жыл бұрын
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.
@MatsThyWit7 жыл бұрын
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.
@PeterSellers227 жыл бұрын
@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
@MatsThyWit7 жыл бұрын
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.
@MatsThyWit7 жыл бұрын
+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.
@romansongen62844 жыл бұрын
Thats the way Tarkin would talk to his grandchildren, after he destroyed another fleet of rebel scum :D
@soliscrown12724 жыл бұрын
😂
@harvbegal68684 жыл бұрын
"Grandpa Tarkin! Why did you blow up Alderaan?" "Oh, I was very cross, very cross indeed."
@harvbegal68684 жыл бұрын
@@sebcharb7313 Depends on your point of view and how much propaganda you consume.
@mich7224 жыл бұрын
@@sebcharb7313 Not really.
@lovesandservesjesuschrist67524 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@scottnewman5223 жыл бұрын
"how was the star wars experience?" "see that? 12 inches there to there, big feet"
@Cullinyan3 жыл бұрын
You know what they say about people with big feet? Big carpet slippers
@darthXreven3 жыл бұрын
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....
@fex1443 жыл бұрын
@@darthXreven did you call the cops and have her arrested? or better yet deported?
@Heelturnkayfabe3 жыл бұрын
12 "
@Molandria3 жыл бұрын
@@fex144 it is a fact that most domestic disturbances with a weapon are by females.
@Niles-Guy2 жыл бұрын
Besides the emperor, the only man Vader respected and listened too
@bostonrailfan24272 жыл бұрын
i doubt he respected him, he hated Tarkin as Anakin and saw the real weasel who would sell out any ally to get ahead.
@dustindubbo28922 жыл бұрын
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.
@Cryptic00132 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@lukeskywalker68092 жыл бұрын
Excellently put.
@gargoyles99992 жыл бұрын
@@bostonrailfan2427 probably because he called Vader a naughty boy at some point
@HighKingElendil8 жыл бұрын
Such an enthralling voice. His manner was evil and menacing. I don't think any other actor could have played him better.
@sarahmoify8 жыл бұрын
your my favorite sith
@garyjones25614 жыл бұрын
I think he was dead by 1977, but Basil Rathbone would have done a great job, imo.
@torquetheprisoner3 жыл бұрын
thats why america casts english people to play villains
@bevanml3 жыл бұрын
@@torquetheprisoner Not quite. Alec Guinness starred as Ben / Obi-Wan in the same film
@grantwatson80593 жыл бұрын
The way he rolled his R's, "We will crrrush the rebellion."💯
@calessel31392 жыл бұрын
Tarkin: "I grow tired of asking this -- where is the rebel base!!" Lea: "Dantoo.....wait, are you wearing bedroom slippers?"
@HolyHeinz2 жыл бұрын
😆 😂 🤣
@allyourpie43232 жыл бұрын
Shoes are far too trusting.
@Archon7623 жыл бұрын
I need fan art of Tarkin looking deep and brooding and evil sitting in a command chair, hands steepled malevolently, wearing comfy carpet slippers.
@Seven_Leaf3 жыл бұрын
This 1000%
@moscanaveia2 жыл бұрын
Just the little bunny ears poking out from under the desk :v
@blatherskite30094 жыл бұрын
Peter Cushing was such a class act, able to raise the quality and dignity of any film by his mere presence in it. I've a particular love for "Horror Express" (1972), in which he appeared alongside his friend Christopher Lee, because Cushing took the death of his wife so hard he was basically going to pack it all in - not just acting, but life itself - and that was the film where Lee convinced him not to give up and helped him to get back on the acting wagon and get past it. If he hadn't, there are so many great films that simply wouldn't have been the same without Cushing. Star Wars is just one of them.
@johnathonhaney82914 жыл бұрын
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.
@diracsea45903 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@TheNorthernSkeptic3 жыл бұрын
@@diracsea4590 I would give my right arm to see a footage of that. Finally someone mentioned that moment in history.
@deathbyzergling3 жыл бұрын
That's amazing to know, thank you
@abc64pan7 жыл бұрын
"I was dressed rather like an Edwardian chauffeur." I burst out in laughter when he said that. It was totally unexpected. Dry wit can be hilarious.
@stevegordon56893 жыл бұрын
the uniform is almost identical!
@Charsiupao3 жыл бұрын
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.
@justice_productions_7 жыл бұрын
Dead over 20 years yet still making an appearance in Rogue One, CGI of course but still amazing.
