Faye Dunaway Master Class Ad Shoot SNL's Maya Rudolph Parodied - YOU'RE RIGHT IN MY EYELINE!
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- Via boyculture.com:
With Ken Mandelbaum's permission, this is previously unreleased footage of Faye Dunaway shooting an ad for the touring production of "Master Class" in 1996. She was 55. The shoot starts okay, then devolves as she becomes irritated. The best moment is when, after extolling the virtues of "connection," she orders someone out of her eyeline!
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"could you leave please? You're right in my eyeline" is my new go to phrase for any annoyance
She's rude af. She'd treat you like that too.
@@jaywest3734 what a honor 🎖 😆
@@tennycCould you imagine? 😍 "Please, Mistress, may I have another?"🙏
I Love it.
Once the offending party goes, we could follow up with, “Could you shut your mouth, please? You’re still in my ear line.” Then a simple, “Stop breathing!”
Anyone else giggling at the irony of Dunaway doing so many takes in a commercial for live theater?
There's nothing like it. Our eyes make a connection and could you leave please you're right in my eyeline.
I’d actually love to see her in a play just to see if she flubs a line and asks to do a second take lol
It’s thrilling
@@TheTurkaderrI did a community theatre show with an actor who mainly did soap operas & he was constantly re-doing his lines onstage which absolutely infuriated me! It was so difficult to act with him. He got so many notes about it but didn’t even try to stop. I can picture her doing something similar.
@@TheTurkaderr I would be afraid of being in her eyeline and being spoken to do devastatingly.
It's actually very amusing when she says "Our eyes meet. An emotional connection."
Then immediately afterwards "Could you leave please, you're right in my eyeline."
I do get the irony, but she’s not doing live theater here, she’s talking directly to the camera, which does pick up every slight eye movement. Making eye contact with someone slightly off from the camera during a shot like this can legitimately ruin a take.
@@Stacey_Robinson While she's had the myriad of parodies against her coming for some years, I feel like it's also unfair to her as she just has a very staunch work ethic - it DOES NOT excuse her treatment of people but I get where she's coming from.
@@christopherstefanic6410I don’t feel an ounce sorry for anyone that mistreats people doing their job. She could have had an even more illustrious career but her cruel behavior, well, karma. She earned her negative reputation all on her own.
yeah and in real life a psycho stalker would be saying that to a star "Our eyes meet. An emotional connection" LMAO
"actually"
I’m not mad at you, I’m mad at the live theater
Best comment on here! 😂😂😂
LOL.. exactly! "Barbara, please, Barbara." . LOL
You deliberately embarrassed me in front of a Reporter!....a Reporter! I told you how much this means to me...I told you!!!
She was great playing Crawford. She actually caused me to start watching Joan Crawford movies.
Great! lol
It’s fascinating how when she smiles she can project warmth, but as soon as they yell cut, even with that same smile, her eyes go stone cold! She’s scary.
Just like Michelle Obama.
She’s A.C.T.i.N.G.
Actors and writers are professional liars.
I know, it's almost like she's acting...
that's an actress!! i love her work ❤❤❤
She’s not wrong about the doors needing to open at the same time tho
Tbh she seemed pretty professional and reasonable to me. Cold, maybe, but efficient.
Tell me about it...l gotta do YOUR job too ??? No wonder she's pissed...
@@OlafavonGoeding Good description of her.
She was definitely right about that if nothing else
Our eyes meet, an emotional connection…can you leave, please??? You’re right in my eyeline!
ROTFLMAO!!!!
The way her eyes change at 1:36 is chilling.
Holy crap
Thanks for pointing that out. Watched this video several times and never saw that.
Chills. Holy.
it gave me chills too 😮 I think that’s one skill a good actor has.
She may have had the reputation of being difficult to work with, but what she put on film was mesmerizing. A real artist 👏👏👏
I ain't mad at it. She was being super patient.
She is a diva......but she delivers drama. and knows how to work the camera.
Whatever you say - she is mesmerizing and you like it or not- you can’t stop starring at that face with those intense emotions. That’s what’s make her a legend - not just a star .
what a drama queen. legendary pain-in-the-ass according to Bette Davis
@@keithabney4665she would know
@@keithabney4665 Bette was no angel herself.
@@jedijones true. Faye would keep people waiting on the set, a no-no in Bette's book.
SNL brought me here 😂
No shit
I can't believe that Maya harked all the way back to Lauren Bacall's commercials for "High Point Decaf Coffee" and this drivel with Faye Dunaway.
Are they classic commercials? I had no idea!
