Michael Fassbender Interview | Screen Test | The New York Times

The emerging star talks about movies that influenced him and his obsession with TV theme songs.
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[@patricorno]

i love all of his four thousand teeth

[@louhargreaves1787]

I love this comment! haha!

[@Whoopdewhoo]

HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

[@Suebee29]

lmao

[@IndieCindy3]

I’m HOWLING! 😂

[@AA-mi4zg]

Made me chuckle.

[@AudreySelking]

Oh I love this man, he seems genuinely kind and interesting, and idk how he always pulls off every role so well. Literally a gem.

[@hmicky-mickey]

Settle down, drink some water for the thirst and your celebrity worship.

[@LisaWatsonFilm]

he's sooooo adorable with his sounds

[@asiansual]

Love everything about him. His acting, his whole entire body, his charm, his accent! Awwwhhh... I could just faint!

[@EmyGuaita]

I'm pretty sure that in the not too distant future this man will be certainly one of the best actors in the industry, not only for his acting talent, has a magnificent personalities, it's smart, sexy and a gentleman! just perfect.

[@Mintie365]

agreed!

[@Marquiselee1371]

You predicted the future lol

[@charliedays]

He IS NOW!🙂

[@abdullahenani9670]

literally predicted it as it is now

why has he disappeared for a while now ? he was in some great films. i hope the killer changes things !!

[@mikia4641]

He's so.... interesting! I just think he's one of those people you wish you knew better!

[@IceJJAnh]

His sound affects, literally amazing especially the bird one.

[@pro_master-en7dr]

I love him. I never knew how funny he is.

[@underbluemoonisawyou]

when he started singing the theme songs i fell in love.

[@joesquinn9517]

I first saw Michael in Jane Eyre 2011 which was shown in our literature class. It was such an amazing feeling to slowly fall in love with Michael Fassbender as Mr. Rochester. Still to this day, my love for him has never changed nor will it ever change! 😭❤

[@joanmcdermott6798]

Jane Eyre was one of my favorite books as a young girl. I always remembered Mr. Rochester!

[@user-oc1ps1dt5n]

Me too~~~Mr.Rochester! ♡

[@tututindah8470]

Me too

[@sclogse1]

He really brought it for X-Men First Class. He's the emotional center of the film, and along with the rest of the cast, a powerful script, and the spectacular realism of John Dykstra's special effects, the film is a huge success. Fassbinder is the guy to watch.

[@KionPapita]

oh boy, i never get tired of him! he's so ... perfect!

[@bobs2929]

Michael has it so going on. Love, love, love him. Can't get enough of him.

[@claybyrd5722]

i just got fired for watching this at work ..... with my clothes off

[@kirsty-marie]

clay byrd 😂👍

[@Thumbelllina]

hahahahahaa made my day

[@luthienrocks]

Bahaha I wish it were true

[@jahidlm7910]

Hmmm i kinda understand your action

[@santoast3018]

Okay

[@bethanyholton4718]

Just got back from watching 12 Years A Slave. His performance is hauntingly real, a true actor right here!

[@emmafraid5577]

the gadfother

[@Mintie365]

Amaryllis Kalliga Gah he's such a dork

[@BarackObama-ti4mf]

yeah he just said that.

[@Eternelspotlessmind]

I love all Fassy's movies... He is really heartbreaking in Hunger...

[@jevonmahoney]

+Eternelspotlessmind Aye :) an amazing film and depiction of that time in Ireland

[@jevonmahoney]

+Eternelspotlessmind Aye :) an amazing film and depiction of that time in Ireland

[@tefron]

+Eternelspotlessmind "Fassy"

[@spider-woman6789]

"I think that's a robin red-breast" never fails to make me laugh for some reason

[@brendamargareth3994]

look at his face, how could you NOT love him??

[@EvelynAlvarezDrawings]

Michael don't be afraid!, you could bite sharks with your awesome million theeth smile

[@manalcali153]

Achtung Baby

[@ad-ir3wk]

lol he does look like he has more than everybody else right!? But it’s all good 👌🏽

[@jimjimcherie]

I always enjoy watching Michael's interviews, he is surprisingly bashful. Still more often than not, my favorite interviews of him are with James McAvoy, those two truly really bring the best in each other, and truly set each other off, and are incredibly funny but thoughtful individuals. I hope to see them both in a movie again someday.

[@RainPoetry]

I love the way he says Ireland. The Irish seem to almost say i like "arr-land."

