S2 E9: Mark Rolston

[@ethanmiller3734]

Hearing this conversation. Man I wish Paxton was still alive. He would have been a great guest and even cohost.

[@telmovaz]

very true

[@seangoudarzi4268]

"DRAKE, WE ARE LEAVING!"

[@lesliewilkinson2405]

Marines, we are leaving. And the hard line, Forget him, he's gone!

[@LCplDwayneHicks]

Michael Biehn has a show!! Let’s go!! I saw Aliens at 17 and it changed my life, Corporal Hicks was my favorite!

[@thereviewartistrrp5493]

I agree and that is saying a lot because the cast is awesome. It's probably the best cast of all time. Ripley, Hudson, newt, Vasquez, and his character I forget his characters name, o yeah, and Bishop.

[@a-dev3503]

Excellent episode! Great to hear that the marines are all genuine friends all these years later.

[@chriscreativecontent]

It’s great to see this series doing so well. Really enjoying the relaxed interactions with your guests.

[@coolwill78]

Mike and Team -- this is probably my favorite episode to date! Mark Rolston has amazing stories and I appreciate his honestly about the actors he's worked with. Really fun insight!

[@cesareaugusto9677]

Terrific discussion! Mark Rolston is a god among character actors. Great to hear from him! Please have Robert Patrick on here! It'd be cool to see two icons from different spectrums of the Terminator franchise talking to each other and exchanging stories

[@hendo337]

Patrick is a good interview, from what I have seen elsewhere.

[@willisstryker2467]

"Your gonna swallow what I give ya"....😂 Shawshank Redemption.

[@conorbrosnahan5464]

54 days left gotta get Linda Hamilton on for the 40th anniversary

[@chrisf8898]

I have been a fan of michael biehn since I was kid watching Terminator and Aliens.... and it's beyond a gift to hear these guys speak about these experiences

[@Tomismyusername]

When I was eight years old, Michael Biehn was my hero. I can remember just thinking about The Terminator and Aliens films all the time. What a legend.

[@ericg1100]

Man, this podcast is something special, youve never seen so many celebrities being so candid. Its really amazing. Michael Beihn gets it out of em 😂

[@james87367]

Fantastic episode. Loved it. Mark is a great guy.

[@radgeheid]

This cat's quietly had a pretty great career. Shawshank, Aliens, Lethal Weapon 2, The Departed, that''s a dorm room's worth of posters right there! Great interview!

[@mikekillagreen9432]

Such a great interview.

[@dominicdoyle2895]

My God. What an amazing interview. Always loved bed listening to Michael chat…but Mark is effing amazing also. Two damn good gentlemen. Thank you for this. Have to send it to all my friends.

[@shaneplante936]

"Right on, Vaz..."💪

[@jimmyb79]

“You’re just too bad”

[@MarisaP1978]

@@jimmyb79 " Slaps him in the face and grins "

[@gold333]

What a great podcast! I’ve always been fascinated by the differences in Michaels’ portrayal of Hicks and Reese. Reese is this high strung, PTSD, agile, innovative soldier from the future who has seen terrible things. Hicks is a completely laid back, quiet, unfazed, rocklike character. While completely different roles, both exude that inner strength, warmth, humility and empathy. Completely devoid of ego.

[@fordy83]

Holy fuck, that Nick Nolte story is hilarious! Worth sticking around to the end of this video just for that! Great to listen to Mark, his work in Shawshank and Rush Hour standout in my memories.

[@james87367]

Holy sh*t! I’ve watched Shawshank and Aliens 50 times each and never clocked it is the same actor in both films!

[@dirtydi]

Great storyteller

[@ToiletClogger1945]

that was a really damn good episode. Mark is such a great actor and has some badass stories lol. thanks Michael !

[@crystalskullsucked]

Awesome!! Mark is so rad -was hoping he would appear on at some point!❤

[@sabrewulf2219]

Great guests Michael! Keep it coming

[@Aspauli]

Easily one of the best interviews Ive heard

[@hendo337]

This channel is criminally under subscribed and under viewed right now, I'm doing my part and watching everything. It's sort of neat that the comments aren't totally swamped to the point that it cant be a friendly place and a community. I know that if you guys keep at it and get some cool people on it will take off and it will get binged and the numbers will eventually blow up as people find out about it.

[@josephbarrett4938]

Mark has great stories

[@eddiemcgrath8536]

I could listen to that conversation for another 4 hours

[@solidsnake3861]

love the jackie chan story dude is a legend

[@sinistervids71]

Man, that was great! Laughed my ass off several times!

