Eric Roberts Interview on "King of the Gypsies" (November 28, 1978)
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- King of the Gypsies is a 1978 American drama film by Paramount Pictures starring Eric Roberts (in his film debut), Sterling Hayden, Shelley Winters, Susan Sarandon, Brooke Shields, Annette O'Toole and Judd Hirsch.
Originally planned to be directed by Peter Bogdanovich,[2] the film was finally directed by Frank Pierson from a screenplay which he adapted from the 1975 book King of the Gypsies by Peter Maas. The book tells the story of Steve Tene and his Gypsy family.
The film deals with the criminal ways and turbulent lives of a group of modern-day Gypsies living in the early 1960s of New York City. While on his deathbed their "king", Zharko Stepanowicz, passes his position of leadership on to his unwilling grandson, Dave. In spite of Dave's reluctance to become the Gypsies' new leader, Dave's father, Groffo, resentful over not having been appointed leader, attempts to have Dave killed. Groffo is scheming and temperamental, and uses violence and threats to get the clan to do his bidding. Eventually this leads to a major confrontation with his son, and the film ends with the suggestion that Dave has finally accepted his legacy; with his voiceover considering the possibility of his bringing the rest of the tradition-bound Gypsies into the world of 20th Century customs and lifestyles.
Eric Anthony Roberts (born April 18, 1956) is an American actor.[1][2] In a career spanning over 50 years, Roberts has amassed more than 700 credits and appeared in blockbusters, independent films, television series, animation, short films, student films, and music videos.[3][4][5] As of 2024, he is one of the most prolific English-speaking screen actors of all time.[4][6]
Roberts' career began with a leading role in King of the Gypsies (1978) for which he received his first Golden Globe Award nomination. He was nominated again at the Golden Globes for his acclaimed role as Paul Snider in Bob Fosse's Star 80 (1983). Roberts' performance in Runaway Train (1985), as prison escapee Buck McGeehy, earned him a third Golden Globe nod and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Notable films Roberts has appeared in include Raggedy Man (1981), The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984), By the Sword (1991), Final Analysis (1992), The Specialist (1994), The Cable Guy (1996), It's My Party (1996), Cecil B. Demented (2000), National Security (2003), A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006), The Dark Knight (2008), The Expendables (2010), Lovelace (2013), Inherent Vice (2014), The Human Centipede 3 (2015), and Babylon (2022). A black belt in taekwondo, Roberts also demonstrated his martial arts skills in the films Best of the Best (1989) and its sequel Best of the Best II (1993).
His varied television work includes being the only non-UK actor to play the Master in the 1996 Doctor Who television film, a main role on the sitcom Less than Perfect (2002-2005), as well as recurring roles on the NBC drama Heroes (2007-2010), the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless (2010-2011), the legal drama Suits (2014-2019), and the HBO series The Righteous Gemstones (2022).
Eric Anthony Roberts was born in Biloxi, Mississippi, on April 18, 1956,[7] to Betty Lou Bredemus and Walter Grady Roberts, one-time actors and playwrights, who met while touring with a production of George Washington Slept Here for the armed forces.[8] In 1963, they co-founded the Atlanta Actors and Writers Workshop in Atlanta off Juniper Street in Midtown. They ran a children's acting school in Decatur, Georgia. Roberts' mother became a church secretary and real estate agent, and his father was a vacuum cleaner salesman.[9] Roberts' younger siblings, Julia Roberts (from whom he was estranged until 2004) and Lisa Roberts Gillan, are also actors.