Me too
Totally
Same
She screams old Hollywood movie star. She was in the tradition of the great stars of the 30s and 40s. The mannerisms and sense of drama. She was truly the last movie star.
@frozenwarning yes I know. But she was in the tradition of the old movie stars. She was the last real glamorous type movie star in my opinion. Her prime was the 70s and I can’t think of a actress post 1970s that was a true movie star like Faye Dunaway.
@@RJS1974well there was Jane Fonda but Fonda represented sort of the birth of new Hollywood alongside people like Raquel Welch and Dennis hopper. Faye definitely was part of the tradition of the golden era
@@cafeAmericanoBut paradoxically, being instrumental in ushering in that new era of "new hollywood". Her films with directors of that very modern generation were much more representative of new hollywood and the best it had to offer than Fonda's ( save for "They shoot horses,don't they?" , "klute" and " Homecoming" of course)
Faye definitely hammered the last nail into that coffin.
I agree.
Leslie Jordan once stated as well as Bette Davis that she ferocious to work with. Mean to everyone.
@frozenwarning how could anyone forget Leslie Jordan!
@frozenwarning Lesie Jordon is a dead oompa Loompa
Brenda Vaccaro said she terrified people on the set of Super Girl.
He called her batshit crazy!
This really isn't that bad. I just see a professional actor at work, trying to get it right. I have a friend who works low level on films, and he was asked to leave a set once because he was unnecessary at that moment and he kept being in Harvey Keitel's sightline. It's not that uncommon. Acting requires intense concentration.
It's not that it's horrid, but ever since Mommie Dearest, Dunaway has had this barely restrained hysteria beneath her deliveries that is inherently camp. And it's undeniably funny to see her crisply losing her cool as she EMOTES.
@@matthewrettenmund8358 Well, yes, she's overacting a bit. But I was referring to those who think she's being really difficult or mean, here. I didn't think she was ever too rude or anything.
Yeah , it’s funny though the line about seeing people in theater and then making that remark!
@@dkelly26666I mean her tone of voice and stare was pretty rude lol
Sorry but she's WAY over doing it. She reads as out of her gord.
Maya Rudolph's SNL skit from May 2024 brought me here! 😁
Never seen or heard of this clip or whatever 'Masterclass' was back then, but Faye still appears to have Joan Crawford inside of her.... "Christinaaaaaa!!!" 😲😂😲😁
i had no idea that was from this!!!❤❤❤
Get the axe!
I came here to say this. The demon spirit of Joan Crawford she conjured up to play her is still in her.
“Masterclass” was a play based on the life of opera singer Maria Callas who, allegedly, made being a Diva not just a profession but a life’s mission. p.s. she was also Aristotle Onassis’ main squeeze before, during, and after his marriage to Jackie Kennedy.
By the way, I think she was going to nail that 3rd take but they had her out of focus and blurry when she came out and someone made a distracting noise on stage so she had to stop...then it became ponderous after that...the doors do need to be opened at the same time btw
She hit it out the park in the 4th take.
I think Faye's intense presence--the voice, the beauty, the gait--as well as the legacy of the strong characters she played, especially Joan Crawford, make almost anything she does seem over the top. In fact, lots of shoots go on and on due to actors messing up, props not working or sound or lighting problems, among many others. And she did say "please" to the person. She definitely could have been nicer, though.
You can call her whatever you want, but Faye Dunaway has always commanded perfection. Most of all from herself. And it shows.
Difficult as she may have been, it’s undeniable she had something special in her acting.
Perfect comment for condemning any thought that actors are above all the rest - they are just actors of entertainment and don’t offer anything special to society
Am I the only one that's not bothered by this? lol I've worked with many people who are "testy" like this on set, and I know to not to take it personally; their nerves are usually through the roof. Of course some people take it too far and can be abusive, but here I see someone who is very tense due to wanting to create a perfect take for her client.
i would think checking the balance in her bank account would ease any stress she may be going through
To be fair, we don’t know what that person in her eyeline was doing.
And - she said 'please'!
To be fair, the doors were supposed to open at the same time.
I know someone who worked directly with her. Faye has the reputation for being crazy difficult. My friend ran sound for her and was treated very badly. She said she is truly a difficult person. But she is an amazing actress
She was stunning - can't take that away from her!
I love hot and crazy.
This reminds me of John candy as orson welles.
“Yes!!! Of course!!! I’m on my mark….move your camera!!!”
I love that because Orson totally would say that. He’d probably be right, too. The thing is if he took a gig and everything was set up as he preferred to have it, he could have the entire shoot wrapped up before lunch. Mel Brooks said he hired Welles for two weeks to do narration for History of World and Welles nailed it in one afternoon. Every line was perfect with the first take. Although to be fair, this was mostly on view when he did voiceover work as he spent more hours of his life behind a radio mic than in front of a camera. He did tons of radio shows live throughout the 30’s and was so in demand that he drove an ambulance to get around New York from gig to gig.
