![]() You know, they think they're on a mission. When you get a role like that, is there something you try to emphasize in the role?īROWN: You know, as long as the script has a rationale for the bad guy - bad guys never think they're bad guys. But you know, the one thing you're known very well for is for playing bad guys. Enforcing the rules and customs of the High Table.īRIGER: So as I said in the intro, you've had a very long career with hundreds of roles. He's sort of retired from the field, and now he's pushing paper, as it were, you know.īRIGER: (Laughter) Sometimes bloody paper.īROWN: Yeah, yeah. And so this motivation is a duel that John Wick has to have with - it turns out, with one of his friends.īRIGER: I kind of thought of your character as like a bureaucratic villain, like you have all the rules and regulations of how villains are supposed to act.īROWN: Yeah, very good. And - but you have to weave it around some kind of motivation. And the ballet of the action is quite remarkable. I actually saw it recently, and it is just beautiful. He sort of lets everybody know what the game is because there has to be somewhat of a plot in this fourth installment of "John Wick." Can't just be stunts and stunts and stunts, although it comes pretty close. Harbinger is kind of an expositional character. In the event that both parties survive, each will approach the other at increments of 10 paces until only one remains.īRIGER: That's Clancy Brown from the upcoming movie "John Wick 4." Clancy Brown, welcome to FRESH AIR.īRIGER: So tell us a little bit about the character from the new movie.īROWN: Well, let's see. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4")ĬLANCY BROWN: (As The Harbinger) Dueling pistols, 30 paces. Let's hear a little bit of Brown's distinctive voice in the role. He plays a secretive character named The Harbinger. He'll be next seen in "John Wick 4," which comes out March 24. He played Lex Luthor, Superman's arch nemesis, for many years, and countless other villains. Clancy Brown has had practically a whole other career as a voice actor for animated shows and movies. attorney general on "Billions." And those are only a few of his on-screen roles. You may remember him as the cruel prison guard in "Shawshank Redemption," or as the menacing preacher in the HBO show "Carnivale." Recently, he's been the main bad guy in "Dexter: New Blood" and a U.S. His IMDb page credits him for over 300 performances. As I got older, I, of course, realized that Clancy Brown was just really good at his job. Whether he was playing the juvenile prison bully named Viking in the movie "Bad Boys," Frankenstein's monster in "The Bride," or the one that really got to me, the immortal, sword-wielding psychopath Kurgan in the cult classic "Highlander," Clancy Brown caused me many sleepless nights. SAM BRIGER, BYLINE: When I was a kid growing up in the '80s, Clancy Brown terrified me. Our producer, Sam Briger, who interviewed Clancy Brown, has always been captivated by Brown's acting, even if he didn't always enjoy it. ![]() ![]() He now has a supporting role in "John Wick 4," starring Keanu Reeves. Our guest, Clancy Brown, has been acting in movies and TV shows since the early 1980s, often playing villains and sadistic authority figures.
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