The Controversy at Chappaquiddick: Jason Clarke on Playing Ted Kennedy

[@VICE]

We sat down with Jason Clarke - who plays Ted Kennedy in the new film 'Chappaquiddick' - to hear what it was like to take on the heavy role, and what he learned about the incident through his work on the film. WATCH NEXT: VICE Talks Film with George Miller about 'Mad Max: Fury Road' -- vice.video/2JQhafv

[@megangriffith9630]

Jason Clarke is underrated

[@cherylsmith4102]

I agree,,but sorry her perticipated in this movie, he is worthy of so much more.

[@michaeldedrick8307]

I had no idea Jason Clarke is an Aussie. Have seen him in several films and never had any inkling he was anything other than American.

[@dr3754]

nah, that sounds like publicist hype. its been pretty obvious he isnt.

[@siobanethier]

Same here. Just found out he is an Aussie. And also that he was born one day before the accident! Oye! 😲

[@truthbknown4957]

His Mass accent in the movie was prefect.

[@benschlechter]

If this had been anyone else caught at Chappaquiddick, he would've gotten several years in prison. Not to mention if his father hadn't been incapacitated or if his brothers had been alive, this scandal would never have been heard of.

[@-Toaster-]

Several years for fleeing the scene? No one would.

[@Floridacoastwriter]

TRUTH

[@whoopshey826]

The girl interviewing him looks like she just stepped out of the 80's

[@madamethibaut1734]

Kenneth Gilbert Lolol true

[@iancornell141]

Vice only hires hipsters. They used to have normal reporters like Simon and Ben

[@JamesSmith-vk2ky]

Kenneth Gilbert Yup.

[@andrerothweiler9191]

Is just Vice hire policy lol

[@johnward3807]

Kenneth Gilbert And that's important to point out because????

[@manuelgass80]

The Chappaquiddick incident happened on July 18, 1969. Jason Clarke was born on July 17, 1969, one day before Chappaquiddick.

[@demostheodorakakis6328]

The bridge scene and drowning is hard to watch.

[@paratrooper8266]

Huge props to this underrated actor taking on this ballsy of a role that could kill hos very young career. Great movie!

[@enshk79]

Ted is NOT a complex character. He’s a fucking coward. That’s all you need to know. It’s a no brainer to do everything you can to save someone trapped underwater in a car. ANYTHING less than that is COWARDLY. And there is no redemption.

[@kingmiura8138]

It is possible that Teddi was not the driver...he could have left the car after driving down the dirt road away from the cop who had approached the car. Mary Jo could have driven off the bridge and Teddi only found out in the morning when his 2 pals visited him at his lodging. Teddi may have believed that it sounded better to say he was the driver....and the one who dived in to save her...than be the guy who bailed from the car to avoid a cop.....and allowed Mary Jo to drive on alone.

[@Mark.Watson]

I read a book on this case and that's what the author speculated. Sorry I don't recall the title right now.

[@adamsapple7193]

You ARE delusional!!!!!

[@notnek202]

He admitted to his cousin he was the driver and wanted him to help him cover it up. Why did he wait 8 hrs to report the accident?

[@karmad4491]

Right - the driver's side window was rolled down - but how could a man TK's size have gotten out? TK said that he didn't "remember" how he got out. But, TK made all those phone calls using his credit card - starting early the next morning.

[@kingmiura8138]

The cop messed Teddi's story up. The cop saw his car when it was supposed to be already be in the water. Never heard any explanation of that fact. Never heard any explanation of Teddi's remarkable physical display that night despite his neck injury. Never heard any explanation of Teddi's demeanor at breakfast with the other guests....Teddi acted as if nothing was wrong until his pals showed up and had a little talk with him - then Teddi seemed concerned about something. Teddi's pals were in a criminal conspiracy with him.

[@minbee5849]

Wow, Jason Clarke defends Kennedy, even though he admits that if Chappaquiddick had happened today there would have been greater consequences and Kennedy's career would be over. This leaves me speechless.