Could watch this for hours
She's actually very fascinating...she is just trying to do a good job and getting frustrated.
Agreed - I think she’s mesmerizing, fantastic.
Absolutely. And, if you've ever been foiled by others' gaffes, you'd totally get her focus in 'getting it right.'
"actually"
@@jamesmcinnis208 The colloquial use of the word.
@TNewsh LOL - yeah, that's it.
The way she trembles when she says "thrilling"....she's feeling the thrill. How amazing. I can't do that.
I worked for a messenger service in 1997 and had to deliver a package to Faye directly. She was very friendly and gracious to me. I complimented her on her 90's work on both Colombo ('93) and Don Juan de Marco in '95, which was true. She smiled and said "I love hearing that, thank you!" It was a hot day, and she said 'Let me get you a cold Coke out of the fridge! She did, and wished me a wonderful day.
I don't think she was used to being complimented like that on her (at that time) recent work. No bringing up old movies and never the one she hates most, without even saying the name here. So my own experience with her was very positive. She's high maintenance, I get it, but there's no actress ever like her. She's brilliant, and in her actual presence, almost other worldly. She's a true movie star in the old Hollywood sense, not one of these interchangeable, non-descript whatever they are now. So if she's difficult, in the end she's worth it. In life, we need to look at the big picture.
That’s nice to hear. We also don’t know what type of nonsense was going on around her- but there seems to be a lot of clatter and the camera is unfocused when she’s saying her lines. We are seeing selected clips of what seems like a tedious day full of unpreparedness.
To be fair, it seems like the crew on set was pretty unprofessional. The crew missing their cue, lots of people making unnecessary noise, I think she was right to call them out on it. I just wish she would have been able to calm down a little though.
she DID say "please"
She is amazing. Faye "created her own weather," if you catch my drift.
Omg, I love this. It was cool to watch all the takes, but that final "Could you leave, please? You're right in my eyeline." was the perfect ending. Lmao! I admire her perfectionism and intensity. It definitely looks like she was hard to work with, but you can see why: she was serious about her work and cared about the result. She wasn't fucking around.
Mutha didn’t come to play with you clowns.
👑👏
This lady is a pro. She's doing everyone's job for them, ahead of them, because she has so much experience. She's even directing the Director. I really can't fault her.
You're not supposed to direct the director.
@@jedijones If he sucks, you have no choice
Which she didn't do when filming Mommy Dearest. She did blame the director for not pulling her back. But things happen.
@@jedijones she was the director in this, the one making the calls were her assistant director
@@jedijones if you appear on stage , hit your mark, say your lines correctly but you’re not even in focus and there is banging from people dropping stuff- you’re dealing with people who haven’t bothered to be prepared to let you do what they asked you to do.
Dunaway is brilliant and talented and knows exactly what she needs to be a success. I don’t fault her for that.
I expected her to shout out, "Dooonnn't fuck with me fellas!...this ain't my first time at the Rodeo!"
When Faye talks and long stares at you, you just smile, nod and agree.
This is a more subtle moment I just picked up on that I love:
Faye: “Let’s take it again, please?”
Director: “Keep rolling.”
Faye: “Don’t keep rolling!”
Director: “Cut!”
This is all barely one notch below, "My eyes, the goggles do nothing!"
the parody is 'Coffee Commercial -SNL". for this video, it's on YT. Perfect to see this actual rehearsal first.
THEE Legendary Faye Dunaway 🔥
She’s a true professional, making sure that everything is perfect. I applaud her.
She isn't doing anything patently wrong here, though her intensity is hilarious. But as I've written elsewhere on this thread, she is NOT a pro. Faye's outrageous behavior is well-documented. Turns out she's been bipolar all along (new doc reveals), and she's on and off meds.
I think the documentary, in which she cops to her behavior and being bipolar, will mark the start of a comeback of sorts. She's already been signed to a new film. Bonkers, maybe but I'll welcome her back on screen. And for what it's worth she was gracious to me in a 1989 interview - though I believe most all 'tge stories' as well..
Along with being unable to deliver onstage despite seeing a human being in front of her, the way she's trying to tell the director what to do isn't professional at all.
@@Pythonette As Bette D. infamously told Carson in the 80s: "No, that is one thing she is NOT!'
How dare that crew troll THE Faye Dunaway 😆
“Do you think this is live theater? Do You!?”
I love her, such a pro. She's a living legend. The last "movie star".
