The Graham Norton Show: Michael Fassbender on The Killer's bucket hat and... special gloves

Broadcast date: November 24, 2023
Other guests: Jennifer Saunders, Daisy Haggard, Phil Wang
Michael Fassbender talks about The Killer's bucket hat and... special gloves.
"The Killer", directed by David Fincher, is now on Netflix.

[@commonwunder]

There's a line in the movie... where Fassbender's character explains the entire wardrobe ( +hat ) choice. It was to look like a German tourist. The logic behind it... the assassin wants to be incognito, and no one wants to start up a conversation with a German Tourist.

[@lenardbaum6378]

That hit hard as an German Tourist

[@brucekuehn4031]

That’s a real spy thing - be someone that gets one glance and then everyone’s eyes move on. Don’t attract attention. It is quite the opposite of James Bond. But we do love to watch all the Bonds because we are a movie audience.

[@arthurwild6563]

Especially not germans.

[@dartharaneus67]

The line was something like "the French avoid Germans like the rest of the world avoids street mimes." LOL

[@likearollingstone007]

@@lenardbaum6378but you knew that, right ?

[@avidviewer2223]

He should definitely be the next Bond.

[@pa.o]

Yeeeees!

[@bennyvillaflor4117]

Too old

[@kingsdisease8754]

I said the same thing

[@jacoblape]

Watch a movie called Haywire. Closest you'll get and it's a hidden gem with lots of star power

[@avidviewer2223]

@@jacoblape seen it. Haywire is great!

[@vijairamdeensingh3008]

Michael Fassbender should be the next Bond

[@Amernee]

Definitely. He plays a small-ish part in a 2011 movie called Haywire. I think his role in that gives a slight flavour of how he might look playing Bond and he pulls it off well

[@hanh7395]

Been thinking that for years. He would be an amazing bond. But from what I've read (correct me if I'm wrong) they want to go for a younger bond for the next series of films.

[@rushpan93]

@@hanh7395 I'm interested to see what kind of Bond they go for. Daniel Craig was not at all like any of the previous Bonds. He had charm aplenty but was rugged unlike previous versions. Hope they take it in a different direction again.

[@290revolver290]

He's not British sadly 😭

[@irshadtyo]

He’d make a good Bond villain too 😂

[@sigurdkaputnik7022]

Anybody else noticing the uncanny resemblance between Michael Fassbender and 2008's Bryan Cranston?

[@dawkon7]

Good catch. Young Walter White prequel vibes in the air.

[@GwaiZai]

I'm here for it@@dawkon7

[@madtitan0825]

@@dawkon7of him teaching chemistry in school? Lol

[@joemammon6149]

Michael Fassbender looked like a young Christopher Plummer. will be suitable as Captain von Trapp in a gritty remake of The Sound of Music.

[@GwaiZai]

The Sound of Meth@@joemammon6149

[@juff0401]

Fassbender is a legend.

[@Aprilpie13]

I enjoyed the movie, it's worth watching. Fassbender is talented actor.

[@Lionheart1188]

bot

[@severusrogue259]

I agree, very entertaining. The end was a let down however

[@mphvideographer]

The bucket hat was absolutely inspired by Le Samourai. But the two films are lightyears apart. Well done, Fincher. I always enjoy a good (in this case, great) assassin film.

[@shadow_realm47]

It actually feels like the new hitman games.

[@Timbo360]

@@shadow_realm47lol the building in Paris looks like the “palace” or whatever the first levels venue is called on the Paris Level.

[@shadow_realm47]

@@Timbo360 it does, it also looks like the old Moscow Russia mission in the older games where you have to snipe a fool. Some of the middle parts are like absolution. And the last 2 targets act like elusive targets.

[@sb.1035]

exceptional actor love all his movies

[@trancos7641]

I can't get over him in "Shame" . Amazing actor and horrifying movie😢

[@betheneytroyer1156]

I love this film and everything David Fincher directs

[@tsancio]

Michael Fassbender seems like a really interesting fellow, considering his choice of movies.

[@vnkman4391]

hes done a lot of shit of late and it all revolves around cold clinical murderers. not sure id want hom over for tea

[@hoya1178]

@@vnkman4391 What, this is the only film he has done with "cold clinical murders"

[@ryanisfollin]

@@hoya1178 he was David in the Alien films, an android that turns psychopathic

[@vnkman4391]

@@hoya1178 lol. ZODIAC. Mindhunter. Seven.

[@hoya1178]

@@vnkman4391 You mentioned Michael and he has not been in any of those films you mentioned.

