This interview… I’m sharing it bc I feel so much second-hand embarrassment for Tom whenever I watch it which is not often but I found it again today so I’m posting it here for… reasons. He shares this story, without hardly being prompted, about cutting off the oxygen of one of his passengers while in flight (starts at 2:32). Watching it, I just keep feeling, “Tom, no, stahp plz, oh gawds… begging you… FIRST OF ALL WHY WOULD U DO THAT?? Second of all, WHY WOULD U OFFER THAT STORY UP – I can’t even with you sometimes… You are in serious need of non-sexual corporal punishment.”
But the story is a very Lestat thing to do and it’s a very Lestatuesque way to tell it, as he’s cracking up, with what can only be described as manic laughter. He keeps hiding his face probably bc he knows he’s dug himself in too deep with this story, but he has to keep going, even though he probably knows he can only make it worse.
“Looking for a way to create the character of Patrick Bateman, Christian Bale stumbled onto a Tom Cruise appearance on David Letterman.
According to director Mary Harron, Bale saw in Cruise “this very intense friendliness with nothing behind the eyes” and Bale subsequently based the character of Bateman on that.“
It reminds me of Russia in the way it’s totally the
kind of stories you can hear after the opening of a cheap bottle of vodka (it
sounds cliché but I swear I’ve seen that during the few months I stayed there) ;
“lolz we almost died/killed him it was so much fun”… EXCEPT TOM DOESN’T HAVE
THE EXCUSE OF BEING DRUNK OR RUSSIAN GODDAMMIT. I guess we can say the co-pilot
was a jerk too (since they apparently figured it too together… but also meaning
it wasn’t that dangerous?? Er, it’s still a dumb idea though). Concerning the
laugh, it is certainly… well, impressive (I’m being polite here). And to be honest,
I think he was kinda scary/manic at this time (if, as I think, the interview is
from late 90’s – mid 2000’s), even if I’m too young to remember that properly (but
you know, I did my homework).
I definitely agree with you on the lestatique attitude, the more I
think about it the more he looks like a brat for me ; sometimes charming, sometimes totally out of control,
and not thinking much about the consequences… Pretty much like Lestat, in fact.
*sigh* Why almost all my faves are
problematic as hell?? 😥
I actually really hope that he was drunk when he did this interview! It was 2004, and i know that bc he mentions his kid’s ages so I did the math based on that so we can’t say it was part of the CRAZYINLOVE that was Dating Katie Era (started in April of ‘05).
Yeah the co-pilot should get some blame too! But still. Not a good interview story, bb.
Yes my fave is problematic as hell, too, join the club, TakeMe ;A;
As I said, I don’t think he ever fully let go of Lestat. For better or worse 😛
“Looking at that from another direction, isn’t that… Attempted Manslaughter?”
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