Norman Reedus Talks About "The Bikeriders" Movie

Millions know Norman Reedus as "Daryl Dixon" from "The Walking Dead," and now he's starring as "Funny Sunny" in the new movie "The Bikeriders". We sit down for a chat to discuss his role in the film and his extensive experience on motorcycles.

[@canyoncrows7764]

Interviewer clearly hasn’t done his homework. Reedus was fixing bikes when he was spotted by a talent agency. He was a biker long before being an actor

[@Ac22768]

Kevin Duke sucks. Same thing happened with Tom Hardy’s interview.

[@ABoyandHisDog-pd3lb]

He killed it. The movie is going to end up a legitimate American Classic. It sooooooo good!

[@corymcarter6405]

lol yz 80 that’s the bike my friend had,a few rides,I was hooked,I’m 52 now,been riding ever since

[@That1E_K1129]

I think we all started on a yamaha my first experience was an 86 yz80 back in 1990. I sat on it, revved it, dump the clutch and landed on my ass. Did that about 8 or 15 times until I got the hang and it was game over at that point 😂

[@hwy6163]

I just loaded up on all available videos and movies by Norman. He was great in this movie.

[@MovieTrailerDatabase]

I so can not wait to see the first trailer for HAVOC. The movie Hardy has done with Gareth Edwards.

[@captainbulge7360]

I wanna know if he comes to Australia please 🙏🏼 🇦🇺

[@johnblassingame6675]

What's up with a boondocks saints 3 bro?

[@matthewkolling1651]

Just saw the movie! Made by and for good people

[@steelparagon5868]

What a terrible movie. Biggest disappointment of the year

[@frekitheravenous516]

For those who don't know, this club is based on the Outlaws MC. "Funny Sonny" was a Hells Angel from California. He spent a lil time with the Outlaws in the midwest prior to the Angels and Outlaws going to war with one another. There's a famous pic of him riding on the back of an OL's bike. Both wearing their colors.

[@TheRealMediaMan]

Haven’t seen the film yet but I was wondering if that was the 81 sonny This is great. Can’t wait to see it

[@Blahhhhhh156]

Yeah the movie shows just how stupid disgusting pos these people were

[@stomper2888]

to bad funny sonny couldn't stop the war from happening hells angels shoukd have never patched over the hells henchmen but it is what it is

[@lylelehmann3608]

so where is the pic at i looked it up and nothing

[@stomper2888]

@@lylelehmann3608 demons row did a short on it and the thumbnail is the picture u wanna see look up demons row then go to the shorts hes a small dude with a helmet that has a spike like a German ww1 helmet and he is smiling

[@Mountaininthesea]

Wish he had a bigger part but loved what he did with his time on screen, great cast

[@michael-4k4000]

What about that dreamy Michale Shannon ?

[@blakeadams8570]

Norman is a legitimate motorcycle rider. Looking forward to his part as a club member in the sixties from California

[@Carlinisalive]

So is Tom

[@mikeskidmore6754]

California before it became Commifornia .

[@RobertPerrette942]

Throwback film with great actors. Gives you the CC Rider feel of the 60’s and early 70’s and the Billy Jack era. Looking forward to this film. 👍👍

[@joeydirty6112]

Absolutely! Tom and Norman are great actors! Tom is a beast! I put him up there with Leo as the best!

[@SherKhan-b1kes]

Great to see Norman doing what he loves 😉

[@Sapmok1]

Real Funny Sonny passed away in 2010. He was a good friend and he was a great fan of weddings, he remarried about ten times. I've read a post about him, written by his friend.

[@richardashwood5771]

Funny Sonny was quite the character. He was from a breed that we’ll never see again. I saw an interview where he said y some young HA members beat him up and took all of his memorabilia from his apartment. What a total lack of respect towards a true legend. He was a true Hells Angel. It looks like Norman has his character down perfect. RIP Funny Sonny.