[@TheLocalLt]

Min Bee basically what he’s saying is that society is a bunch of pansies today who are ready to abandon and shame any politician, celebrity, or athlete who does anything wrong or hurtful. In reality all famous people are sociopathic narcissists, many of whom are total scumbags. This should be your expectation, you should be surprised when an athlete or politician is actually a good person and give them lots of credit, instead of tearing everyone else down. Because the great majority are the scumbags, the famous person who is also a good person is a rare gem

[@texan903]

Kennedy's career wouldn't have ended to. Some Republicans have done scandalous things that they get away with.

[@rokeeffe91]

Jason is such an underrated actor

[@thekittyjitters]

this is the worst episode of Friends I've ever seen

[@_JellyDonut_]

The one where a senator gets away with negligent homicide

[@instapizzabmx4206]

@@_JellyDonut_ even though he was acquitted of all charges... accidents happen.. he’s been dead for 11 years.. don’t talk about someone who’s in the grave

[@_JellyDonut_]

​@@instapizzabmx4206 Do you actually know anything about this incident? He wasn't "acquitted of all charges" he pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident causing bodily injury. He only avoided manslaughter charges because of his powerful connections. Accidents do happen, especially when people drink and drive. I doubt he intended for the crash to happen but his actions after the fact cost a woman her life. Also if we can't talk about anyone who has died that pretty much eliminates all of history

[@martthesling]

Ted killed that girl and got away with it.

[@brianl8540]

I hope they make a movie of the REAL Chappaquiddick story someday. The story we tell here on Martha’s Vineyard.

[@KingOfTheSeas_]

Can you elaborate a little? In very interested

[@brucemclennan9715]

I think the sheriff is correct: he left car to avoid being caught with MaryJo when police tried to do spot-check on their parked car. He was “taking her to the ferry” so MaryJo could retire for the night- that was the story, but she had left her purse and hotel key at party, so they were likely having a tryst. Also, he was in a good mood the next morning at hotel he was staying at as he conversed with other tourists- then his 2 mates told him about car off dike bridge and MaryJo in it and he then makes a dozen phone calls to lawyers and advisors. She drove the car off bridge likely, the poor soul.

[@ajin420]

This guy looks like Matthew Perry.

[@gutstallion]

anne remember that's vice, he probably on heroin or something.

[@jimmy2k4o]

And Matthew Perry played Ted Kennedy in “the Kennedy’s after Camelot”

[@KtotheC6342]

I have to watch this now and then also read about this so I may comment my opinion later. In a case of what about-ism, I had mentioned Matt Gaetz should be forced to resign and a commentor mentioned Ted Kennedy in rebuttal. I responded with something like "despite Ted's bad choices you are still defending the actions of a child sex trafficker" whether you believe the charges or not ethically speaking Matt should be removed from the Senate. While I will choose not to defend Ted I will say in his case I will still stand that Senators, Judges, and especially Presidents should be barred from service until vetted by a court of law. Justice cannot be guarantee unless the law is represented faithfully throughout its institutions.

[@jehugarcia]

I was unfamiliar with this part of history, now I wanna watch this movie!

[@domscards]

Jason Clarke seems like a great person. Smart too.

[@csmith63]

The problem with making this a movie about a moment with necessary reflection from which Teddy Kennedy and everyone could move on and concentrate on the "achievable" is that Teddy Kennedy did NOT learn and move on to focus on that, precisely because he was also always concentrating on which women were achievable for his prick--and that of skeezy raping relatives!!! Teddy Kennedy continued to serve for Massachusetts and get the nickname "lion of the Senate," but the reason most liberal women who give him a pass on Chappaquiddick cite as responsible for their approval of him is the support for abortion rights that his Catholicism should have made antithetical if not downright heretical to his beliefs. It seems a rather odd way to create consistency on right to life...or rather, I suppose we should say, right to die disputes, and his judgment was clearly questionable in the personal in ways that certainly did extend into the political and professional. Looking at Trump, many people now see the failures in his personal life as neon signs that speak to how those would translate into effective management and judgments (or lack thereof) in the presidency as an office. We also know now that JFK's own judgment was compromised in several ways, including his womanizing and use of steroids for pain relief in ways contraindicated by physicians who didn't know what he was up to in getting and using high doses along the travelways he followed. Pretending the personal doesn't matter and that the public persona is separate simply doesn't wash anymore--or at least it shouldn't, if we're going to make America great again OR for the first time in the nation's history (take your pick).