[@user-bf5dg4kn3h]

'The K_.ller' is a great movie. It's so Fincher, in every aspect. Not a Se7en sure, but his visuals it's top-notch. Fassbender was perfect for the role. I definitely will re-watch it.

[@bat1579]

Its waaaaaaay better than Se7en, Se7en has some cringe bs

[@111CC]

00000% taste@@bat1579

[@gustavosaliola]

Of course I'm a Fincher Fundamentalist. Enjoyed the movie so much. But the cheeky and sharp humor setup by Graham is so good and unique, that prepares the ground for "Fisting Gloves" talk. In USA is cuasi impossible that (Maybe Conan or Tom Segura perhaps).

[@lynnienorris5776]

ACTOR,EXTRAORDINAIRE

[@jasonroberts8525]

philip wang is hilarious and criminally underrated !

[@stuffstuff8942]

It’s one of Fincher’s funnier movies lol

[@Purple1984Rain]

The Killer was great!. That fight sequence in the beach house was so well staged. Loved Fassbender in Eden Lake and Inglorious Basterds too.

[@johntheX]

Wow. Eden Lake. Great reference!

[@rushpan93]

What's Eden Lake about? Strange how I've never heard of it.

[@johntheX]

@@rushpan93 it's a very tense thriller/horror story about a couple Fassbender/Kelly Reilly that goes on a romantic getaway to a small town. It's brutal & the enemy unexpected. It has a strong message, which is unusual, and the ending will stay with you for a long time.

[@DamiantenBohmer]

Was a great movie 👍🏻

[@AGoodJoe]

Amazing film and actor in it. Favorite of the year.

[@nsilver61]

Excellent movie. Incredible sound design. Witty, terse, aphoristic writing. A robotic Fassbender reminds one of the Terminator. What is a terminator but a killer by another name? He’s also a psychopath. I think Fincher wants us to take sadistic pleasure in the murders. I especially enjoyed the murders of the New Orleans-based contractor and his secretary. (I wonder if his movies constitute a kind of sublimation of Fincher’s dark, S & M fantasies.).Reminds me a little of Man Bites Dog, the outlandish Belgian serial killer of the 1990s.

[@idontnkow]

amazing movie!

[@OliverHollingdale]

Christopher Nolan as Director, Michael Fassbender as Bond! Set in the 60's!

[@randolphpinkle4482]

Yeah, with Adam West as the bad guy, Batman. Reincarnated, of course.

[@Mrhostil95]

I find the bucket hat to be a small nod to Fincher's Seven, since detective Somerset wears almost the exact same detective-esque outfit. Also John Doe is seen with the same hat in the chase scene between Mills and John. There's also an identical scene on an airplane that reminded me of Fight Club a lot with the same camera pan.

[@Make-hv4mk]

I remember noticing the gloves when I watched the film and wondered what kind of gloves they were. 😂

[@Diamante-hh8oh]

Me encanta Michael ,es muy hermoso ,y talentoso 💋💋💋🌹💎🌹👑🌲🍀🇨🇴

[@escabrosa1]

Excellent movie.

[@m.g.6182]

The Killer is great!!

[@O6i]

i love movies about assassins. this one was probably the best because it was based in reality. almost a how to guide lol

[@RMJerich0]

yet it was a joke

[@O6i]

@@RMJerich0 buddy you watch the walking dead your opinion is irrelevant 😂

[@dbsolo]

@@O6imate that was a phone in the pocket typo accident send. Didn’t mean any L or anything. But yeah thanks haha

[@zxcytdfxy256]

calm down

[@madtitan0825]

I love how they do product placement in this movie, like dude just purchased stuffs from where civilians usually buy stuffs it’s kinda scary about it

[@katheenburke7950]

Great movie

[@raymondward7057]

The movie is awesome, I wish they had talked all the identities he assumes. The only one I didn't get right away was "Reuben Kincaid", he was the manager of the Partridge Family.

[@akaiseigo5664]

Michael looks so dapper in a suit. Is he running for James Bond role?

[@bhoqeem1975]

Too old.

[@gregbearne2195]

@@bhoqeem1975Yes I agree he’s too old now. But ever since the bar scene in X men first class where he grabs the gun and literally does the bond pose and shoots I thought he would be perfect. He was only 34 back then.

[@ubbgn]

Cavill for james bond!

[@bhoqeem1975]

@@ubbgn Now THAT, I can get behind.

