Jonathan Pryce: Being Pope Is A Lonely Job

[@joseangeldominguez3663]

I just saw the two popes last night and Mr Pryce's Spanish was so good I thought it was dubbed, and his Argentenian accent was so spot on. Give this man all the awards

[@ArtemisScribe]

Welsh actors have a special gift for mimicry. It's something I've noticed in so many of them.

[@michelle5073]

I would love so much for Jonathan to win but it's gonna be a tight race against the Joker's Joaquin Phoenix because he was also extraordinary in that film. We'll see what this awards season brings!

[@stevepipenger4651]

Didn’t he play Juan Péron in Evita?

[@__delroc]

i am 99% sure he dubbed the spanish parts but respect for the man the film is amazing

[@ArtemisScribe]

@@stevepipenger4651 yes he did!

[@quazymoodo8452]

“We locked the door for the next 10 minutes” is the funniest thing you could’ve told the High Sparrow, and you did it without realizing it!

[@gp1102]

😂 I didn't get that. Thanks for the clarification

[@TheNefastor]

Or did he ? Colbert probably is a GoT fan.

[@craftiwench]

His performance was fantastic in this movie. I enjoyed the movie much more than I thought I would.

[@chrisreeves9764]

craftiwench Same here. I expected to watch 10 minutes tops but was entranced by the whole movie. If it doesn't pick up loads of Oscars I'll be astonished.

[@Eleese__]

craftiwench same

[@sonnenblume9728]

Ja....und hier und jetzt spielt er den Papst im wirklichen Leben. 😉👍 Wer hätte das gedacht....☺️

[@Teytuu]

He's so respectful when talking about playing a person in real life who's religion he disagrees with. And he genuinely sees what he likes about the Pope. Chivalry isn't dead. Such a great person & actor.

[@snowflake4694]

Just a pakeha

[@HN-kr1nf]

@@snowflake4694 what's a pakeha

[@rumblefish9]

Evan ` Its not that hard to find something you genuinely like about Pope Francis. The church has seen better days and the Pope is trying to take it out of its outdated views and into the modern world. Pope Francis' first order of business after becoming Pope was to fix the Vatican Bank which was plagued with corruption charges. He issued sweeping reformation. He's opened dialogue with other faiths (one of his best friends is a Jewish rabbi). And he is more accepting of the LBGT community than past popes even declaring “If someone is gay and is searching for the Lord and has good will, then who am I to judge him?".

[@chiefjetsonofflare5329]

Evan ` He is an older human when there was good

[@jx2729]

It means a white person in Maori New Zealand language

[@AbombsinAdam]

As he is introduced the band plays the most STUNNING jazz remix of Beethovens symphony no 7 and that saxophone is absolutely flawless. Stunning

[@anthonyleyva]

I was hoping I wasn't the only one who noticed and appreciated that!

[@FelicisFelix]

That was my favorite part of the video!

[@zafnatpaneaj4992]

First he played Juan Perón and now Jorge Bergoglio. Jonathan Pryce is a remarkable actor. Greetings from Buenos Aires!!!

[@joannix]

And both from Argentina!

[@amondadias]

I thought his Spanish was really well done, also loved him as Bergolio

[@Alfonso162008]

@@amondadias I haven't watched the movie yet, but I've heard his spanish parts were dubbed by an argentinian actor because he couldn't quite make up the accent.

[@amondadias]

@@Alfonso162008 good trivia. If It is true he lyp synced very good. Watch the movie, man, I really enjoyed the experience and I think you will like it

[@Alfonso162008]

@@amondadias It doesn't mean he didn't know spanish, just that his accent wasn't the correct one lol But yeah, I haven't had the time to watch it yet, but I want to.

[@bellanasable]

Jonathan Pryce is the Pope’s lost twin brother. The resemblance is striking

[@dafrasier1]

A good actors reputation destroyed by portraying a Pedophile Pope. mcg-truth.blogspot

[@eclosion6940]

Undoubtedly, such a loving face.