[@artetas-army5982]

ourland

[@swindle4958]

that’s the right way to pronounce it

[@sanamadio]

I could listen to that accent all day...and all night

[@thevillainwasright2601]

he sone of the best actors around, even ever

[@manalcali153]

Zachary Tyler

[@RebelRossi]

"kinda, sorta, I guess, you know, I think". Ladies and gentlemen, a somehow embarassed Michael Fassbender.

[@pumarkus1990]

Someone wrote that he often talks trough his teeth, and now i can't stop thinking about that, thank you very much..

[@Tora0dead]

Hahaha, my cat went totally crazy with the bird sounds!

[@CynthiaTHsu-nw9rq]

That’s amazing - that’s how you know how accurate it is if even cats can be fooled!

[@heyyy185]

Such a beautiful man!

[@sharixlatingirl]

He is pure love

[@AshLuvsJonnyStew]

He and McAvoy are the best things about the new X-Men, which is already awesome. Can't wait to see what he's going to do in the future :)

[@ngatiharty1]

His laugh at the end 😍 what a gorgeous specimen

[@SolidGaby]

I found myself smiling uncontrollably

[@Cheirish95]

I can see the light in his eyes when he laughs :). What a wonderfull actor.

[@SonneDeus]

Michael sort of Fassbender

[@notalkjustnails6101]

Lethal Gene with his looks he can get away with almost anything😈

[@seanbean8884]

Can't unhear it now

[@chikai.3866]

I can hear his Irish and German accent at times....sooo sexy!!!

[@LFire12]

+Chika I. What German accent? That's a pure Kerry accent.

[@shamsa6323]

well he is part german, so there is an influence.. just a tiny bit

[@briangeary5738]

@@shamsa6323 Trump is part german, too. That doesn't mean he has the accent.

[@johnkvaughan]

@@shamsa6323 one of his parents is German. That's an Irish accent

[@Oallright]

Three whiskeys!

[@coffeefortune8468]

5:08 "I like, this...birds."

[@Lastaelys]

It's 5am here, looking at the vid with the windows open and when I got to the bird part... birds started singing outside! I couldn't say which was Fassy and which were the birds!

[@zcatcracker]

Shit, his sound effects are amazing.

[@izzys66]

I might have to cry, he's so tragically, unavailably gorgeous.

[@victoria0723]

I'm watching this video for the fourth time today. I LOVE it that he always burst into some sort of singing in a interview!!

[@blaise328]

The Fassy is so charming...he doesn't even need to speak. His smile and his sound effects have done it.

[@charissecoal]

In this clip he speaks with his teeth clenched, like a ventriloquist. he doesnt open his mouth very wide. And he sounds like chewbacca at the end. Hes so hot though

[@Megski04]

Aww love his attempt at a Formula 1 car :} he's just amazing. And his performance in Shame is just oftttt! Also amazing in Prometheus!

[@randomalna]

he`s bloody fantastic! loving the sound effects.

[@Mintie365]

I would've adored pearl harbour so much more if Michael was in it! To the directors, I'm questioning your decision

[@aledih4242]

Obsessed with this man...

[@tamartauro4817]

What a man, I am in love...

[@floraposteschild4184]

He seems to be losing his Irish accent, in his American interviews anyway. Except for The God-foether. I don't know why doing a bird call is incredibly endearing here, but it is.

[@witchlvr4ever]

he's adorable

[@levioletoiseau10]

he has the cutest, most genuine smile. It's such a rare thing but he has it

[@Mark_R_Tho]

He’s so beautiful😭😭😭😭

[@louanarose]

I love his voice. It's so manly, sweet, romantic, I would melt if he would talk to me on a calm and sweet voice.

[@jskars1]

Seriously Michael Fassbender, the things your voice does to my body

[@Astralprojection23]

I love these interviews....all that New York Times has been able to do here is amazing. It feels so intimate and real. It ffeels as if you are actually talking (face to face) to the person. Thank you so much for the experience.,,

[@electrikalstorm]

amazing actor, looking forward to anything he does.

[@TheMissDeeQ]

He is just so cool....the Irish thing I guess :D Amazing actor..I was profoundly affected by his acting in Hunger...truly a star of the future!

[@Whoopdewhoo]

I think that's a robin redbreast lol

[@aurynanna9243]

He was born in Germany, moved to Ireland when he was young and lived there for most of his life, and went to drama school in England. Sometimes it's hard for people who pick up accents easily to not change as they talk. It's wonderful if you picked out all those accents yourself.