When she was on her "A" game she was a terrific actress. As a human I believe she was deeply troubled.
What a gorgeous woman!
she is so beautiful
I would love to work with someone so dedicated to getting it right. She shouldn’t have to tell them the doors should open at the same time and even AFTER she tells them they STILL don’t open at the same time. She was actually nicer and more professional than I would have been. I’m on team Faye.
They already knew the doors needed to open simultaneously, and were trying. When they failed once, she snapped and told them the obvious. If you think this highstrung person - who just finally came out as bipolar after decades of negative reviews from co-workers - is "professional," you deserve to be her assistant.
They already knew and were trying? So by at least the third attempt they couldn’t get two doors to open simultaneously? Good thing they weren’t launching the space shuttle. You deserve to work with people who can’t handle opening a door after multiple attempts.
@@Com005 Oh, please. You make it sound like they were hopelessly incompetent getting 1 damn thing wrong. What about her? She flubs her line once. Does that mean you should be telling the crew THEY deserve perfection? It should be clear to any normal human being that this video demonstrates she was highstrung and a bit temperamental. However, adding this to her loopy presser when she was unfairly canned from "Sunset Boulevard," Michael McDonald's performance piece about her, the fact that she berates her staff (and one is still suing her for her homophobic treatment), and the fact that she's just come out as bipolar ... if that isn't enough to make you realize she is anything but professional and a joy to be around, nothing will. But all seriousness aside, this is also screamingly camp. Don't get it? You won't.
Never said she was a joy. I said she was dedicated to getting it right. You stated yourself that they knew there was an issue with the doors. Why are the doors not in working order? Set designers can't get doors to open? That is incompetence. She's probably getting paid little to nothing for this promotion but she is bringing her whole self to getting it right. She flubbed a line and had NO problem with doing it again. She's the professional/artist that brought us the great performances in Bonnie and Clyde; China Fucking Town, NETWORK. Maybe work with her and her process to get the best performance with her?
I also have to think that if Robert DeNiro behaved this way, everyone would be lauding his discipline.
"The doors have to open at the same time." Holy shit, that was so funny!
I think I’m in love with Faye Dunaway when she was 55, she’s beautiful.
No kidding!
Helen Slater said that the only thing she took notice of with Faye during Supergirl was her obsession with aging and looking perfect. I think Faye was insecure hence her consistent need for perfection.. which probably grew more intense as she got older.
I keep coming back to this each night before bed to end the day with a laugh and so far it hasn't let me down.
Shes perfection artistry
The take at 1:00 was pretty fantastic
Faye is drop-dead gorgeous here. She's absolutely incredible
She definitely looks good. Settled. Mid-50s.
So thats where it was from! Holy shit. Shes a professional, and you can tell shes annoyed. Yes she seems hard to work with, but it shows she wants to do a good job, and shes not feeling it.
Let ke ask you all then.. If she were a man, would he be considered brilliant, professional, or just a jerk? Just something to think about. Shes been in novies abd tv shows, honing her craft. Giving directors reasons why shes saught after, and will do the writers and staff right in telling their stories.
I don't think "it's because she's a woman" applies to the famously erratic Faye Dunaway; there are so, so many stories of her misbehavior. Still a great actress.
Did we ever get the finished article? What was it shown on?
I am unaware of whether the finished ad was used, but it would have been shown in markets where she was set to tour "Master Class." If it was approved.
I don't understand the critical comments here. I see a disciplined performer who has prepared very intensely for the role of Maria Callas, and getting the shoot right is very important to Ms Dunaway. Having high expectations of other professionals isn't wrong.
It's kind of ridiculous to refer to her as a pro considering her many, many, many infractions over the years. She was great at what she did, but also a well-documented nightmare.
She has worked very hard and she is undeniably a professional actress in the opinion of people who know her better. There have been so many actors who have broken rules and breeched their agreements for a multitude of reasons. Whatever has been said about her, I am just looking at this footage and I see nothing bad about her behavior. It's quite probable that in the past she's been a victim of gossip. I'm sure she's a tough cookie, but people in any industry, not just the entertainment world, should give others a break and maybe even look at themselves in the mirror from time to time.
@@cassandrabrown5393 I think the video is camp more than abusive, but you should Google her nutty answering machine message, Bette Davis's comments on "The Tonight Show" and/or Michael McDonald's hilarious (and somewhat poignant) sketch about when he worked for her. She had a lot of talent, and was a perfectionist, but wasn't professional...
@@matthewrettenmund8358 Hooray for Faye for getting on an SNL satire!
@@boyculturedotcomguess what? I don’t care.