[@dafrasier1]

@@eclosion6940 a loving insertion." a Cardinal said, children look to us for love. raping children is not love.

[@eclosion6940]

@@dafrasier1 What does it have to do with what I said ? Pope Francis is not a pederast ? There are people inside or outside the catholic church that rape children. During the reign of Pope John Pope II, him and Ratzinger, just do not punish that kind of bad conduct. That's why Ratzinger could not go on being a Pope. The scandal was too big. But there is people like that everywhere even between family and friends.

[@dafrasier1]

@@kmax4668 Guilty.

[@madyjules]

Some of the best performances I’ve ever seen. When their characters are locked in conversation both Pryce and Hopkins rise to and meet the occasion like two maestros. All in all, beautiful film w/ strength to include painful facts of humanity’s terrible flaws

[@rumblefish9]

Just finished watching it and its a marvelous piece of cinema. Much of it is just the two of them having a conversation but you are absolutely captivated every second of it. Its not preachy at all (if you're worried about that). For non-Catholics its a behind-the-scenes look. For Catholics, its something special. Plus, its quite funny.

[@fernandodiazriverojimenez5475]

Rotten Apple I've read your comment in another video! Very true anyways. It's an amazing film!

[@V4rnier]

And, for both, unfortunately, the majority of these dialogues are ficctional. Pope Benedict XVI and the former Cardinal Bergoglio didn't even are intimous friends, like it was pictured in the movie

[@mexicanongames5275]

Varnier exactly, but the dialogue is all based on their beliefs and the books that they wrote and its more of a “this is what would happen” if the two popes were to debate and argue about all things related to the church

[@V4rnier]

@@mexicanongames5275 Yeah, but you must agree with me that exists a huge gab between inferrences of the director and "based on real facts" Also, the image of an arrogant benedictus just don't match, we can see this clearly after analyzing his first speech "...a simple, humble worker in the Lord's vineyard. I am comforted by the fact that the Lord knows how to work and act even with insufficient instruments."

[@V4rnier]

@@mexicanongames5275 Also I highly recommend the reading of one benedict's article about global economy. You can easly find it on google by typing ARTICLE BY THE HOLY FATHER BENEDICT XVI IN THE FINANCIAL TIMES.

[@adrianav.7713]

"I watched a youtube" idk why but that was so....innocent and cute lol

[@imranhq13]

internet have changed everyone

[@ChickenBond2]

Incredibly underrated actor!

[@RuskoKain]

He is to old and boring: Yawn, and he is from GoT: Ew, ew, ew

[@RuskoKain]

@Go Hyuck Yourself Sorry, when I hear about childish actors/actresses from GoT, it just makes me wanna dissing them

[@crazyforcoffee5950]

ChickenBond2 he was a brilliant villain in tomorrow never dies

[@bobbarker7351]

@@crazyforcoffee5950 TRUE~~~~

[@heresthedealio3520]

RuskoKain Than why are you here?

[@Suiram82]

This interview was great. Not your typical late night stuff, but an actual conversation.

[@antoniorebutada5495]

I've seen it and it was outstanding.. these two men should be hailed as living legends in the field of acting..

[@ritaturner368]

I love Jonathon’s voice, he was great in Jumping Jack Flash.

[@annemariehayden623]

I adored the two popes. It was very humorous as well which I wasn’t expecting.

[@mdrakic]

Intro music: Beethoven's 7th Symphony, 2nd movement 🥰

[@PaulHughes01]

I was trying to think where it was from! Thank you! Would have bothered me for days. One that note, was there a relationship between it and Pryce?

[@mdrakic]

@@PaulHughes01 you are so welcome. Relationship, not that I am aware of.

[@TheGRRGIRL]

Wasn’t this in The King’s Speech?

[@thiagonunes4294]

thanks bro!!