@alexsmith56067 жыл бұрын
that's horribly disrespectful to put dead Cushing in a new movie. they should have just recast
@thegamingkitchen84297 жыл бұрын
Disrespectful would be to dig up the man and prop him there. they didn't so get over it.
@Tomelino7 жыл бұрын
I think he would be really proud if he could see what Disney done!
@alexsmith56067 жыл бұрын
***** we can't ask him, so I don't think it proper to use his image
@alexsmith56067 жыл бұрын
The Gaming Kitchen that's kind of what they did (figuratively speaking)
@ianalam42987 жыл бұрын
God bless his soul and may he rest in peace
@timtaylor85572 жыл бұрын
Long before he was Grand Moff Tarkin he was Van Helsing and many other characters from classic movies. I was well aware of his movie career prior to Star Wars as my mother shared all the great b&w movies with me including many of the horror films with witch many included the great Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. Both legends!
@fromdarktothelight97887 жыл бұрын
I wonder if we will see any Grand Moff Tarkin cosplay outfits with good carpet slippers.
@Jemppu7 жыл бұрын
PhantomoftheInterwebz oh, dear. Now I need to see this! :D
@AishaVonFossen5 жыл бұрын
@@Jemppu Word!
@nickmitsialis5 жыл бұрын
if it doesn't exist: sounds like a job for Deviant Art...
@ThaddeusGhostal4 жыл бұрын
There are a few out there.
@lemmingscanfly57 жыл бұрын
I'm glad that they recreated Peter Cushing in CGI rather than re-cast Tarkin, a new actor would not have been as imposing or held the same authority.
@noahfortner27 жыл бұрын
lemmingscanfly5 I agree. Peter Cushing is simply incredible
@TheMissouriSpartan7 жыл бұрын
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!!!
@lemmingscanfly57 жыл бұрын
***** It's not really about his voice though, Peter Cushing was a scary looking man.
@harrismiller19487 жыл бұрын
lemmingscanfly5 one of my favourite actors
@lemmingscanfly57 жыл бұрын
***** 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?
@paulkerrigan98577 жыл бұрын
He seems very charming.
@jamieleng19687 жыл бұрын
Paul Kerrigan He was very charming. A true English gent.
@Renegade6663 жыл бұрын
to the last.
@robhansen65534 жыл бұрын
“I’ve often wondered what a Grand Moff is.” Love it
@JohnLutherable7 жыл бұрын
Peter Cushing was one of the nicest guys around, much like Karloff, Lee, Pleasance and Moore, all legendary English actors and kind gentlemen at heart
@kenpudsey64357 жыл бұрын
JohnLutherable -agreed-well said!
@johnlewis91587 жыл бұрын
JohnLutherdale Donald Pleasance was anything but a nice guy i am sorry to say
@JohnLutherable7 жыл бұрын
Why is that?
@johnlewis91587 жыл бұрын
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.
@DarthRushy7 жыл бұрын
I had no idea he was such a funny man. With a lot of older actors, you see them be really reserved and almost professorial, but Cushing seemed to be a very open and witty individual. Now I can see why they chose him to play Doctor Who in the 1960s.
@jimmynolet37522 жыл бұрын
He really helped to bring that whole empire thing to life he's like the only character that would dare to tell the emporer NO.
@TheSolMike7 жыл бұрын
Moff or Mof is a Dutch curseword for the WWII German Occupiers. SO relatively speaking he is called the Grand Kraut XD..... Greetz from the Netherlands...
@willmosse36844 жыл бұрын
vunderground1 -oooohhh, someone had to go there.... 😵😂
@AdultThirdCultureKid19714 жыл бұрын
I didn't know that! Thank you for the info.
@The-kr9rb4 жыл бұрын
so he was an actual space nazi
@marktaylor64914 жыл бұрын
What's the origin or the term?
@SardonicJosh3 жыл бұрын
@Jay Slomine bruh
@Stansman637 жыл бұрын
R.I.P Mr Cushing..you brought class to every movie you appeared in.
@DavBlc74 жыл бұрын
He was nearly a Knight but he died before he could be knighted. Arise Sir Peter Crushing and rest in peace.
@carbootstudios245911 ай бұрын
It’s quite honestly amazing when looking back at the original film at how much of a straight and serious face he managed to maintain all throughout his scenes whether he was in tight uncomfortable boots or simple slippers.
@camotophat3 жыл бұрын
Can you imagine a world where people were still this delightful and polite to each other? (sigh)
@denisefreitas67272 жыл бұрын
A gentleman. Great actor.