[@benoakes01]

He isn’t too old

[@RMJerich0]

its amazing that a lot of people did not get the film. the ones who hate it - like whats going on? why? the ones who loved it instantly - think its realistic movie about a killer. The movie was literally a joke. Main character with all the serioussness in the world saying in his mind one thing - and not doing the opossite, complete dissonance from words and actions. But that all shown with a point. almost biblical moral about ego and belief. Even the hats are funny. Music right in the ears, running from a dog and saving the final "villian". Its a great film that misunderstood as much as The Road Not Taken poem by Frost. Which is also a joke, btw. literally.

[@Dapryor]

Your comparison to The Road is great and one that didn’t occur to me. Well said!

[@gustavosaliola]

I'm a Fincher Fundamentalist. Because of that, I can't be that parcial. Having said that, maybe the general Netflix population doesn't have the "Fincher Education". Of course I saw it in a proper theater and there's a huge amount of the subtleties that Fassbender talks here. Lucky us, Fincher still works for himself, not for please the uneducated or hater.

[@AnakinIHateSandSkywalker]

I’m someone who didn’t get it at all. I think it’ll take a rewatch or 10 to Understand the “subtleties” you’re talking abou

[@gustavosaliola]

@@AnakinIHateSandSkywalker Are the quote marks for any particular reason? In that case, it means "a small but important detail". It's about, as clearly explained in the clip, the use of cheap clothes to camouflage. The yoga practice, to sooth the body pain on waiting the right time. The voice in off explaining the search for perfection, etc. See the movie 1 or 101 times more and hope you will find some more reasons to like it.

[@skeezaworkan]

In the end, only the billionaire really didn't give a f*ck. Even the assassin cared about someone.

[@MrKrtek00]

legend says: they had great afterparties

[@thefincheranalyst]

Jennifer Saunders on the bucket hat: "Oasis". She's spot on. Liam Gallagher was one of the main references for the style of "The Killer". Costume Designer Cate Adams: "He’s always wearing bucket hats and oversized windbreakers. It’s, like, ‘Are you kidding?’ You can look at him through the decades and he’s aways wearing something similar. I love his look. I mean, he was playing Glastonbury and I don’t even think it was raining but he was wearing this, like, ginormous, oversized windbreaker. And I was, like, ‘What is going on? Aren’t you sweating to death?’ But maybe that’s his schtick, you know. He’s trying to burn calories. He doesn’t give a f**k, right? Isn’t that Liam? That’s The Killer. There’s nothing in there. He doesn’t care. He couldn’t really care less about what anyone thinks of him. He doesn’t really need anyone to survive. It’s just him."

[@vedant2197]

Michael Fass-Bond-er!

[@juliofranchescosesma5657]

faltó el punto mas increible del torneo, entre federer y nadal, no venia en el video, pero aun asi gran resumen, gran video.

[@indykalia8224]

Fisting gloves and Graham Norton, go hand in hand!

[@phuzbrain]

The Killer is a Great movie!

[@louanarose]

He is so handsome and cool, I see many people commenting here saying that he should be the next Bond and I totally agree. He would fit the role. Sexy, smart, charming, dangerous eyes and a great body figure. 😍😍😍

[@MaraschinoCherry4]

The killer 2. Immediately

[@bwiceh]

I made a short based on "Le samourai"! It feels weird to hear about my favorite movie here!

[@jupitereye4322]

Lets not forget that in Fight Club, Brad Pitt's character Tyler wore yellow gloves while having sex with Marla Singer. There is something about David Fincher and these gloves...

[@thefincheranalyst]

Ha, ha. You got it. "People are perverts". But there's an inversion, here. Those were regular kitchen gloves used for a sexual purpose. The idea of using them came from Brad Pitt. These are gloves for sexual practices adapted for non-sexual purposes. The idea of using them came from Costume Designer Cate Adams. And Fincher just loves working with kinky people.

[@VielteX]

The most replayed section is where they talk about the fisting gloves 😂

[@chanl553]

notice the difference in leg room between all 4

[@jacoblape]

I was wondering what kind of gloves those were

[@brandoalberga1762]

excellent film, saw it in theatres

[@kellyharper8072]

God he’s gorgeous.

[@EasyTiger.01343]

For this comment to be useful, you’ll need to narrow that down a little…

[@alwaysright3943]

The comedian guy is pretty funny. Gonna check his stuff out.

[@S1L3NTG4M3R]

Who else is stuck in the never ending loop of The Graham Norton show 👀

[@gothxm]

its honestly one of my favorite shows to watch clips from. the celebrities look more relaxed here than anywhere else. My skeptical brain makes me wonder if these bits arent written by some slave writers on the payroll or something but the content is good and I dont have evidence of anything bad happening like with Ellen so I keep watching.

[@johnpatrick9610]

Graham Norton gets so boringly monotonous with his limited sense of humor after a short while........