On a 2023 episode of Finding Your Roots featuring Julia Roberts, it was revealed that Eric Roberts' biological paternal great-great-grandfather's surname was actually Mitchell, not Roberts.[94]
Eric Roberts is a distant cousin of fellow actor Edward Norton.[95]
In December 1987, Roberts was arrested after police found him banging on a woman's apartment door in Manhattan's Upper West Side. He was charged with criminal trespass, possession of cocaine and marijuana, and second-degree assault after he punched a police officer.[105] In February 1988, he pleaded guilty to harassment and was sentenced to six months on probation. His possession and assault charges were dropped.[106]
In February 1995, Roberts was arrested in Los Angeles for shoving his wife Eliza into a wall.[107]
Bibliography
- (2024). Runaway Train: or, The Story of My Life So Far. co-written with Sam Kashner. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-1-250-27532-5.[93]
Thank god for Tik Tok for letting the whole world see that Eric Roberts was a great beauty back in the day
Anche ora
He still is
Ja też dziękuję jest był u zawsze będzie piękny jak Bóg cudowny aktor i uroda nie z tej ziemi ❤❤❤❤❤❤
@@AlbaRosso-lp7fb jako starszy pan jest przepiękny
I want the time machine because men dont look and carry themselves like this now… i demand nice things!
He should’ve portrayed a vampire.
I mean that as a compliment.
You mean diabolical beauty
If anyone could have played Edward Cullen apart from Rob, it could have been him
Или Дориан Грэй 🎉🎉🎉
I pictured him as Cardan while reading The Cruel Prince series 😅
He's the most beautiful man I've ever seen. He is unrealistically handsome. He looks like a handsome vampire prince incarnated in real life, and he looks like painted portraits of angels. Unbelievable.
hahaha i met him 😊
super sexyyyyyy
Tak tak jest piękny jak Bóg z mitologii i nadal jako starszy pan także jest przepiękny ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Dear men,
Beside Eric Roberts you disappear. Sorry. Dear God what did you put in this recipe ? Angels breath?
yeah even his mannerisms
is not only his face his voice is marvelous
yep, i was captivated as a pre-teen by this guy. 👀
If a man talks to me like that I’m marrying him 😂
Get in line😂❤
My panties would fly off lol
Eric Roberts' voice is so soothing!!
Dark Danny Phantom
Kinda reminded me of Cillian Murphy's voice
Ong@@Reclaim.290
It still is in the year 2024. 🐝
L' ho sempre visto in parti da psicopatico.Im passato mimpia e a ,ora preferisco visi meno.aggressivi.La sorella dusse che era violento.Nn ,lo co osco ma certo nn m incanta la dolcezza.Tanti sono di e si trasformano Sicuramente meritava parti in film più belli
I swear this man's beauty gives me goosebumps. Looking at this man's video, it seems possible for one to get drunk. Even his voice is incredible. He moggs all the actors and models I've seen. With his beauty he surpasses all models, actors. The beautiful faces of the painted anime characters and the painted beautiful faces of angels are not fantasy, it's reality, it's here in front of us, and it's incredible.
what about him makes him beautiful ?
Sorry girl in thid interview he gets mogged by many psl gods
And u compare him to delon 😂😂😂
@@xXMachaXx-lo4pn He's handsome number one. Whether you like it or not. Digest it.
@@xXMachaXx-lo4pn Eric is number one beauty. Whether you like it or not. Digest it.
@@xXMachaXx-lo4pn Delon is not that handsome for me, even Chico I like more.
This dude is everything we imagine about Count Dracula, right down to his voice😂
his voice can melt butter..
Beautiful young man with a smooth, luscious voice. What a fine actor he is, and what an impressive career! He makes an icy cold scary bad guy. Eric Roberts is one of those people who make the world much more interesting. Thanks for this great old interview.
what about him makes him beautiful ?
@@BRIANDER100 Symmetry, proportion, big blue eyes, thick dark hair, graceful gait, dark expressive eyebrows, broad shoulders, youth, focus, intensity.
С ума сойти, какой он был сногсшибательный красавец! И этот голос...
My god was he gorgeous and still is! Almost hurts to watch him 🔥
what about him makes him beautiful ?
@@BRIANDER100look at him he's beyond hotter than brad pitt, Leonardo johny depp and tom cruise altogether
@@ASK-ce6ps true
Such a great actor and he gorgeous. Loved him in King of the Gypsies.
He was beautiful before the accident and after.