@bodavidson28043 жыл бұрын
Now I wish he called Vader "naughty boy" at least once
@ChrisR_688 жыл бұрын
God he is amazing, a lovely charming gentlemen and one of a kind !!! Gone but never ever forgotton, same with Sir Christopher Lee who passed away not too long ago. As a kid who grew up with the hammer horrors, I wasn't a small child but from probably around age 10-11 I would watch them with my Mam and dad or just me and me Mam, it was usually Hammer horror late night horror on a Friday night when they would show the films. And we could stop up as it was a weekend next day so I always loved that we could stop up to see these two masters of the HAmmer horror films r.i.p these two wonderful amazing actors, love and respect always
@RaoulDuke777 жыл бұрын
He's so posh, he seems like a terrific old chap.
@grumpyoldman34583 жыл бұрын
Peter Cushing: shows his foot Me: What a leg end.
@olkasfas35323 жыл бұрын
Lmao
@josephl68963 жыл бұрын
Underrated comment.
@HeatIIEXTEND3 жыл бұрын
kek
@paul11563 жыл бұрын
Just no
@natmanprime42953 жыл бұрын
Brilliant
@prodf7 жыл бұрын
British actors are so talented.
@AishaVonFossen5 жыл бұрын
@Guy Sky Couldn't have said it better myself :)
@evertonporter78874 жыл бұрын
Star Wars would not be the same without the British.
@ElvishShellfish4 жыл бұрын
@@evertonporter7887 yeah, if the British weren't involved the Empire would have to be comprised of Russians!
@john_something_or_other4 жыл бұрын
@jamie bennett The English are British. You dim or something?
@billknight59753 жыл бұрын
Strange how the interviews always look 20 years older than star wars itself.
@Herfinnur3 жыл бұрын
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
@nebularain33383 жыл бұрын
@@Herfinnur That's it exactly.
@davincent983 жыл бұрын
Also, they don't receive the great care that the Hollywood productions do
@AvengerII4 жыл бұрын
As lovely as Tarkin was, I'll still remember Cushing better for his Hammer movies. To my way of thinking, he's the definitive Van Helsing. Arguably the second iconic Dr. Frankenstein after Colin Clive in the first two Karloff Frankenstein features. Never heard anything but good words about Peter Cushing. It would have been interesting to see him in another Star Wars film cast against type or perhaps in a Lord of the Rings had those been made earlier. He was 81 when he passed away in 1994.
@johnathonhaney82914 жыл бұрын
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.
@TreeckoBro3 жыл бұрын
It says a lot about the actor when his character was only in one movie and has such an immense legacy.
@sadeaton2 жыл бұрын
It really is remarkable how many outstanding English Stage actors were in New Hope.
@skycloud48022 жыл бұрын
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.
@sadeaton2 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@SobiTheRobot2 жыл бұрын
Classically trained Shakespearean stage actors are such a completely different caliber compared to everyone else.
@GrndAdmiralThrawn2 жыл бұрын
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.
@sadeaton2 жыл бұрын
@@GrndAdmiralThrawn That is interesting, I didn't know all of the backstory. Off topic, have you and Rukh made up yet?
@TheOriginalMaxGForce7 жыл бұрын
RIP Grand Moff Tarkin. #NeverForget #0BBY
@johnnypopulus55215 жыл бұрын
Rebels truly are scum.
@trailersic4 жыл бұрын
#WhiteLivesMatter (I mean like white stormtrooper outfits, not anything else, I have friends who are many colours, Blue, Green, Red, etc..
@scopex27492 жыл бұрын
One of the true Hollywood GREATS numbering HUNDREDS of films - dearly missed. So sad he was never awarded the honour that Christopher Lee was -wiith a knighthood - this man deserved it!!
@hate21912 жыл бұрын
Yet we're giving one to Tony Blair.
@wiseguymaybe7 жыл бұрын
Not into horror movies, as Peter did a lot of them, but Peter Cushing was a fantastic actor. The villianous Moff Tarkin is my favorite Peter Cushing role. Even in that role I could sense a kind hearted man.
@kuribayashi847 жыл бұрын
He also was Sherlock Holmes in a few movies.
@wiseguymaybe7 жыл бұрын
Reeeally I could see that.
@slade3077 жыл бұрын
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.
@wiseguymaybe7 жыл бұрын
With all due respect to Patrick Troughton, I guess you could say Peter Cushing was the second Doctor....only human.
@slade3077 жыл бұрын
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.
@autobotironhide61657 жыл бұрын
Peter Cushing's family were fine with a Grand Moff Tarkin in Rogue One, as Gareth Edwards asked their permission for Peter Cushing's face to be motion capture and digitally enhanced onto the actor's face.
