
He had his first leading role in the outlaw biker film The Loveless (1982) and then played supporting roles in Streets of Fire (1984) and To Live and Die in L.A. He made his film debut in Heaven's Gate (1980), but was fired during production and was uncredited despite one of his scenes making it into the final cut of the film. He has frequently collaborated with filmmakers Paul Schrader, Abel Ferrara, Lars von Trier, Julian Schnabel, Wes Anderson, and Robert Eggers.ĭafoe was a founding member of experimental theater company The Wooster Group. He is the recipient of various accolades, including the Volpi Cup for Best Actor, in addition to receiving nominations for four Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, three Golden Globe Awards, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. Dafoe, it turns out, is short: we're guessing he'd be five-five in heels.William James " Willem" Dafoe ( / d ə ˈ f oʊ/ July 22, 1955) is an American actor. We had the opportunity to meet Dafoe briefly earlier this year when he came to the Brattle Theater. Why the confusion? Perhaps this: very small man, very big dick. No, too big because everybody got very confused when they saw it. We had a stand-in for him because we had to take the scenes But you can say in the film that it’s changed reality.Īs for Dafoe, I wouldn’t let him treat her in any other way than with One of the main ideasīehind the treatment is that a fear is a thought, and a thought doesn’tĬhange reality.

Years, and I tend to get sarcastic about it. Willem Dafoe - and I think you've mentioned this before - plays probably the worst therapist in the history of movies.įirst of all, I have been undergoing this cognitive therapy for three And not, as in the case of Marky Wahlberg in Boogie Nights, because his member was insufficient for the part, but for the opposite reason: Dafoe's dick is just way too fucking huge:

We suspect some of you may have missed the salient segment of Peter Keough's interview with Antichrist director Lars Von Trier this week, in which he revealed that Willem Dafoe required a stunt-cock for the film.