[@Sapmok1]

@@richardashwood5771 I guess, I've read about it... Wasn't it a story that he was at the bar without any signs of him being a part of 81MC and he saw some guys flying 81 patches, so he told them he is a retired 81 and that started a brawl?

[@RebGaming]

@@richardashwood5771 he kind of didn't. My father never had teeth like that. Norman decided he wanted it. My Mom was wife number 2 I belive.

[@jarreddobbs6800]

Wow thats awesome i bet you know alot of great stories about his time riding with clubs @@RebGaming

[@RebGaming]

@@jarreddobbs6800 I do, all of my siblings have a little bit to tell. :) and there are a lot of us lol 😆

[@rodneyadderton1077]

Reedus is correct on the spontaneous rides. Or anything for that matter. Plans never seem to work out.

[@sallydumbrell9446]

Looks like a cool movie .Great actors.

[@joecrone9862]

Loved how period correct all the scooters and even the cages seemed. Awesome job of re-creating such a perfect time capsule. Absolutely loved it!

[@mallshopper8948]

Wow what an awesome interview. My man from The boondock saints!

[@That1E_K1129]

You have alot of catching up if you only remember him from boondocks saints. He's in alot of other really good movies. Not counting the walking dead, but I'm looking forward to seeing this. His demeanor tends to be the same in all of his roles. That's why I love em. He is kind of a 1 dimensional actor and makes the roles his. Ain't no missing that voice 😂

[@mallshopper8948]

@@That1E_K1129 thanks for the information

[@tomrodgers6629]

" it's nice to meet some proper fuck ups" That's a T-Shirt.🤣

[@Bfettrules]

For such little screen time, he owned his scenes.

[@buckskin64]

He looks like a old woman with no makeup 😵‍💫

[@gordorr9259]

Most people don't know this back in the 1960's over ten thousand bikers showed in Vancouver, Canada and overwhelmed the city with mayhem and endless partying....I know this after talking to a retired cop who couldn't believe what he was seeing. He said he was going to write a book about it.

[@dustinswarb9190]

I grew up around bikers. ❤ I knew a guy who made his body completely custom himself and he even made a suicide clutch out of a handle bar. Shit was FIRE🔥🤘

[@velvetjones8634]

I bought an 73 Ironhead from an old 1%er. He had made the air cleaner housing out of an old drive-in movie theater speaker box. It was dope.

[@Windblown]

I can't believe the question "What's the fastest you've ever been on a motorcycle?" was asked... SMH.

[@pjofurey6239]

Reedus is the real deal, too many of these theme films use some spoilt little actor or actress , in the MC world these types stink themselves out in five seconds , film looks good ,cheesy as hell

[@michealstotten3741]

Norman is alot of fun to watch

[@DanielDraper-ki4hr]

Love Norman, he seems like a real guy.

[@liamwinchesterchasten2229]

He is

[@bull419]

Norman there's a new invention called shampoo.

[@Groovy-z3x]

This is how I picture a biker to look like.

[@mindbomb2000]

Great interview. I really liked how it didn't seem like a publicity piece. I mean, we all know what these media days are for, but this seemed like it went beyond just that. And, in fact, for a movie like this works much better.

[@moriancumersanchez1852]

Anyone think that Norman looks like an older Louis Tomlinson?

[@GasolineroMoto]

I got an invite from HD and went to the premiere last night (video up on the channel). Really enjoyed the film. Could have had more action at times, but certainly worth watching. 🤘🏻

[@balut2010]

How did the interviewer not know that Norman is a legit motorcycle guy? He literally has a show where he rides around, and he talks about how on the walking dead he rode around the back country after they cut filming for the day like everyday...

[@twowheeldanger]

The interviewer literally mentioned Reedus' show...

[@ono147]

more amazing is a lot of you have no idea who David Duke is, no slouch around machines

[@stevem-h5e]

This is Milwaukee-Chicago in mid-60's. I list Milwaukee first, because the Brew City dominated at that time. Hells Angels were wannabes from the Chicago burbs. Check out Danny Lyon's "The Bikeriders" on which the movie is based. There's a reason most of the bikes shown have Wisconsin plates.