What accident @@mindymoore8194
Oh how handsome and what a voice 😮❤
I think he is the most prolific actor in history. I had the pleasure of meeting him recently. Classic gentlemen.
Eric was so INSANELY GORGEOUS back then Omg I could have fallen in love with him so easily 🥵😍
But he wouldn't
@@Anakin.xx1😂
Yes, he was ! Totally Unique. I can see a few of the same physical character traits of Julia as well.
what about him makes him beautiful ?
Yes realy he looks so stunning .. just to fell in love 😍❤❤
My god didn't realize how gorgeous he was
what about him makes him beautiful ?
@@BRIANDER100everything
My earbuds vibrate when he talks😂
What a voice❤❤❤❤
Usually I can't see any resemble between Eric and his sister Julia. But in this interview the mouth and the shape of the face at the bottom does resemble Julia! Wow!!!
I think someone on the comments said that he was in a car accident and had a little reconstructive surgery done so he looks a little different but he's still so very handsome even in his latter years
@@pettybee3860that accident totally broke his face, he struck a tree. I cant even believe this is the young Eric Roberts. He's much more beautiful than julia Roberts imo.
Watch King of the Gypsies. It's best the depiction of his beauty and resemblance to Julia; they looked almost identical down to their hair type
@@Neiri-qg2wkI never thought they looked alike. Only same feature they share is the mouth but other than that the eye color, hair color, skin color (pale), facial structure, etc is different
@@Griffith02same eye shape and same nose too
Since I saw this interwiew I like his acting even more. He looks absolutely different here. His face expression and even voice are different in real life. And they change from film to film. He is never the same, l mean, you'll never confuse him with his character.
I think he was involved in a very serious car accident a few years after this interview.
@@sprezzatura8755it was before accident
He is very beautiful still his coloring is the reason he looks very good
Other else he would look normal
His voice is a dream ❤
What a beautiful man Eric Roberts was than and still is now. I adore him
it’s Always the men with class, tact, kindness , striking eyebrows etc, and
WHISPERY DEEP VOICES
that are truly .. the most sensual 👌🏻
Wow. Never knew he was this good looking. 😍
Stil very handsome
His voice so fine❤❤❤❤❤
Good lord he looks like a Disney prince. Why does he also sound like a French guy speaking English here?
По-моему потому что он учился в Англии...и это правильный английский...как мне кажется...
An incredible debut, his performances in Raggedy Man, Star 80, The Pope Of Greenwich Village, Runaway Train, and the delightful Coca Cola Kid, seemed to have set him up for superstar status. He reminds me a lot in this interview of Timothee Chalamet. He still possesses the charisma. talent, and presence that marked him out as a young man. Their is a quality of rock and roll about Eric, a lightening energy and impulsiveness that is edgy and dangerous. With Mickey Rourke he is my favourite actor of his generation.
That stupid watermark obscuring Eric's face is killing me 😖
Today him would be sexiest man alive 😅
Im intoxicated by his voice. I could just listen to him say anything all day. “ im eric roberts “ good. “ im going to take you home tonight “ please❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
People with dimple/dimples will always be special and unique.
Oh My God he was so handsome and absolutely gorgeous when he was young ❤❤❤ He sounds so charming 😍
He's still HANDSOME
Que hombre , su voz es un papi chulo y aun que sea un adulto mayor esta guapísimo 😊
I was 14 when I saw this film in the theater. I was like, who is THAT?!? ". I love the film!
So you must be like 60 years old now
He was very good looking back then. He was in a terrible car accident and had to have reconstructive surgery so he looks different.
He's still good looking.
This face is new to me, wouldn't have recognised Eric if not for his voice
@@ApotequilaPaulosini he definitely has a really distinctive, soothing voice, but I think his eyes are unmistakable as well.
I think he’s still fine asf personally
Thanks for explaining. I never knew about the car accident. I figured it was substance abuse that changed his appearance. What bad luck huh? To have such a perfect face and then get into a car accident😢
Eric and Brooke were a perfect beautiful match as siblings here-
So beautiful that you could just sit like a statue and people around you would suck up to you still... and yet he has a stutter and nerves
That’s great. That sculpture of a man NEEDS imperfections. Can’t win in everything or it’ll be totally unfair.