[@AG4VR-PC]

This was the most interesting interview I've seen in a while. I've always been fascinated with Mark Rolston because he's one of those guys that has a face you don't forget. These stories he's got of Jackie Chan and Jack Nicholson and Nick Nolte are the best! I was kind of hoping his Star Trek TNG episode would get brought up. He was like the creepiest Star Trek villain and I had hoped for a story of working on that show for an episode.

[@chinapoliticsfromtheprovin6133]

Mark Rolston in 'Midway' as Ernest King steals the scene and though the movie races away, his presence remains. A small part, but a superb piece of acting beyond the material by not overplaying it.

[@FinalShineInc]

these have been so cool! i grew up on the alien series (im 40) and having Hicks and Drake having a chat is always a win. cheers from Australia

[@MerlinsBeard]

Me too brother 🙌

[@waltermalestein257]

You know what would be cool, the cast of Aliens sitting around a big table (in gear) and Michael Biehn as the host.

[@FinalShineInc]

@@waltermalestein257 the gear would be cool but not so comfortable for a long form big table discussion

[@waltermalestein257]

Haha, you're probably right!​@@FinalShineInc

[@lesliewilkinson2405]

"You're a cop", great ironic movie twist in The Departed.

[@mpf3310]

Great one, you gotta have him come back for more!

[@666Otomo]

"Vasquez, you're just too bad!" Nice seeing Mark getting some recognition! He was in Robocop 2 as well!

[@kevinreynolds4851]

And Lethal Weapon 2 with Jenette Goldstein

[@austinembrey4564]

The Nick Nolte story is awesome!

[@TRockett55IRISH]

Well done lads just brillant.

[@papeechuloo5719]

Papee loves de channel, don’t stop, keep de pressing on!

[@stujoker]

Awesome Aliens and Departed stories 😂

[@gladroad]

No new uploads? Been enjoying this series

[@almudenaandrescarrillo9607]

After the opinions from Mark about Al Pacino and Jack Nicholson , I can't wait he thinks about Robert De Niro 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@parthlad]

Mark is an excellent character actor and voice actor...he did a great job as a younger Jim Gordon in Arkham Shadow

[@toddkonrad2407]

Jack pulled a Kirk Lazarus: “I don’t read the script, the script reads me…but if you leave the camera rolling…”. Nil By Mouth is incredible too.

[@Francoesque]

Nil by mouth was directed by Gary Oldman. It's his only film, perfect.

[@RealDerekDean]

Coming here from Johnny ringo. Hope you’re doing well

[@creasybear31]

Hollywood has tried to replicate Aliens for almost 4 decades. In true Hollywood fashion they learn all the wrong lessons from success. It is the characters that made that movie so perfect! Everyone is so perfectly cast, the audience gets completely invested in them; From Ripley all the way Frost and Ferro! It's a total immersive film in that way

[@dnakatomiuk]

Exactly and they give off the whole vibe their badasses and can do anything but go down to LV426 and find the what they think are survivors and get slaughtered in mins from a creature they think they knew but didnt

[@Dane69]

Great talk, 👍

[@OnlyThe1Son]

Mark is a great storyteller , man he must have hundreds of stories to tell. Another great podcast.. Be cool to get Lance Henriksen on the show, he is getting quite old, but.. if he was up to it that would be cool too.

[@orlandonostagiafever1964]

I liked Mark Rolston in Aliens shooting that MG42 plasma gun and in the movie Weeds with nick Nolte 😅

[@thedragonlee76]

The man sent Chris Tucker to babysit Jackie Chan...😅

[@09nob]

He was so good in Tombstone that I didn't recognise him.

[@ethanmiller3734]

Drake we are leaving!

[@jimmyb79]

Be amazing to see you appear on the Critical Drinkers vip lounge. He’s a big channel and has had Mark as a guest. You’re my favourite character in my favourite film - Hicks is an absolute legend, Alien 3 did you dirty.

[@Goldstar1113]

Great interview. I don't see how he's surprised though that he wanted Cruise over Robbins. Probably wanted people to actually see the movie in the theaters. Robbins's last movie made 47 million. Cruise's was The Firm, which made 271 million - a dramatic role too that his acting got praise for. It's just one of those performances now though that you can't see anyone else playing.

[@badinfluence3814]

Cruise was always going to be better from a business perspective, but he would have been badly miscast. Robbins was perfect for it though, one of those 'born-to-play-it' castings.

[@AndrewWerner-h8d]

I'm waiting for you to have carrie henn lol good video your podcast s are awesome

[@Nix5275]

Always wanted a TV series called LV426. It tells the story of Hicks brother in the Marines that go back to investigate his brother’s disappearance. I think that would be cool take on series Seeing the he planet leveled, find alien ship, etc

[@purefoldnz3070]

I wonder if these two own the excellent Making of Aliens by JW Rinzler which is a phenomenal book.