[@BENNY-CROSS.VANDALS-CHICAGO]

FUNNY SONY

[@Paul20661]

seeing it friday as a biker myself cant wait

[@ilovemycat1575]

Just saw the movie for my birthday today, it was great!! Won’t give any spoilers, but definitely a must see!! 🏍️❤️😎

[@MrNeilg71]

Awful and awfully long film - a silly, cartoonish depiction of the era / bike gang culture. Tom Hardy did extremely well with a terrible script, the charismatic Norman Reedus suddenly appeared on screen looking like he was attending a biker gang themed dress-up party - terrible wig and aviators, like he'd been given a biker combo costume pack from K-Mart. Austin Butler, beautiful man, but his character's brooding persona bordered on that of a perpetually sulking child. From beginning to end, the whole movie was tedious and just trying way too hard to be cool.

[@samdion4851]

I want everyone to know, Atlanta to Memphis is like 6 hours

[@Tywaz.Longshadow]

Norman Reedus...what an authentic baller.

[@freedom_rock18]

An he’s married to Diane Kruger she’s. A babe

[@stevedavis2473]

It comes out here in Australia on Thursday. I can't wait to see it.

[@RebGaming]

My dad was Funny Sonny, I love Norman Reedus but my father is depicted wrong.

[@Marko-bh3pl]

How so?

[@RebGaming]

@@Marko-bh3pl he did not look like that, ever. Norman states he wanted to make my father look like that. My father's teeth were never rotted out. His hair never looked like that, even when long, this is supposed to be 1965, my Dad was the most clean cut looking biker lol. In the 70s he wore a beard long for a bit of time, but mostly when he did have facial hair, he had a goatee.

[@Marko-bh3pl]

@@RebGaming I understand why you want to respect your father's appearance if he didn't look like that but Norman clearly states he didn't want to look like the other pretty boy actors, so he went with the dirty look on purpose. From what I've seen so far your dad seemed like a badass biker guy I don't think they were trying to give him a bad rep.

[@RebGaming]

@@Marko-bh3pl I understand that, but its not your Dad, it's not his Dad, it's mine. I just want people know the truth.

[@raven_willow__]

​@RebGaming If you listen to the interview again he even says at the beginning that there's a whole bunch of good looking guys and he wants to be the complete opposite in the movie. So he wanted to make the character look like how he wanted him to. So he's literally saying that he wanted to make the character look different. So that means he didn't want to look like your father If you were saying your father was clean cut like the other guy's He said he didn't want to look like that for the character.

[@michealstotten3741]

Cool thing about 1 percent guys. They're all cool until u piss them off

[@Laura-fp6hg]

I love Norman so much

[@christopherpeterson8248]

Anyway to get a direct line of message to Norman would be kindly appreciated.

[@Oulboy58]

The most disappointing movie I've seen so far this year.

[@tomdonahue4224]

Best movie since Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

[@pretrip67]

Nice to see this video about the bike riders. Lame

[@sitindogmas]

im a 46 year old father of 8 and a Daryl fanboy, sad, i know

[@doctyler3150]

He's a motorcycle journalist.......

[@BlueHeelerDad]

I had a YZ 80!

[@CodySkidmorenh]

Daryl Dixon's dad

[@davidhaynes3126]

Yeah, loved the teeth.

[@michealstotten3741]

Norman seems like a genuinely real biker

[@liamwinchesterchasten2229]

He is

[@CirilloRuca]

He is.

[@Thinwater]

He looked like Hyde (sp?) from "That 70's show"

[@deadpoo-poo4497]

If they ever make Biker Mice from Mars live action one day, they should totally cast Austin Butler as Throttle/ Norman Reedus as Vinnie/ Tom Hardy as Modo

[@rfisher79]

This is Painful, the kid clearly didn't do their homework...