[@S1L3NTG4M3R]

@@johnpatrick9610 Who else is stuck in the never ending loop of The Graham Norton show 👀

[@silewis9396]

Your mother.

[@S1L3NTG4M3R]

@@silewis9396 Who else is stuck in the never ending loop of The Graham Norton show 👀 --- I told your Mom Hi!!!

[@aLone114]

What gloves?

[@losrajvosa0078]

The Killer is good movie This guy c'd be next Bond.

[@dejavu2752]

So, if this segment is of Graham asking him about The Killer, what other film is he currently promoting?

[@samwells3752]

Next Goal Wins probably

[@DarylVHorn]

@@samwells3752 That's it.

[@billbaggins1688]

One Fist Man.

[@nadagabri5783]

Graham know what those kind of gloves are

[@joebailey5678]

I think he resembles Charlton Heston.

[@Technique1995]

Now, I am going to order some fisting gloves from Amazon.

[@joycampi7233]

When he said fisting gloves 💀

[@elissaartist9016]

The one is the all the all is the one I thank you

[@Nothing23770]

Nic😮e

[@coryhorton5837]

I liked, “The Killer.”

[@modgrip805]

Hold on hold on. There'll be no Bond for Fassbender before he's starred in my film. Chill out internetz. Sheesh.

[@farinshore8900]

Funny, I appear in many you tube videos that never show up on my feed.

[@TruckerJacket]

Fassbender got his hands dirty

[@TheJohnWhites]

David Fister

[@braddivac3561]

Originally, it was supposed to be Brad Pitt but he rejected the role.

[@richardblock2458]

Yes, this is one funny black comedy.

[@rcadenow7543]

And every woman and man got pregnant there, even if she is 70. this is the power of the fassbend.

[@georgegruman7819]

The character's narration says that he deliberately dressed like a German tourist in London with the dorky hat 'cuz he thought that peope would avoid him.

[@1977Futre]

I assumed that the gloves name was something none related to what it sounded like. Eg for stuffing turkeys or something. But no, they are for actual fisting. Wouldn't you have assumed that they'd have a more discreet name. Or am I being dumb here and everyone has heard of them?

[@firstlast9846]

The killer wasn’t the best.. but it’s still so rewatch-able. It’s like Once Upon a Time In Hollywood for me.. not the directors best - but arguably the most rewatchable film in his filmography

[@TheTerryE]

It's a GREAT movie. I've watched it 3 times.

[@ahlads]

It was great. One of Finchers and Fassbender's best in my book.

[@FastEddie86]

Once upon a time is not rewatchable. The Killer is.

[@Freiheit1232]

Eh I’d say both are not rewatchable. Especially the killer. Very dull for long stretches of time

[@TheTerryE]

@@Freiheit1232 Dull only if you're dimwitted. Stick to superhero movies. There's lots of noise and explosions. Bet you'll like that better.

[@johnnyonline]

The funniest part of this clip to me is that the week before on Phil Wangs own podcast he made a point of saying how much he didn't like the film, The Killer. EDIT: Haha, he just mentioned on this week's podcast how he was terrified Fassbender was going to call him out on the show.

[@jean-lucpicard2914]

Interesting film, unique, not quite the satirical comedy it's purported as in some circles or a grounded romp mainstream audiences can necessarily digest, though it definitely has a streak of humour. A film and a movie, as Del Toro put it. Very subversive in how the protagonist is so unsympathetic in a role that might usually be attractive or redeemable in some way, he's just a semi-lapsed killer making the best of a bad situation with the shitty unromanticized inner monologue this type of person might actually need to survive or thrive - one full of lies and contradictions that we the viewers can't trust. Possibly jarring for some audiences in the age of John Wick and it's derivatives. It's a lean procedural look at a day in the life of a real piece of shit and unsurprisingly, things don't always go as planned, it's inhuman and tedious. Also it looks fantastic and the pacing is super lean.

[@stewmott3763]

Ten years now I've been saying Fassbender should play James Bond.

[@harryom3497]

Alain Delon that's it.

[@soakingbook]

We all know what Graham is most curious about as it relates to Fassbender.

[@Lostinthemoors]

I liked the movie, but had this been made by any other director other than Fincher, people wouldn’t be trying to find all this philosophical symbolism and depth like they’re doing now. Is a run of the mill assassin movie with a bit of humour. Whatevz

[@gillrobinson3517]

It is not fishing. It is fisting! I heard it correctly but had to look it up for a defintion although i could guess from the banter what it meant. LMAO

[@simianrogue]

Not a bad film, my only issue was how the so-called assassin stood so close to that large, bare window in the beginning, exposing himself for all to see from the adjacent buildings, even, at one point, with a friggn' scope in his hands, and for him to take so damned long for that shot at such a short distance, was stupid. Like I said, it was ok, but certainly nothing special and contained too many gaffs.