[@Eldeibi84]

The controversy? Is that what we calling manslaughter these days?

[@MiamiPush2theLimit]

It was an accident.

[@JRPBC561]

This should of came out when he was alive. Its a shame what he got away with.

[@jimmy2k4o]

It did come out at the time that’s why he didn’t run for President in 72 and why his campaign collapsed in 80 Problem was the Kennedy’s for all the virtues, they were adapt at covering things up. They had JFK’s cabinet working the chappaquickick problem. The guys the solved the Cuban missile crisis. Also many people loved the Kennedy’s and were uncritical of them.

[@susanford2388]

If any private citizen had done what he did but failing to report the accident, leave the scene, they would have faced jail. It is horrendous that Ted got to continue being a free man, whilst Mr. & Mrs. Kopechne lost their only child, she was just a few days shy of her 30th birthday. Ted was a vile man.

[@-Toaster-]

@@jimmy2k4o Hes talking about the movie.

[@chucku.farley]

Awesome! I didn't care about seeing the movie until just now. Jason Clarke (opposite Jason Isaacs) was awesome in Brotherhood!

[@briananderson6742]

Awesome, underrated show. Always good to see another fan.

[@chucku.farley]

brian anderson yes!

[@briananderson6742]

Don't know if you're a horror fan, but I watched a pretty solid movie called "The Devils Candy" with Ethan Embry....I didn't even recognize him. Great actor as well.

[@chucku.farley]

brian anderson I did see devil's candy, great movie! Ethan Embry is always good.

[@Floridacoastwriter]

Excellent job Jason Clark. He said, "the decisions we make define who we are." SO TRUE!

[@notnek202]

Anyone else would of spent time in prison.

[@bblovely7788]

Bring back that credit card scammer video! It was fascinating and the best thing you all have released in some time.

[@Galantski]

Clarke may look a bit like him, but the clips didn't seem to indicate that he got the accent down. In fact, most of the clops were conspicuous by absence of him speaking anything more than a few muffed words, while those around him chatted away.

[@TheSodapops1001]

idk why... but its awkward that theres just water there. like they could of at least tried a little with coffee

[@sarahsmiles8154]

I wish this movie got a wide release. It was good if you don’t mind a more slow and history based film. But even without the history it’s the story of white privileged and abuse of power all things that exist today.

[@dr3754]

IT GOT BURIED BY THE LEFT! actually, irl it was just bad and boring.

[@willnill7946]

What about OJs white privilege

[@notnek202]

And to think this man was almost nominated by the democrat party. Total hypocrites.

[@train_cam]

Unintentionally, Ted really was as clean as mother Teresa.

[@7HEX7PER7]

WOW chandler bing let himself go... smh

[@notnek202]

Teds own cousin Joe Gargan said that Ted wanted to cover it up.

[@KeithLuttrell-fj7tu]

What is the controversy.

[@kathymyers7279]

Partisan? Who gives a shit? How about right and wrong?

[@scottaznavourian4568]

how did joe sr call in anyone from his wheelchair?

[@demostheodorakakis6328]

He would write instructions to others to call and do things for him.

[@karmad4491]

Actually, TK called all those people.

[@scottaznavourian4568]

oh please bobby was the outsider growing up..teddy got away with cheatimg at harvard

[@dr3754]

year, err, ahh that's hawvid. he cheatered at hawvid.

[@ambroseburnside5764]

Alleged cover- up? Lol Oh Vice.

[@stephenyount3148]

Infamous shoes? You definitely got that right. Not to mention a cowardly poor excuse of a man.

[@acuff86]

What is that on top of his head, it looks like it's going to fall off?