[@amirasolmaia]

Wow, he is so talented ... and so unassuming about it. God bless you, Mr. Fassbender.! ^_^

[@Renton6echo]

THANK GOD he did not get Pearl Harbor! That movie was terrible, I can't imagine what it would have done to his career.

[@Mintie365]

+Renton6echo Then again, look at Affleck. He's won two oscars (well..not for acting haha) and now he's batman. So I think he's done pretty well for himself lol

[@abispanner3957]

Wow! He would be an amazing voice actor! And he could do sound effects!! 😃😃😃

[@B501M]

the bird sounds!!! omg

[@lauzziemarie]

Michael Fassbender is one of those rare gems in movies these days ... Such an incredibly talented man.

[@remaininginlight]

I'm not even gay and I find him incredibly charismatic and dare i say it, handsome... oh shit, maybe I am gay.

[@EvelynAlvarezDrawings]

I made myself a ringtone for sms in my cellphone with "the birdie sounds", and my family and cat thought that I was introduced one into the house!!!

[@Superchicka8]

I'm so glad I kept this issue of the New York Times...it's much more of a treat to hear the interview rather than reading it... he's flawless

[@Dannielle247]

Michael Fassbender is something else. I couldn't want anything more, so amazingly talented and stupidly hot. One day I will meet this man.

[@nanelizabethjorgensen7971]

Beautiful and intellectual. A lot to love!

[@nata122]

5:27 his laugh...

[@SaraStar7373]

He kinda looks like Tom hiddleston in this clip

[@thegoodsis8994]

He is absolutely adorable and so very charming and talented! And that mimicry was so good; when he did the bird call it woke my cat up and he started stalking around my room looking for the bird. xD

[@edzh-huihuang9525]

He has a special outstanding charm in films.Really enjoy his performance.

[@308766088]

i never had a celebrity crush until he came along

[@grlsbstfrnds]

I've loved this guy since I saw him in the TV show "Hex". GORGEOUS AND TALENTED!!!

[@dialectcoachesadmin2494]

Michael Fassbender was raised in County Kerry, Ireland.

[@Attalia]

Whenever I watch him I just alwys find myself drawn into those eyes of his, as if their beaconing me, drowning me...

[@comicblossoms]

This man.

[@keeperofthecheese]

Be the next James Bond please!!

[@gublue24]

He is so awesome, I love his sound effects haha

[@FutureDoesntNeedU]

hahaha i love him doing the sounds omgg

[@sarahmcquade544]

His accent is so interesting and wonderful. As is he. Obviously.

[@warsteshire]

OMG I wanna melt into those eyes ... AND THAT SMILE SOOOOOO HOOOOOT

[@ayllasousa]

Michael has such a nice sense of humor!

[@sweetrupturedlight]

His accent was so unexpected because im so used to hearing him with a british accent ala Hex. Argh! He is so beautiful! Totally love MF and im so excited his career is soaring right now!

[@TheKuatrech]

An amazing actor..and so down to earth. Hope he won't change with all the fame coming his way. Seems passionate and haunting on screen. Doesn't look 35 thought but so attractive. Look forward to his next movies

[@MissCommo]

his sound effects were on point

[@TheKuatrech]

4.57 sooooo unique!! Sound machine!

[@xdanierox]

His voice, his face, his eyes, his smile, his EVERYTHING *__*

[@jadedfaded2955]

his formula 1 fail at the end is so funny !

[@emilygracey]

Watch out, Michael Winslow! He's just too adorable for words!

[@kristensegina7703]

This guy is heavenly...can't stop smiling watching this.

[@dooliloo21]

Pierce Brosnan - Irish Sean Connery - Scottish George Lazenby - Aussie Timothy Dalton - Welsh ... need I say more?

[@queskribes]

I LOVE THIS GUY. He's so unexpectedly cooky!

[@KeshenMac]

HIS SOUND EFFECTS!!!!!!!!

[@englove369]

He's damn gorgeous! He's also a huge fricken' weirdo, I love it. lol

[@theyoungwaves]

underrated yet brilliant. and I like the fact that the 3 movies he mentioned are all starring Al Pacino

[@grobanowa]

what a voice !!!!!!!!!

[@rhombus0ne]

holy crap. those sound effects!!

[@giselejames]

i hope he does more interviews ,, like on american talk shows etc,,, I NEED MORE OF HIMMM

[@jahidlm7910]

Gosh helped me i think i fall in love with this man