I love everything about this video. Eric's hair and bell-bottom jeans, and all of the 1978-specific movie posters in the background. What a great find!
Love it! It's the next best thing to a time machine...
That was the Beginning of a Legend. Long Live The King.
Eric roberts pioneered the modern technique of saying 'like' every fourth word. Not exactly a proud legacy but a trailblazer none the less.
Omg he was very handsome ❤
I sooo want to go back to when all this was new and fresh!
So that we can stop him from driving that car😇
Gorgeous what a crush i had on him still do. I still think He is gorgeous.
Awesome interview. I enjoyed seeing Eric at the beginning of his movie career.
Yeah ! Always thought he was the most handsome actor and that sexy voice. Lol
He's much more pretty than Julia .
ik. he’s was long famous before his sister julia and daughter Emma whom ive always really liked there’s a strong resemblance she’s gorgeous too-
His voice, his face 🥰😍🥵
He had such a nice voice.❤
We are single for this dude .. really with this look and this voice .. and i don't eveb blame the girls tho :)
Eric Roberts is one of the greats.
Eric Roberts was such a handsome actor. He still is. Not rushing out to get nipped and tucked. Handsome and beautiful, in side and out, he comes off as a real person. His wife seems very happy as well. A good relationship. I cannot understand why handsome and beautiful actors rush out to get surgery on their face, the very face they were blessed with. Surgery is going to improve the face God gave them? It's character and integrity that reflects the looks. No better example than his portrayal of that sleezy Paul Schneider, what a monster. Hating the character an actor plays so well, he became that person. His performance was dead on.
He had a car accident in 1981, that's why he had surgery
Jim Whaley WAS...and always will be....the first television personality to bring Hollywood's best to the interview table on "Cinema Showcase", a program he created and produced for 20 years from Atlanta, Georgia. I had the honor of knowing and working with Jim when I was a drama student at DeKalb College, now a part of Georgia State University....and also had the honor of working with Eric Roberts on my first film, "Miss Lonelyhearts" in 1981...
너무 잘생김 😂😂😂 우수에 찬 눈 좀봐 와우❤❤❤❤❤
What a great actor. It’s cool to see Eric at the start of it all, I was barely two months old lol. Good interview
I agree on all the comments below...LOL...yes, quite likely the most beautiful man on the planet...
Я реально не видела никого красивее этого актёра.
Vaisiliy stepanov,Bjorn Andersson is equally beautiful like him
And Alain delon is superior among all god looking people@@ОльгаТолкачева-с5ч
@@xXMachaXx-lo4pna....no
Wonderful interview, thanks for sharing.
Eric is one of the finest actors, ever.
❤ his voice
Beautiful man with a beautiful voice❤❤❤❤❤
The Judd Hirsch character is full of such extreme envy- i relate to that first scene so much .. and it’s beautiful how the females in that first clip celebrate his ✨Beauty✨
Extremely charismatic actor.
He still is from my perspective.
Very gifted too
he’s a Sweet man for real ~~ not arrogant at all, very much a gentleman 💛 i met him in the grocery store -
Que sonrisa más bonita tiene ❤❤
OMG He was SOOOO FINE!!
He was a very compelling and unique actor in his early work. Star 80, Runaway Train. A very strong personality.
Thankyou Eric Roberts. My first movie was Star 80. My point is thankyou for showing other movies and TV career. Family is important. ❤
Nicest and respectfullest interview i saw for a long time. God bless Eric and Julia Roberts
He seems so nervous. You wouldn't guess from this interview that he would become one of the most prolific actors in the history of American film.
I ❤ this! Thanks for posting!! So cool! Baby Eric. He’s such a favorite of mine! I was just 13yrs old when this happened. Been a fan since Pope.
(Fyi I don’t like that icon in middle of screen.)
