Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Brion James, character actor extraordinaire

I posted two clips on YouTube (yes, it's posting a whole lotta this stuff I'm putting on this blog, folks) from my interview with the late Brion James, one of the most colorful gents I've ever had the occasion to interview. First, him speaking about his memorable part as "Leon" in Blade Runner:


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and about his being typecast as a "barnyard heavy":


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Merv makes a racist remark (in jest! he's kidding! really!)

How could I have forgotten that I plopped this gem on YouTube when Kurt Vonnegut died. It's quite something, and gives an indication of how really bad the film Slapstick of Another Kind really is.


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