@scottmoore16147 жыл бұрын
I remember Carrie Fisher talking about how "sweet" he was. A true class act, as well!
@john_something_or_other4 жыл бұрын
@ You are indeed stupid.
@u1213864 жыл бұрын
@ 🤦♂️
@FreakyGremlinDK2 жыл бұрын
You know you got to fear and respect a man who can command the Galaxy's army in a pair of slippers.
@nathanielhull49307 жыл бұрын
He made a fantastic Sherlock Holmes and brilliant Tarkin. He also would an incredible Doctor Who if he were still alive today and interested in the role of the Doctor
@nickmitsialis5 жыл бұрын
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.
@plainbagel91927 жыл бұрын
That voice....beautiful
@TOFKAS017 жыл бұрын
Thats one of the advantages actors from the old age had: They really learned how to speak.
@Theomite7 жыл бұрын
+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").
@rick-ry3kj7 жыл бұрын
I agree, a very "Victorian" like accent, very polished and elegant.
@jond19652 жыл бұрын
Peter Cushing is one of my all time favorite monster movie actors. He was great in Star Wars
@omeraytas25807 жыл бұрын
As many people llkes i love star Wars Saga as well. I was learned the Star Wars movies when the first movie released. Then after when i watch the first three episodes (1-3) i decided to watch episode 4-5-6. When i saw Peter Cushing as a Grand Moff Tarkin i admired it.. He was did a great job as a actor. Then i go to watch Rogue One on theaters and when i saw there was a Grand Moff Tarkin in new movie i happy like i saw some person from my family. I hope we continue to see old characters in new movies with CGI.
@TheGodParticle4 жыл бұрын
I grew up in the 70's a hammer house production was always worth a viewing if peter was staring in it. thankyou sir for the wonderful memories.
@firthlaist2187 жыл бұрын
Didn't want this clip to end ...he's effortlessly entertaining, and I do not believe I blinked once, throughout his whole story ...he kept my full attention!! Wonderful human being.
@lauriefrancisco1084 Жыл бұрын
HUGE fan of Peter Cushing for practically the entirety of my life! Such a classic face! I was thrilled to see him in Star Wars - Episode IV: A New Hope, and he was -- of course -- marvelous! Thank you to George Lucas for that! Mr. Cushing didn't really answer the question, but that's okay, because I love listening to him!
@TheNoiseySpectator Жыл бұрын
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?
@zeddeka4 жыл бұрын
Peter Cushing was an incredibly gentle, sensitive man. It's the sign of a great actor that he could play someone so unlike himself. In his youth, he'd been something of an artist. Perhaps the most heartbreaking thing about his life was how the death of his wife left him absolutely devastated for the rest of his days. It was a terrible sadness that never left him. It really is heartbreaking if you ever get the chance to read about it, or see him discuss it in an interview. A huge part of him definitely died with her.
@JnEricsonx4 жыл бұрын
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.
@ASChambers2 жыл бұрын
Wonderful.So polite and genteel and yet able to some of the most villainous characters in film history. A marvellous talent and a true legend.
@HorrorHoarder7 жыл бұрын
legends never die they'll live on as CGI
@johnthorsen53947 жыл бұрын
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
@Eshayzbra967 жыл бұрын
I hope not. Alec was selfish. Ewan McGregor fits hit profile anyway, and Ewan loves to be involved in the series.
@HorrorHoarder7 жыл бұрын
Ewan mcgrEGGor
@johngancarcik56827 жыл бұрын
Ewan embraced the role of obi wan and I'm sure he would jump at the chance of an obi wan Anthology film
@Eshayzbra967 жыл бұрын
John Gancarcik Besides, Ewan's appearance is canon hahaa :P
@canuck_gamer33593 жыл бұрын
My grandmother used to use the word "cross" whenever she was talking about someone being mad or angry lol. Hearing him talk that way made me remember that about her and naturally, she was a fine British lady :)
@Grymmorgan7 жыл бұрын
Yes…"that _dear_ little Carrie Fisher."
@iLikeTheUDK7 жыл бұрын
Grymmorgan 😭
@kojinaoftheinvertedeye810 Жыл бұрын
Peter Cushing was so underrated and a very good actor, I honestly don’t know why but he reminds me of Disney’s Judge Claude Frollo (in a good way) physically and I honestly wish he had more roles because he was phenomenal.
@marcosrecio40627 жыл бұрын
So much class
@psndude1017 жыл бұрын
Reminds m my grandfather, and kinda looks like him without my grandfathers moustache
@nullmoore99433 жыл бұрын
"...with that dear little Carrie Fisher." Rest in peace, Princess
@fredrickseiler44923 жыл бұрын
Pffft. LOL. She was an admitted life long druggie and her body finally said, "Nope, I'm done."