[@kaloyanvelikov1821]

I went down the comments just for this! Appreciate it! :)

[@shreyav.mishra9414]

This is what Tom Felton will look like when he ages

[@n.e9364]

Tom Felton looks older than Pryce

[@KaizerMan]

He looked like Spielberg to me. I was staring for a good 15 seconds wondering who the dude reminded me of.

[@himeshoney]

Shreya v.mishra Draco Malfoy in 2053

[@fannishfanning160]

All British males seem to look the same. Case in point: Jude Law, Tom Felton, Jonathan Pryce...

[@KaizerMan]

ShalakumX Simba I’m British and I agree. I think the other guy was just making a (bad) joke involving a few examples

[@ssnoc]

Fantastic movie, Hopkins and Pryce should BOTH be awarded the Academy Award - The Two Popes is the Best movie in years 👏👏

[@sakitrain7766]

I've said this once and I'll say it again, regardless of religion/faith/practices or lack of, you should watch this movie. It is incredible! They made two highly regarded practically untouchable beings to humans. 👏👏👏

[@SiamWoodShop]

I remember Jonathan attending grammar school in North Wales at the same time as I did

[@throbbn]

I'd like to hear more of this..

[@RuckusDetritus]

Yes some anecdotes please!

[@seanthomas5303]

This was such a good show. It was, for me, a reminder of how people can be open with other and find common humanity even in the face of stark political disagreement. And how one can change one's own mind through those relationships and not be quite so hard or jaded.

[@PetProjects2011]

Both of them were on Whose Line is it Anyway? Jonathan Pryce was on the original British version, and Stephen was on the 1st season of the American version.

[@bmwloco]

If you have never seen "Brazil" run to whatever you have and see it. Terry Gilliam at his best. And Robert Dinero. Pryce is brilliant in it.

[@AlbertoFolres]

Robert Dinero in spanish would be Roberto Money

[@nickdouglas736]

@@AlbertoFolres his name is de Niro

[@Alfonso162008]

@@AlbertoFolres Robert Dinero is DeNiro's greedy latin cousin 😂

[@AlbertoFolres]

@@Alfonso162008 Instead of "what's the matter with you" in Italian, he says "qué te pasa?" en argentino

[@gpeddino]

Hard to forget his role in “Unconditional Love”. Great actor.

[@Olive_O_Sudden]

His voice makes my bones vibrate.

[@fhiNkme]

Watching the two popes gave me the exact same feeling i had when i watched bohemian rhapsody. #goosebumps great actors, superb portrayals. Watching those movies feels like im part of the movie, like literally i am inside the movie

[@keatonkitsune8131]

I love the walk-on music. Beethoven's 7th symphony, 2nd movement. Can the group release a full album?

[@gflow7501]

This is a great comment. They definitely quoted this movement several times in GOT for the High Sparrow scenes, so I bet the band was nodding to Djawadi, too.

[@jobsmine]

Two brilliant actors... love them! it was a brilliant brilliant movie. Beautifully shot, great acting by both, cinematography and score was mesmerizing. I hope they win their Oscars nomination.

[@fatherofchickens7951]

I watched this movie this morning. I was blown away at how much I loved it!

[@clebertduarte]

What a great movie and brilliant performance... I just can't get over it! Jonathan Pryce was phenomenal!!!

[@UnopinionatedBystander2393]

He's my favorite actor- FIrst! Then Al, then Deniro. But Jonathan...#1!

[@invernessfan3017]

Pryce is a great actor, from Wales. Hopkins and Pryce were great in the Two Popes film. Two great Welsh actors.

[@reneemoreno8030]

Excellent portrayal in this movie. Flawless performance by both"Popes". Nice man

[@chongyoumoicarlot9692]

Excellent both actors who play the two popes!excellent movie!

[@karajame636]

Just watched two popes last night. Jonathan Pryce Is such an excellent actor. He deserves an Oscar!

