John Malkovich goes online to answer the internet’s questions. The American actor responds to questions on Quora, Reddit and X, as well as replying to YouTube comments and fact-checking Wikipedia & IMDb.
Did Malkovich write and star in a movie releasing in 2115? What are John Malkovich’s favorite films? Why isn’t there a movie with Christopher Walken & John Malkovich? Watch the full episode as John Malkovich goes undercover and answers all of these questions and more.
Did Malkovich write and star in a movie releasing in 2115? What are John Malkovich’s favorite films? Why isn’t there a movie with Christopher Walken & John Malkovich? Watch the full episode as John Malkovich goes undercover and answers all of these questions and more.
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00:00What's up, GQ? I'm John Malkovich, and today I'm going undercover on the Internet.
00:11It's me, John Malkovich, for real.
00:18Reddit?
00:22To prep for his role in Being John Malkovich 1999, actor John Malkovich committed to Being John Malkovich
00:28for several decades prior to filming, and insisted the cast and crew refer to him as John Malkovich while on set.
00:37In rehearsals once, Spike Jonze said to me, John Malkovich wouldn't do it that way.
00:43Next.
00:45Why has John Malkovich never been considered for The Joker at any point in his career?
00:51I wouldn't know.
00:54Why isn't there a movie that is just John Malkovich and Christopher Walken losing their shit on each other?
01:01Well, you know what's really odd? I was supposed to do a film with Chris in March, and now he's not doing the film,
01:09so I don't get to work with him, which I'm not very happy about, but great script. I wish he were doing it.
01:16Let's see some YouTube comments.
01:19My name is John Malkovich.
01:23I don't sound anything like that.
01:26No, you sound exactly like this.
01:29Can John Malkovich do a Bill Hader impression?
01:33No, I can't really do an impression of anybody. I can't even do an impression of me, but then I don't have to.
01:42What are John Malkovich's favorite films?
01:46I like a lot of the films from the 70s. Chinatown, Carnal Knowledge, The Tindrum, The Conformist, Battle of Algiers.
01:57Some Werner Herzog stuff from that period is pretty hilarious, too.
02:03Let's check X.
02:07John Malkovich has such great line delivery in every movie.
02:10I still think how it could have been if he was given a chance to play Vulture in the original Tobey Spider-Man 4 the way he was supposed to.
02:18I'd done quite a bit of research on it, actually, and then the whole thing just fell apart as things do.
02:25Do you think that a soul can be reincarnated into someone already alive? Not a possession, but a blending.
02:33Sounds like a question for John Malkovich.
02:35I think people probably think I'm more interested in esoterica and philosophical notions than I am.
02:45I'd say maybe.
02:47Posted.
02:49OJ's football shirts and restorations?
02:52The legend John Malkovich sporting a España 82 tracksuit.
02:57I have so many questions.
02:59Wow, I wonder what that was from.
03:02I don't know that I ever wore this either, but it could have been for a movie or something, I don't know.
03:08Next.
03:10Another rounder's question.
03:12How closely did John Malkovich's cartoonish and delightful portrayal of Teddy KGB match what he and David Levine had envisioned when writing the film?
03:23That was written by David and his partner Brian Koppelman.
03:27I think it was pretty close to what they envisioned.
03:29It's a pretty huge performance, and of course you could do it very subtly, but I'm not sure that was really what was asked.
03:40Now on to Quora.
03:43Who plays the greatest villain, John Malkovich or Alan Rickman?
03:48I really like Alan Rickman, so I'd maybe say him.
03:52Why would anyone seriously want to be in John Malkovich's head? Is he notoriously smart?
03:59No.
04:01Are you notoriously creative? Is it truly different?
04:05I don't know what it means. Is he notoriously smart? Are you notoriously creative?
04:10Is that addressed to me in the question or addressed to someone? I don't know.
04:15Is it truly different? Is what different?
04:18Posted.
04:19Posted?
04:21Does John Malkovich speak Croatian? No. Not enough vowels, too many consonants.
04:27How similar is John Malkovich to actor and person as portrayed in being John Malkovich?
04:34Not very similar.
04:36Wikipedia.
04:39Malkovich gained significant critical and popular acclaim when he portrayed the sinister and sensual Valmont in the film Dangerous Liaison.
04:49He later reprised his role for the music video of Walking on Broken Glass by Annie Lennox.
04:56I did do that video and I was asked to bring the costume from Dangerous Liaison that James Atchison had given to me and I never got it back from the production, so I remain quite displeased about that.
05:10Malkovich wrote and starred in a movie called 100 Years to 16 directed by Robert Rodriguez.
05:17The movie is locked and evolved in the south of France, not to be seen before 2115. Yeah, I'll miss that one, too.
05:24I remember when there was a little party for that film, somebody mentioned it was a film that nobody was ever going to see, meaning nobody there.
05:33I said, yeah, well, I try to do at least a film a year that nobody's ever going to see, so no news there.
05:42Malkovich starred in his first video game in Call of Duty Advanced Warfare in the exo-zombies mode. Yes, true.
05:50I don't think I'm particularly very good at being a voice actor. My voice is very distinctive, for better or worse.
05:59One irritating thing they often do is they have you say the line in 12,000 ways, which is totally fine, but then a month later you record it again and do another 12,000 ways.
06:13But they never think of just changing the line, at which point it would be better.
06:18IMDb.
06:22His big screen debut would be as the blind lodger in Places in the Heart 1984, which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
06:32Actually, it was not the first film I did, it was the first film released. The first film I did was called The Killing Fields.
06:40Okay, that's it. I'm signing off the internet. See you later.
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