@BlanDandelion3 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@fredrickseiler44923 жыл бұрын
@@BlanDandelion And blah blah blah.
@fredrickseiler44923 жыл бұрын
@@BlanDandelion Snowflake.
@BlanDandelion3 жыл бұрын
@@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 😂
@siegeupon58942 жыл бұрын
Would see Peter riding his bike around Whitstable regularly as a boy, I even spoke with him once. A lovely man.
@Bobsheaux4 жыл бұрын
"I have some question about the Star Wars experience?" "You may fire when ready." ;) Grand Moff Tarkin threatening Princess Leia in carpet slippers... THERE'S an image that'll never leave my mind. lol
@mmouse18864 жыл бұрын
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.
@Posttrip2 жыл бұрын
One of the GREAT actors of out time. I’m so glad some this project was shot in the UK, drawing its treasure trove of master actors.
@ZarconVideo7 жыл бұрын
British level max.
@GrandMoffTarkinsTeaDispenser7 жыл бұрын
You have unlocked max britishness and now the queen awaits for you.
@harlanabraham77722 жыл бұрын
Peter Cushing is a great actor. He made this movie so the younger people could see him perform in a newer movie. He was so good.
@iamjackscompletelackofsurp96062 жыл бұрын
“Oh you are naughty, boy” 🤣🤣
@thisismyname0077 жыл бұрын
I love his voice. Very posh!
@dghazd58627 жыл бұрын
Gentleman in every sens of the word. great class.
@lliamjurdom95053 жыл бұрын
A delightful Englishman that is now rare to be seen or heard RIP Grand Cushing ....
@funguy88017 жыл бұрын
One could say the new Rogue One movie had "some big shoes to fill". #GrandMothTalkin'
@iLikeTheUDK7 жыл бұрын
Fun Guy Did these shoes don comfy carpet slippers?
@F1god047 жыл бұрын
Hopefully Peter and that "dear Carrie Fisher" are delightfully dancing up in heaven in carpet slippers. RIP to you both.
@donaldkeating74567 жыл бұрын
God Rest Peter Cushing's soul. I would have loved to hang out with the guy.
@Commander_Shepard.7 жыл бұрын
What I love about Disney....or at least their promotion team for Rogue One is that they NEVER previously advertised Moff Tarkin's return. They could have easily baited more audience with "Ooooh we're resurrecting dead actors! Our CGI are on point! Come and see Tarkin!" for a more profiting premiere but they never did.. It was kept a pleasant surprise for viewers, and the family was given the respect they due.
@HenningsEdits7 жыл бұрын
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.
@fraynetrain13704 жыл бұрын
Such a gentleman. Nearly every actor he worked with had nothing but kind words and admiration for his courtesy and professionalism. RIP
@absboodoo7 жыл бұрын
Grand Moff Tarkin strolling down the Deathstar with carpet slippers, no wonder even Vader respect his authority.
@gamingchinchilla73232 жыл бұрын
the next time I see a highly detailed highly expensive Grand Moff Tarkin figurine, I expect to see the man in a pair of fluffy house slippers while looking as bold and commanding as ever.
@gamewizardks7 жыл бұрын
An exquisite gentleman who is greatly missed. RIP.
@drakocarrion3 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: Ian Fleming based the appearance & mannerisms of James Bond in the books on his colleague in the armed services. That colleague? Cushing.
@eamonndeane5873 жыл бұрын
They should have cast Cushing as M after Bernard Lee's death. A Real Missed opportunity if you ask me ...
@MrDravenLee8 жыл бұрын
Great great gentleman.Nothing more to say.RIP Peter.
@pikkuadi8 жыл бұрын
Grand Moth lmfao!
@thunderwalker20004 жыл бұрын
Such a wonderful man. Peter Cushing was a master of his craft and took the time to work with the younger actors between takes. It is too bad that the cameras weren't rolling to capture these training sessions. He was truly a class act.
@Jack-ed9do7 жыл бұрын
RIP for the brilliant actor.
@thegrandmuftiofwakanda7 жыл бұрын
Delightful Gentleman.
@nivaneh10102 жыл бұрын
Wow he's very charismatic He acts like someone who'd get an interview today.
@telfordguy34uk3 жыл бұрын
Everyone who knew him , met him , and worked with him, said he was one of the sweetest , gentlest, kindest people they had ever met. A PROPER gentleman.