[@MyRisaT]

He was amazing in this role and I hope he wins but if he doesn't win, he's already a winner in doing this role greatly 👏👏🤗🤗

[@gigikay1734]

Excellent actor. No way around it 👏👏👏

[@lisadee4490]

give him a Golden Globe and Oscar already! he deserves it he came long way

[@lft3636]

i will always remember him as the Engineer in Miss Saigon.

[@robouser2838]

My favorite roll of his was in "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen"

[@YestinyIgloo]

What a great and often forgotten movie that was.

[@briangarrow448]

A little known cinematic classic! One of my favorite movies.

[@kevinm.1565]

Took over for John Lithgow on Broadway in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. I got to see it a few times, and he was hysterical, brilliant, sharp, great vocals!

[@arlanfellgerpilpil2234]

His reaction on Ricky Gervais' joke about Ronan Farrow was epic. He just can't take it. 🤣🤣🤣😆😆😆😂😂😂

[@shadyyam2488]

idk why he was offended he seems like a nice genuine guy in my opinion

[@Forge17]

I’d still like to hear him say “hello mr. Bond” one more time. Or maybe “Elizabeth!? What are you doing?”

[@berglettemom6045]

We watched the movie over Christmas, and loved it. Just delightful.

[@badmanskill1112]

"When you're white, you're number 1" - Stephen Colbert 2019 Shouldn't be taken out of context.

[@eatmeskivys]

The guys a fu^kin goof!

[@badmanskill1112]

@@eatmeskivys Lol. Who's a goof? SC? Dem fightin words on site where I'm from. Lol.

[@jayl.6960]

It shouldn't be taken out of context. Don't over read it.

[@midlifeinprogress]

It definitely should not be taken out of context. He meant the sash - or whatever the belt thing is called - and yes, if it's white, you are numero uno. It was actually funny the way he said it. *I'm catholic and I laughed.

[@late8641]

The intro music was Beethoven's 7th symphony, 2nd movement. I love their appreciation towards classical music.

[@joelhenderson4450]

He’s like Gene Hackman, amazing range, humble and he’ll know when to quit.

[@mrsmith9031]

2 Welsh actors, 1 South Walian, 1 North Walian, pretty big achievemnt for Welsh acting, they could have got Michael Sheen in somehow,

[@departmentofdate2263]

He’s great in the new Knives Out film.

[@joannix]

@@departmentofdate2263 I think you are mistaken. Mr. Pryce is not part of Knives out.

[@SilkyC]

BEETHOVEN! ..............that is all I could listen to Jon Baptiste and stay human play it over and over and over again I always need more - I almost wish that when guests come out to it they just stand there LOL

[@scottthompson9720]

Pryce = Iconic villains in everything he stars in LEGEND

[@moalipala4030]

when you can make people cry before you even deliver your lines That's the best actor.

[@ajon6205]

Magnificent movie! Deserves and award for sure!

[@joannesferrati3076]

Saw the film on Netflix just last night...brilliant story.

[@geoffreyfeinberg9792]

He was good as a Bond Villain and Governor Swann in Pirates of the Caribbean.

[@hessu275]

High Sparrow was an interesting villain on Game Of Thrones, great actor

[@haggler]

Pryce looks like everyone! When he first walked in here I thought he was Jeremy Corbyn.

[@themadplotter]

Seen you.

[@renhoek3851]

Couldn't have been Corbyn, he actually looks smart and is smiling.

[@haggler]

themadplotter - what do you mean “seen you”?

[@themadplotter]

haggler it's Jeremy Corbyns catchphrase from Bob Mortimer podcast 'athletico mince'.

[@oldahe]

Nice beethoven

[@solthas]

I want an album of that.

[@tedcragg1234]

Can you remind me which piece it is?

[@Sienn0]

@@tedcragg1234 Symphony No 7: Allegretto

[@rileymcphee9429]

Wrong! That's the song they play to build suspense in The Crown.

[@oldahe]

@@rileymcphee9429 lol

[@PinoyAkoPh]

This film made my laugh and cry! Highly recommend watching it regardless of religion!