Yes, good video. Horrible watermark
Thanks for posting this! Great movie
One of Mickey Rourke's favorite actors and with an obvious stutter, he pulled off a great interview...
He could have played a great Anakin Skywalker, He could have played a great James Bond 007, He could have played Wolverine from X Men.... He could have been anything. Supreme looks and dominating personality what a combo. Its sad to know he had crippling addiction. Even after decades hes still handsome and charismatic person as ever. Just wow.
I can see Julia in him when he speaks . even though they're not crazy look alike , there is a resemblance. I never knew how he looked when he was young , i know him from other movies , where he is much older and i always thought how handsome he was . Now that i see this video , im mesmerized . I didnt recognize him immediately ❤❤❤❤❤
Damn he was so sexy ❤ he talks so much like Julia as well. His mouth is 🥵
Filmed on my 3rd birthday ❤
An actor that didn't sell out, one class act.
This guy was a Hollywood god, why didn’t he make it big is beyond me… he’s far better than Pacino, DeNiro, etc
El accidente automovilístico de 1981 lo derruyó!.-
better looking you mean? but it doesn't necessarily mean better actor.
He is also very sucessful he got the record for starring in most roles out of any actor/actress on imdb if I recall right.
Just didn't have the iconic roles like Pacino or DeNiro
@@twinsenjo8345 he is better looking but he’s also a better actor.
@@consciousnessrenaissance7804 I disagree, it's undeniable Eric Roberts is a good actor. But I don't think he reached the same peak as Pacino or De Niro.
For example I can't see him doing a better performance in Scarface than Pacino or Raging Bull than De Niro.
Талант и красота.
He aged into a silver fox lol he still got it 😼
Back then Travolta was the thing but I never found him attractive and this guy showed up on the cinema horizon. I had a crush on him after seeing “King of the Gypsies” I only went to see it because of Brooke but when Eric hit the screen my crush began during my teens. I’ve since followed him in all his films. My personal favorites “Pope of Greenwich Village” and Bob Fosse’s “Star 80”.
Красота неземная 🥰🤩♥️
Именно так. Всякие Хидллстоны,Дауни отдыхают.А Хидллстон вообще несимпатичный.Не пойму тех кто считают его красавцем.
@@Æææææ-j8dТом не красавец, но обаятельный. Он мне нравится.
@@wildviolet3973 конечно,не красавец. А просто симпатичный талантливый актёр.
Just a year before my now late mum was born ❤❤❤❤
Wow amazing how he was so handsome ❤, I was only 2 years old .?
Мне тоже было 2 года.
So handsome ❤
he still sounds the same! My god I thought his voice would've been a lot higher back then
Damn! his hair!!!!!!!
Damn his everything...
Very well done and gorgeous❤
Hello TikTok explorers 😂
Guilty as charged
😮😮😮👀
Que belleza❤
Someone needs to just go ahead and make an anime character based off him; the same voice and face and everything 😂
He was also in Human Centipede 3 and the underrated DOA film.
Why this symbol in the middle of screen?!🙄🙄🙄😡😡😡
He still has some of the same mannerisms
❤❤❤❤❤Eric I feel it always close me.I LOVE YOU.
Music union member from Russia,you in my heart forever with very big love.
Jeremy Mironov.😘
♥️🙏🦋☀️💐💐💐
Continua lindo e muito charmoso ❤
Too hadsome Erick ❤🤗😍
10 anime protagonists rolled into one :P
H was so for when he was that are, wonderful actor too
There’s a pic of Emma Robert’s out there, it’s like her profile hair pulled back she is compared to an Egyptian Goddess, or it was of several actors in time that are near exact replicas of ancient goddess’s .
He was so freaking attractive 😩❤️
what about him makes him beautiful ?
@@BRIANDER100 everything his hair, his voice his facial features, everything
Godfather 3 directed by John Guillermin and starring Eric Roberts sounds better than the final product
Lmao did we all come from TikTok? From that 1 edit of him?? Ifykyk
yes girl