[@yoshit9819]

Awesome

[@lazn9863]

watched the film...nothing special i expected more from tom hardi

[@loudpockets90]

They had me ..as soon as I saw that California bottom rocker

[@kumpircan]

Norman drove motocyle 8 years of series Walking Dead..

[@michaelleonard1491]

Maybe 150. My beautiful yamaha r6 hold my beer

[@mydogharley2010]

The worse movie i have ever seen. Talk about a flop

[@jameschanin]

Some of this is based on my ex-girlfriend's father he wanted to quit the chapter that he helped started. He ran away to Florida when they tried to shoot him & killed his girlfriend He was 19 years old

[@deadpoo-poo4497]

Cool story, what happen then?

[@jameschanin]

@@deadpoo-poo4497 he cut his hair that was down to his ass off, change his name & became a mechanic, he died years ago, I only saw 1 picture of him. she told me this in 2007 when I met her.

[@deadpoo-poo4497]

@@jameschanin Wait, Benny also becomes a mechanic by the end of this movie. Could this be him?

[@jameschanin]

@@deadpoo-poo4497 yes we believe it was I haven't see the movie yet

[@jameschanin]

@@deadpoo-poo4497 he died years ago he change his name cut his hair that was down to his ass I only saw 1 picture of him.

[@williamking1554]

bet the leftys arent gonna like it

[@robertservice2845]

Haha politics!

[@CirilloRuca]

This lefty liked it. Just watch the movie and be quiet man.

[@Muhammadtime]

Great movie. Chicago baby 🎉😊

[@Bullet115]

This is the worst interviewer I’ve ever seen

[@thewebstylist]

Wow what a life dude has led n lives

[@6538970]

Need more movies like this in this woke azz culture

[@CirilloRuca]

You don't know what woke is. Be quiet.

[@RobertCash-sy7lp]

Scorman sceedus

[@waynewhangarei]

New Zealand lehsgoo

[@dianamengel9059]

I loved the movie

[@1badfxdwg]

He gets it

[@Bazravish69]

Jesus what a shit movie. The title is laughable, and Try-Hardy is doing a bad Brando impression. And the less said about Butler the better.

[@lylelehmann3608]

watch SOA its way better

[@danstevens4307]

Too bad he doesn't seem to know the difference between a 'jocky-shift' & a 'suicide-clutch' ....

[@ozzie444]

He had a tank shifter, not a suicide shifter. I couldn't tell very well from this video clip but most likely he had a rocker clutch. Harleys never came equipped stock with a suicide clutch but some were modified to use a suicide clutch, which wasn't a very good mod to do cuz it could get a guy into a dangerous situation, therefore the name....lol.

[@fernandomaron87]

Damn, he's starting to look older

[@ftwmotivation]

Lame

[@jamesmatheson5115]

I watched the movie last week, I got bored, thought it was average.

[@jensenatkins8936]

Dude had like 3 small scenes in the movie. Why should we care what he has to say?

[@kennysquance6689]

Had y z 80 in 86

[@louisp.3332]

Who is this interviewer that is trying so hard to show everyone he doesn't care about how he looks, which in essence, means he cares about how he looks...

[@G.I.N.N]

Stupid Movie

[@LethaWolfStudios]

How would you know? It’s not even in theaters yet.

[@peterwakeling3964]

Amazing person .keep riding bro.

[@al70s66]

I WANT TO RIDE WITH THIS MAN. SO DOWN TO EARTH A LIGIT BIKER. JUST A NORMAL GUY

[@paulstubbings645]

Kx 80.

[@Barabus-yx2cn]

This literally looks like the dumbest movie in recent history. What a joke.

[@mikelosinger7469]

Cant stand when someone wont keep eye contact with you when talking to you. Reedus did that for about 80% if this conversation.

[@robertservice2845]

He's an actor, he splits his time staring at the camera and looking at the interviewer. Like a professional.