[@sceneandseenful]

I fell in love with him as Jumping Jack Flash. The movie came out in 1986. I first watched in 1990. I was 10. I don't think it's weird. The movie is really good for a ten-year-old like me. And Whoopi and Jonathan had an amazing on-screen chemistry.

[@SuperKing604]

Saw the movie a few days ago its really good, great acting and talks about faith as the complex thing that it is.

[@AustinStonewall]

The movie works well enough within the extended interview-conversation genre (think Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy in the "Before" trilogy, or, Richard/Nixon) and, to that end, it's helpful to know that the real meat of the encounter presented is largely imagined by the film's creators. The sympathies of this story (and it appears that Pryce's personal interest) work overwhelmingly in favor of elevating/honoring Francis, but Benedict is treated with enough courtesy to engender a degree of interest throughout. I think a kind of "diagnosis" of Benedict's failure(s) in leadership played central to the film: ultimately, he's found guilty of having fortified himself against reality by way of an empty intellectualism that masks his deeper fears of realizing a relational life founded on, in some essential way, transparency, vulnerability and tolerance. In this speculative context, then, a kind of willful deference to Francis is taken up by Benedict as a small act meant to communicate volumes (humility overcoming pride, naivete prayerfully seeking reform, etc.) and that becomes the angle by which traditionalists, conservatives, right-wingers and the like are implicitly invited - albeit, very late in the runtime - into the "crescendo" of the film. It didn't work for me, but Colbert didn't necessarily lie by calling it a "beautiful film." I'd be curious to see if a fellow KZbinr would be interested in any further dialogue?

[@sdfkjgh]

2:58 Now I wanna hear an _Under Milk Wood_ H. P. Lovecraft mashup, called Under Milk Wood's Floorboards.

[@rebecca5303]

Colonel Peron!

[@pamelaroyce5285]

Jonathan Pryce deserves the Academy Award for Best Actor for this role. I have seen the movie twice and I am not a Catholic.

[@janetllaverias5511]

Great actor! That was the role of his life!

[@monicacall7532]

The movie is wonderful and Pryce is absolutely amazing. If you haven’t seen it do yourself a favor and see it!

[@pikachuuprising637]

He nailed the accent.

[@flannerymonaghan-morris1317]

How cute is Jonathan here? Fell in love with his acting in Brazil. No wonder why he is the go to guy for Terry Gilliam movies.

[@crwnofenlightenment]

Loved him in "Tomorrow Never Dies".

[@Birdbike719]

Looking forward to this movie.

[@SiamWoodShop]

Watched it last night. Glued to the screen for the whole movie

[@Birdbike719]

@@SiamWoodShop Watched it tonight. Very good.

[@JJJameson.]

Amazing

[@hatboxghost735]

Was a wonderful film, captures the humanity of the papacy.

[@KaizerMan]

J.J Jameson Two Popes did more for this city than Spider-Man ever did

[@edwardwilliams2438]

The English seem to age well. Jonathan looks good...I still remember him from Brazil.....one of my favorite movies. Plus I loved him in the James Bond movie...eating and chewing up the scenery. A really great actor...Sir Anthony as well.

[@Mugdorna]

He is actually Welsh, (as is Sir Anthony) but I see what you meant.

[@WalesTheTrueBritons]

@@GwladYrHaf only because their education systems focused on all things Anglo. And not the all the UK countries.

[@WalesTheTrueBritons]

Welsh pal...completely different people. The English are Germanic in origin - The Welsh are Gallo-Brythonic. Others Welsh actors include but aren't limited to... Michael Sheen Matthew Rhys Tom Ellis Tom Cullen Matt Ryan Iwan Rheon Ioan Gruffydd Rhys Ifans Richard Burton Gwilym Lee Taron Egerton

[@JRRLewis]

@@WalesTheTrueBritons Oscar-winner Ray Milland, Emlyn Williams, Stanley Baker, Catherine Zeta-Jones if you're including actresses...