[@cherylsmith4102]

I watched the movie cuz Clarke was in it and was suprised by how much talent this man has,,,but the movie in a whole was dissapointing (being kind ). The soundtrack could have been better by leaps and bounds. In a word BORING.

[@mrnoname315]

very good questions.

[@cthulhu4607]

The interviewer is so fine in her own way

[@Noah-lj4rz]

I always forget he has an accent

[@seamusin1697]

magentawave Their accent was influenced by the rather affluent and close knit Irish Bostonian community they grew up in and the Mid Atlantic accent that was popularized in American film, television and stage by actors and media personalities like Katherine Hepburn, Cary Grant, George Plimpton and others in the entertainment industry. Their speech bears the colloquialisms and non-rhoticity common to Bostonians, yet featured a cadence and manner of inflection unique to the Kennedys.

[@clintonwalsh2264]

Seamusin his Australian

[@clintonwalsh2264]

Jason Clark comes from Winton... queensland Australia

[@HyggeState]

Goddamn, spot-on likeness!

[@dr3754]

but nigel, i didnt see any spot, he was perfectly coiffed and clean.

[@roastbeefdinner]

i can't help but think this actor thinks this girl died so the dems could advance their policies, its truly terrifying.

[@dr3754]

THSTS QUITE A LEAP OF LOGIC. ALMOST LIKE A DRUNKEN LEAP OFF A BRIDGE.

[@geng2388]

It's just a movie about a historical event. And everyone already knew what happened.

[@filipburic5194]

Chandler?!

[@1xtra299]

Nice watch...

[@fadli_1577]

Have you met howard?

[@dr3754]

which movie was worse? this one? or jackie?

[@johnb.8687]

Umm I don't know much about Ted Kennedy but did he do any good while he was a politician?

[@KingOfTheSeas_]

Yes tons. He is like the 3rd longest serving senator ever. He devoted his life to affordable health care. He created "Mass Health" which was like a father to Obamacare but in Massachusetts. He also freed captives from Vietnam I believe and worked with the USSR to stop weapons distribution and hostility towards the U.S he also chaired a committee in the Senate that was directly responsible for collecting facts about Watergate that eventually brought down Nixon

[@crazypeoplearoundtheworld304]

@@KingOfTheSeas_ you misunderstood the question.

[@KingOfTheSeas_]

@@crazypeoplearoundtheworld304 please tell me what he meant

[@crazypeoplearoundtheworld304]

@@KingOfTheSeas_ you missed the word "good"

[@KingOfTheSeas_]

@@crazypeoplearoundtheworld304 ok, so you think Vietnam should have kept the hostages and the USSR should have kept the nukes. Mass health covers about a million people and Watergate was a direct attack on our democracy and the political process in America

[@luked.4131]

Eh. I'll redbox it.

[@mcstaford]

I find it disgusting that this film blames Mary Jo for the crash. How in the hell could they know that?? What we do know is that Teddy was loaded, as usual.

[@cherylsmith4102]

Drinking back then was the thing to do,,if you did not drink,,people did not trust you

[@brodygalloway9807]

The film definitely blames Ted for it

[@CraigBickerstaff]

You have most defiantly not seen the movie.

[@MrBENGEN]

Nice watch

[@lsutigernfla1]

Just imagine if donald trump did this

[@mohnjayer]

Wow, surprised that lefty Vice would give this movie promotion. Awesome film about how horrible Ted and the decisions made by him and around him really were.

[@traplover6357]

Commenter McCommentFace idk how a left leaning bias would change the reporting of this.

[@titussorensen1148]

You know, people who use the terms "lefty" and "righty" in this context really showcase what a childishly farcical partisan mentality we live in. "I'm surprised the blue team is actually being honest for once. The red team had been saying all along that some teams can't be trusted, but you won't hear me say that about the blue team." People who think in such simplistic terms would be blown away by the amount of information partisan media reports on contrary to their assumed interests every single day.

