Lee Purcell & Charlie

[chaney]

Unfortunately, it seems like there are a lot of negative memories floating around about Charlie's surliness during the making of MR. MAJESTYK, so it was nice to find an interview with actress Lee Purcell where she talks about working with Charlie and had a positive experience. The interview is at www.cultfilmfreak.com

"I really liked Charlie. He was a stand-up guy who defended me when a particular person was very rude to me. Otherwise, he was very quiet and rather shy. He brought his whole family on location and was always playing catch with his kids when not filming."

The site also has an interview with character actor Jordan Rhodes who worked on MAJESTYK as well. He comments:

"This was the first time I had met or worked with Charlie. He was certainly a loner. It appears that his wife and kids were his center of focus. We had very little conversation on a social level but he was an absolute professional to work with as long as you did your job."

Later in the interview Rhodes talks about working with Charlie again on INDIAN RUNNER and how nice Charlie was to him on that film after Rhodes sent Charlie a personal note.

[arthurbishop]

I think a lot of that surliness carried over into the movie, but worked well for the role. But it's refreshing to hear about a different side of Charlie, although the one constant is his silence and his devotion to his family.

[maphillips3]

That's a nice story, I fill people that are quiet usually get a bad rap, because people feel they are unfriendly jerks, but there was alot of people that liked Charlie.