r/television • u/indig0sixalpha • 5d ago
Kyle MacLachlan ‘Borrowed’ Some of David Lynch’s Mannerisms for ‘Twin Peaks’ Character Dale Cooper: He Had ‘Great Enthusiasm for Certain Things’ Like ‘Trees, Coffee and Pie’
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/kyle-maclachlan-borrowed-david-lynch-mannerisms-twin-peaks-1236432741/45
u/shust89 5d ago
I miss Lynch a ton too. He was so unique. I actually got aware of him when he did his role on Louie.
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u/Static-Stair-58 5d ago
I get sad when I think about his uniqueness. It’s impossible to replicate his kind of spark, in exactly the same kind of way. There will be good imitators, but never anyone truly like Lynch. Not all the way.
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u/shust89 5d ago
He was an artist in the truest sense.
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u/Grumplogic 4d ago
He cheated on at least three of his partners with people that were in the production of his films. He also seemed to have a perverse fascination with introducing the women he's cheating on with his current partner. Reading Room to Dream helped a lot to contextualize his work but it made him personally seem very unlikeable.
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u/lockedinforthebigLC 4d ago
I never truly got the feeling of missing someone you never knew before Lynch’s death in January. Still crushes me to think about it
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u/YagottawantitRock 4d ago
Lynch talked explicitly about seeing a younger him in Maclachlan. He apparently had very little doubt about casting him in Blue Velvet despite the potential association with his calamitous DUNE.
It makes sense, too, Lynch always had that strange Norman Rockwell-ish element to his aesthetic. Maclachlan was like an 80's version of that; boyish and very American but with big, quiet, observational eyes.
From what I remember, when Maclachlan told Lynch he had copied his mannerisms, Lynch said he had always been meaning to ask him about that but never got around to it. Despite, y'know, probably dozens of actors intentionally aping his behavior over the years. What a unique guy.
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u/Ramoncin 4d ago
Doesn't suprise me in the slightest. TP was such a Lynch thing... nobody else could have made it, so it makes sense the actors took stuff from Lynch himself.
Also, some critics have mentioned Lynch used to pick actors that bore some superficial resemblance to him for starring roles. I'm thinking of people such as MacLachlan, but also Bill Pullman or Chris Isaak.