[@gaymanlover]

its less a democrat problem and more a general rich with privilage problem. i would've been equally disgusted no matter what side ted was on

[@PantsB4Squares]

Its mostly all just vice news and viceland that is leftist, progressive, LGBQT, pro child sex changes, SJW, biased, me too and butt hurt in their nature. Vice was original. After about 10 years they were bought for control and agenda pushing. Thats where viceland and vicenews turned in to the garbage pile that makes you want to puke that you see today.

[@titussorensen1148]

PantsB4Squares Is anyone supposed to take a critique of journalism seriously, a field where details matter, coming from someone who doesn't understand punctuation or basic sentence construction? Tell us more about pointillism while you finger paint please.

[@normacarlton3940]

Was a teen when this happened, remember it well. Stories were she was pregnant.✌

[@karmad4491]

Another story is that she couldn't stand him. The girls were devoted to RFK.

[@warhellride]

Holy shit VICE is actually covering this?? I would never imagine them voluntarily talking about this kinda story

[@PantsB4Squares]

warhellride Well you know. It does have some #meToo relevance to it. So YOU KNOW THEY JUMPED ON THAT !

[@briancanfield5658]

Wow that’s the goal! Win back the fucking house?

[@franksarna4595]

it was a one sided movie that didn't get the facts straight

[@davidstebbing2669]

When #MeToo comes across a Democrat who is the abuser.

[@RTD3]

Democrats have always been champions of women's rights and this film proves it.

[@somebody3143]

KZbin “DARK,” LOOKS LIKE PORNHUB!

[@yungdcwa81]

VICE WILL COVER FOR THE DRUNK TEDDY

[@meowmeow5591]

lol Chandler you ain't slick

[@donaldrouleaujr]

Thats the goal of the Democratic party? Win back both houses and the presidency? Not making people lives better? Not reuniting people with their families? Not helping people move forward? If I didnt know better, I would think all they care about is POWER!

[@donaldrouleaujr]

Logan and Annika so have they done to make people lives better? Not being sarcastic, asking really because I dont know.

[@beamboy14526]

By punishing success and rewarding failure.

[@flipmaya]

The Great of Beam I didn’t know that the US lives in a world where everybody started off in the same place. Did you guys manage to do it by tearing kids away from their parents so all children have the same start point? Cause I heard that Trump’s administration just started doing it.

[@donaldrouleaujr]

flipmaya get off the liberal plantation or quit listening to CNN.

[@flipmaya]

KICK-ROCKS such biting remarks, much class, so eloquent.

[@sashatagger3858]

Aussie! Aussie! Aussie!

[@Sularus92]

Oi oi oi!

[@brodycunningham4865]

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[@iamanempoweredone6064]

It was a vastly innacurate poorly made boring movie. I want a refund. Mary Joe was pregnant when she died. No mention of that.

[@normacarlton3940]

Iaman Empoweredone yes she was pregnant and hushed up quickly

[@CIP3RM]

One of the reporters mentions it in the movie, just watched it.

[@dr3754]

teddys kid?

[@alicesrabbit7126]

off topic, i know...NONE of the kennedies were good-looking in the slightest. lol, the ONLY one who looked handsome was jfk jr. thanks, jackie. XD

[@reccoschick1015]

etarri

[@jialx]

Richard mille

[@ll-cd9zg]

I thought that was Matthew Perry in the thumbnail for a moment

[@courtneyabernethy27]

Next up....a film about the Clinton’s #metoo

[@ShadowCrashed81]

Didn't Ted Kennedy push the Hart-Celler act? Maybe you should talk about that.

[@lindstrand41]

First?

[@joethefishguy3251]

Hi

[@PridelessChickz]

Ayee

[@hanawana]

Interesting...

[@dantistfantomas]

mistic death

[@Dasloth92]

wow, I hate that people refer to today as: "the era of "#metoo"". It's an era of a lot of different shit.

[@TheLocalLt]

Samuel Rexroat the me too era imo refers to a specific time in 2017-18. It’s not perpetual like vice wsnts it to be

[@marklo6283]

I thought he had an american accent

[@rethinkery]

Didn't know he's a Brit!

[@Wired4Life2]

He's an Aussie.

[@victorseger6044]

WHEN DID YOU LAST SEE BIN LADEN ?