[@Hegder]

Almost like the point of the film is that he’s full of shit.

[@py2007]

I doubt the Brits would accept a German as Bond.

[@-C.S.R]

in my opinion, I didn't think the movie was at great. The acting was fantastic of course. But that's just my opinion, and it looks like most everybody else liked it. I still think he's an awesome actor and if they make a killers 2 I'd still watch it.

[@dandelgado11]

Best Bond possible. But of course far too much of a star, therefore far too expensive and he would never sign for 4 movies in 10 years like B. Broccoli demmands

[@daringreene4661]

Proof that American talk shows suck...

[@kyle6209]

As actors continue to advocate anti gun they continue to make movies about guns killing people 😂 movies looks good

[@jaycepero8069]

He gives no one a pass in this movie.

[@Bale4Bond]

Missed the ending?

[@paradise_valley]

What about the dog and the billionaire

[@g-roy23]

@@paradise_valleyWith him though because he was *that* oblivious it was a case of “behave…or else” to the extreme.

[@dalmaximus]

Just seemed like a plain revenge movie. Was boring unfortunately

[@nuschlerclark895]

Michael Fassbender is an Extremely weird guy! Just watch Shame.

[@conorbrosnahan5464]

It's called acting

[@hellodolly2551]

And him beating the shit out of his girlfriend is also a giveaway that he’s a scumbag

[@DarylVHorn]

@@conorbrosnahan5464 Wait, are you saying that "The Killer" and "Shame" aren't documentaries?!

[@chadclay1643]

I saw him wearing a Lego head or summit in public dudes a freak Edit: that was a film

[@BoomsRiddico4868]

dumb comment! some people are painfully stupid!

[@as123ferrdi8]

Very bad movie, sadly. It's impossible to empathize with any of the carachters, and the plot is very boring. Just the first 20 minutes are interesting

[@cleanboys9424]

Y does this boomer say Netflix like it’s some foreign thing

[@adachan7589]

The movie was really shit. No joke. Pointless and you wait for a plot twist that never came.

[@hdmccart6735]

Remember when he beat his girlfriend to a pulp...

[@hoya1178]

There is no proof that he did that because there is no evidence for it and her story was not the same as the witnesses

[@sallysue8176]

From the comments the movie is good not great

[@VideoNozoki]

No. It's bad (not good). Fassbender is a great actor, Fincher in a great director... How did they make suuuuch a bad movie (-_-;)

[@Ivy_reacts]

I personally liked it. It's quite slow but it's a good movie imo

[@DarylVHorn]

Nah, it's great. It certainly won't be everybody's cup of tea, because Fincher will never be that broad.

[@datatsushi2016]

It's atmospheric and beatifully shot, but it has no story, no characters, no twists, no suspense, barely any action and an unlikeable main character.

[@Aprilpie13]

That's why you should watch it. Form your own opinion. I enjoyed it, it's worth a watch.

[@Rufus..Calhoun]

alas another mediocre david fincher film......

[@simplesimon5739]

The Killer. I watched 10 minutes and turned it off. It was that entertaining!

[@ridethespiral1219]

Not a great movie. Fincher is phenomenal and they did what they could with the writing, which was garbage.

[@twe_1000]

The Killer was the greatest disappointment. Fincher's worst film by far.

[@TheJohnWhites]

By far??

[@HanzotheRazor]

The Killer is the most boring assassin movie ever. Fassbender's acting was horrendous.

[@hoya1178]

Are you trolling?

[@fortynine3225]

To bad it is a TV movie in mediocre quality. A decent release would make the movie more impactful.

[@hilarymiseroy]

It's actually a duel release with it showing in some theatres so I guess it's down to the size of your home screen and whether you have Netflix Premium.

[@myfilms999]

Imagine saying this about a David Fincher film

[@fortynine3225]

@@hilarymiseroy Not sure exactly what it is you are saying. I have seen some Netflix stuff streaming movies. That was 60P(= TV movie) and quality was half or less compared to blu-ray/ UHD blu-ray. That stuff has to much issues so no thanks. Give me a call when it gets a release in proper quality.

[@bhoqeem1975]

Watched it, Not good. A wasted protagonist. Kinda ridiculous.

[@atdtheband]

I hate that fishing is funny. Barbarian perverted behaviours becoming prime time tv vernacular.