Honestly she doesn’t seem that terrible she’s just a perfectionist…I can see how working with her could be tough though
So beautiful❤️
people can call her difficult or whatever. but if you have seen her live on stage, she just commands the room like none other.
You’ve got a great point. Some ladies demand respect (loudly). The opposite of that is commanding respect, and even that is a fine line. Not saying necessarily that Miss Dunaway does this, but when a true lady walks into a room and captivates the command (especially of all the true gentlemen in the room) just by her very presence, it is captivating.
"Hey what the hell's going on?! Faye Dunaway is out in the street screaming at cars!"
It’s that connection!
Maya just did this on snl loved it
I love her!!
I liked her before her "little gay boy" lawsuit and her turn to faith-based movies.
She is one of my favorites.
they don't make em like her anymore. What a fucking star. Give her anything she wants and gtfo of her eye line.
her star attitude is light years out of date - no wonder she can't get decent work anymore
I hardly ever hear anyone say how difficult or demanding some male stars are to work with. I think some of these legends had to be difficult to be great because the men directing them couldn’t care less. Faye and women like her are great because they refused the mediocre takes.
First take was perfect…
She was mesmerizing as Joan Crawford in Mommie Dearest.
Joan Crawford in name only.
this wasnt as bad as i expected after watching the snl skit, but still amusing
If only people knew, what it takes to film a scene or act on stage, and what the difference between those two is... Peace to all ❤
0:51 If looks could kill.
“You know I looove to play (people) who left their skid mark”😅😜
To be fair, it was a different era requiring a different set of psychological skills to Alpha-claw your way to the top of the dog heap in any given room.
AND it wasn’t just women!!
For example, Lawerence Tierney in ‘Reservoir Dogs’ driving Quentin Tarantino absolutely bonkers 😆😂
‘NO! The doors have to open at the same time!!’ sends me for some reason.
a foreshadowing of Mommie Dearest:"if you can't do something right, don't do it at all!"
Dunno how this got on my feed, but Tim Heidecker says “get him outta here, he’s right in my eyeline” on an ‘On Cinema’ oscar special, and now I realize that was a reference to this! Pretty great
What is that effect that looks like the film is burning at 0:51 ?
She said "please" 🤷♂
What a beautiful woman
She was very gracious to me after a.performance of Master Class in.San Fransissyco. Perhaps.it was because our roots were in Northern Florida. Tallahassee, to be.precise. She was in the same school.as.my sister-in-law ... Leon.High School. Cheerleader and in the prom court. Dad was.military and.they.moved around a bit. May still have FL relatives.
BARBARA PLEASE !!!!!!!!
She never stopped playing Joan Crawford
It's wild! Almost feels like it could be an outtake from #MommieDearest 😲
Well, it’s good to know that I was correct when I said “Mommie Dearest” was based on Faye Dunaway’s life and not actually Joan Crawford.
Faye is Perfectionist. It’s Hard to work among amateurs
She's exhibited a LOT of amateurish behavior. Have you ever heard Michael McDonald's comedy set about when he "worked" for her once? It's very funny, it really exposes her behavior, but it's also, ultimately, respectful.
The Faye one so terrify 🫣
So this was the inspo for the SNL sketch? Dunaway's an ice queen! Wut??? "pretends to be shocked" 😱 Take 4 was perfect anyways.
Yes, there was a useable take for sure.
I’m really curious who she orders off the set at the end. I could understand if it were a producer she’d been clashing with all day, someone who was somewhat her equal - but hopefully it wasn’t just some poor makeup lady….
Quite possibly a.Foley guy?
or some guy in a wheelchair making minimum wage holding her coffee order
is there a completed commercial that you can watch?
It may well exist, but nobody has mentioned remembering it and it hasn't been uploaded anywhere I've seen.
Have you seen Judy Garland audition for Valley of the Dolls? She was high as a kite.
She seems to be channeling her character in mommie dearest
Many actresses win an Oscar and stay the same. Then there’s Faye Dunaway
I see Mommie Dearest in this all day long. I know's its Dunaway's acting style but she used the same voice and inflections in playing Joan....I can't separate them.
So camp and self unaware, a lot of her early work was brilliant though.
Faye comes across perpetually angry and paranoid, she must be in a lot of pain.
I empathise with any retail assistant that’s ever had to deal with her!
‘I love curling up with a rich cup of coffee. I could drink it day or night. That’s why tiptop coffee is COULD YOU PLEASE LEAVE. YOU’RE RIGHT IN MY EYE-LINE.”
Is beautiful
Faye, the director. 😂
Was this commercial aired on television at the time?
I have never seen any confirmation a final version aired.
Barbara, please!