[@beafreeall7953]

watched the movie thought it might get boring...not at all...great acting going on there...

[@elvillian]

What an amazing movie, his acting was breathtaking. Thanks!!!

[@Nominay]

Jonathan Pryce was also River Phoenix's last co-star.

[@ConservativeAnthem]

He also invented Pryce is Right.

[@readsomebooks666]

“But he signs his own emails as Sir No. 2” 🤣

[@vanessagarcia7515]

Just saw the movie! Absolutely wonderful!

[@lazyperfectionist1]

“Many a long dispute among divines may be thus abridged: It is so; It is not so. It is so; it is not so.” -Benjamin Franklin

[@christoohunders5316]

Sublime piece of art, amazing comedian.

[@YestinyIgloo]

Brazil is my favorite movie of all time. La la la la la la la.

[@ephiesmusic]

What a great actor!

[@JeevesReturns]

Several times during this interview I mumbled “Steven, please just shut up and let him talk”!

[@RP-kr2mg]

Colbert is one of the listeners tbf, along with Graham Norton

[@wyattwahlgren8883]

0:21 is a reference to the second movement of Beethoven's 7th symphony.

[@somhaud]

I was gonna say lmao caught me off guard

[@Magnetron33]

Thanks for the Luwig Van, Jon! The 7th is my fave. I have the November1951 CD of The NBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Maestro Toscanini at Carnegie Hall. It is stunning!

[@Bella_Mar]

He's astounding in the role

[@rysachibana1486]

He will always be the Engineer for me.

[@thephoenixgamingnetwork]

Haunted Honeymoon was an amazing role he played as well! Him beating his cousin Larry is the best!

[@violetmulero3810]

a MUST WATCH!!!

[@gemmndz]

He did an excellent job being the Pope❤ love the movie😍

[@themadplotter]

Has anybody seen Lowry? I say has ANYBODY SEEN SAM LOWRY?

[@hostilesamurai]

Pryce for best actor and hopkins for the supporting. I think sir anthony would be so happy to be at the sideline and let a friend get the greater glory. As so, in this film.

[@JJJameson.]

This band introduction was pretty Father John Misty-esque

[@growingmelancholy8374]

I was Pope once, it's not easy, but it is rewarding.

[@shawnross3521]

I absolutely adore his performance in affair of the necklace 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@thetowerfantasymusic]

This is the new Godfather, what gigantic performances !!!!

[@skipjackjohnson5528]

Wins two golden globes..... "Can I go now?"

[@franciscondon1902]

21st movie people- Wow this guy would make a great Bond villain. 90s movie people- He was.

[@imranhq13]

underrated comment, take my bump brother

[@saimcheeda93]

I just watched Glengarry Glen Ross. He was great in it

[@lazyperfectionist1]

"If you do this, you will damage the Papacy forever." In 1378, there occurred in Europe a split within the Catholic Church between two papacies. One was in Avignon, France, and the other was in Rome, Italy. Each pope had an interpretation of the Bible that indicated his papacy as the one that was true and the other's as the one that was false. Each pope excommunicated the other's followers for being so easily misled. This schism (known as the Western Schism) persisted until 1417 when it was resolved by the Council of Constance. Now did this schism _damage_ the Papacy? Perhaps. This question is beyond the scope of this comment. If it did, was the damage _permanent?_ No. That's ridiculous. I would go so far as to say that if a papacy can recover from _that,_ it can _easily_ recover from a pope _retiring._

[@rumblefish9]

They bring that up in the movie. You should watch it.

[@zombiekush760]

Umm this is a true and we already know what happens in real life. Lol. You didn't need to write all that.

[@eclosion6940]

Wonderful job, such a great actor.

[@marymatthews678]

He played Peron on Evita - really top notch actor.

[@skybluegarza2353]

I just saw the movie and Jonathan and Anthony 👏 👏