[@dnakatomiuk]

Need to get Vasquez on please And I wish but unfortunately (RIP) Bill Paxton would have been amazing to see

[@mikekillagreen9432]

He looks like Tim from The Rookie

[@generalsandnapoleon]

Drake and Hicks together again!

[@almudenaandrescarrillo9607]

So, this show is AMAZING! That is the best word to define it! And if Michael has a guest so open and with total Trust each other, so the result is simply amazing because between both of them the anecdotes and stories are uncountable and as they are not filters (something is GREAT TO HEAVEN) so I enjoyed from the beginning to the end. First of all, I NEVER LIKED THE ACTORS YOU SAY, Mark, for that I like so much the real actors AS YOU BOTH. I never liked the stars! Tom Cruise for Andy Dufresne!! Look NOT, but even Tom Cruise for NON movie in history of Cinema. I never understood what the audience saw and sees in him. For me it is a mistery. So I start for The Shawshank Redemption and look, I understood perfectly two things: why Michael didn't watch it at the first moment and needed his time for that, and why Frank Darabont (so brilliant) wanted Mark for the character. For the time he was in screen simply you never ever forget his performance from the first viewing. Simple he was perfect. And this is a perfect movie, a kind of state of GRACE for all the people who were in it. For me one of the best movie in the history. And Morgan. Well we all knew how big he was but well, he was bigger than EARTH on it. Al Pacino, well, he was great in GODFATHER (less 3 🤦‍♀️, I was LOL in the famous dramatic sequence) I guess thanks to Coppola but really, I can't stand him either (I have said it finally 😮‍💨). And the same with Jack Nicholson. Could you imagine Michael the torture to shoot Batman with him? I know you matched with Robin Williams but it's just an Hypothetical situation. So after the stories from Mark I can understand MUCH BETTER, the TORTURE IN THE SHOOTING OF TH SHINNING! My Gosh, Those TWO EGOS TOGUETHER! And with EARWIG!! And Pacino too!! What!!! That is the famous METHOD! 🤦‍♀️ And for the end, Nick Nolte!! I LOL so much! Yes, I suppose sometimes an actor can be complicated like person, but having a personality beyond the defaults or weaknesses. But I didn't want to be Nick Nolte's wife 😂😂. I loved much the anecdote of the royalties for Aliens and about the weapons atrezzo .... and wine 😂😂😂 And I loved soooo much how close you are , the cast of Aliens, as a kind of family. It is simple precious and I saw that in Aliens expanded. So pretty. Then this is my favorite chapter! THANKS GUYS FOR NOT HAVING FILTERS!!!

[@LivingGhost1]

DRAKE, WE ARE PODCASTING!!!!

[@kevinreynolds4851]

Hey Hicks. Man, you look just like I feel.

[@robertpaterson5477]

Jackie Chan also directed a lot his movies.

[@dariuszwierzbicki8230]

who is the Timmy they talk about at the beginning?

[@jakehopgood7446]

Colceri? S1 ep 3

[@penoyer79]

I get the impression that Ridley Scott is extremely territorial with Alien. He probably didn't like that Cameron's movie kind of upstaged him a bit. and now he has that franchise locked up... and nothing gets past him without his say. I think the big reason why Fede Alavarz got to make his Alien movie and Blomkamp didn't is because Blomkamp refused Ridley's input and Fede let Ridley do what he wanted with Romulus.

[@brianmccaig]

Wrong, Ridley loved Aliens, and had very little input on Romulus. Aliens was an action war movie, Alien was an incredible art house horror film, and the original. To compare them is stupid and unnecessary. They stand alone as great movies. But in my opinion Alien is the goat.

[@hendo337]

I am not sure how your relationship is with him but, it would be really cool if you could get Rick Rossovich on to talk, it seems like he was in a lot of movies with you...not as many as Bill Paxton but, close.

[@AndrewWerner-h8d]

Could you try to have cast members from tombstone? Anyone one from the movie.

[@a-dev3503]

Damn, yeah imagine if they could get Kurt on!

[@markwalker9102]

Who's this tim there're talking about?was he in aliens?

[@TheInvestigativeExaminers206]

Full Metal Jacket Tim

[@BoopedNose]

Without Drake and Vasquez the whole squad.of marines would have been wiped out in seconds

[@ericjohnson8326]

Vasquez! You're just too bad

[@justinfalzon6854]

yo yo

[@emultra759]

Big ups to Mark for disliking Pacino. He and De Niro are two of the most overrated actors ever. Meryl Streep and Christopher Walken are just two examples from their generation who are infinitely more skilled. Pacino/De Niro as the best ever was just a meme that kept being repeated until it became dogma.

[@ryangettig274]

He was great in The Departed!All you Michael fans need to screen K2🏔!!:)