RIP Michael Madsen

mmbtvs · 07-03-2025, 01:42 PM

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/mo...gs-1236306069/

Loved him in both Reservoir Dogs and Sin City.

asujbl · 07-03-2025, 01:59 PM

Free Willy for the win

Siberian13 · 07-03-2025, 02:28 PM

Will always remember

Clowns to the left of me
Jokers to the right
Here I am, stuck in the middle with you

You don’t forget scenes like that in a movie.

oldgoldy97 · 07-03-2025, 03:03 PM

Dang.

Jim Shooter, too.

LVDan · 07-03-2025, 03:36 PM

Are you gonna bark all day little doggie, are are you gonna bite?

hxcmilkshake · 07-03-2025, 04:03 PM

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jlzinck · 07-03-2025, 04:31 PM

Epitome of a "working actor"

1st remember him as Bump Bailey from The Natural

coltsnsox07 · 07-03-2025, 05:12 PM

Damn, he was in War Games too?
A great talent.

majestik101 · 07-03-2025, 05:58 PM

I always confused him and Tom Sizemore. Both were great and both are now gone too early.

Off topic a bit, but I always wondered about the backstory of Madsen's brief appearance in Die Another Day. It's so out of left field. Almost like he won a bet or something, or if the writers intended for him and Jinx (Halle Berry) to have a continuing story-arc in a sequel but gave up on that after the movie stunk up the joint.

Anyways

R.I.P. to one half of the Infamous Vega Bros.

sak0309 · 07-03-2025, 06:09 PM

to my brother Budd. the only man I ever lived -- Bill

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Schocktown · 07-03-2025, 09:08 PM

Ironically I just watched Pulp Fiction last night. Madsen had to turn down the Travolta part as he was doing Wyatt Earp.

Not mentioned yet but I thought he did a fantastic job in the Hateful Eight as Joe Gage/Grouch Douglas. Him and Kurt Russell had a couple of scenes together that were very suspenseful.

jdandns · 07-03-2025, 09:37 PM

Oops on that one. That wasn't even the best Wyatt Earp movie that year.
Even so, Madsen did well enough with Tarantino on the other stuff.

His sister, actress Virginia Madsen, provided a poetic tribute to her older brother.

"My brother Michael has left the stage. He was thunder and velvet. Mischief wrapped in tenderness. A poet disguised as an outlaw. A father, a son, a brother — etched in contradiction, tempered by love that left its mark. We’re not mourning a public figure. We’re not mourning a myth — but flesh and blood and ferocious heart. Who stormed through life loud, brilliant, and half on fire. Who leaves us echoes — gruff, brilliant, unrepeatable — half legend, half lullaby. I’ll miss our inside jokes, the sudden laughter, the sound of him. I’ll miss the boy he was before the legend; I miss my big brother. Thank you to everyone reaching out with love and memory. In time, we’ll share how we plan to celebrate his life — but for now, we stay close, and let the silence say what words can’t.”

Michael was working on a new book, “Tears For My Father: Outlaw Thoughts and Poems” which is currently being prepared for publication.

So long, Mr. Blonde...

07-03-2025, 01:42 PM	#1
mmbtvs unregistered Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 3,485	RIP Michael Madsen https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/mo...gs-1236306069/ Loved him in both Reservoir Dogs and Sin City. __________________ -"Close your eyes and remember this. It won't be back again, it's almost gone. Even times that don't seem like much will be your only crutch when you're alone. Time moves slow when you're seventeen and then it picks up steam at twenty-one."

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Siberian13 Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 75,675 shiller13	Will always remember Clowns to the left of me Jokers to the right Here I am, stuck in the middle with you You don’t forget scenes like that in a movie. __________________ O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave

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oldgoldy97 Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 49,022	Dang. Jim Shooter, too.

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majestik101 Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Socially Distanced Posts: 42,067 majestik101	I always confused him and Tom Sizemore. Both were great and both are now gone too early. Off topic a bit, but I always wondered about the backstory of Madsen's brief appearance in Die Another Day. It's so out of left field. Almost like he won a bet or something, or if the writers intended for him and Jinx (Halle Berry) to have a continuing story-arc in a sequel but gave up on that after the movie stunk up the joint. Anyways R.I.P. to one half of the Infamous Vega Bros. __________________ "Watson alone sells for over $20" https://www.blowoutforums.com/showthread.php?t=1182760

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sak0309 Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 688	to my brother Budd. the only man I ever lived -- Bill Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk

07-03-2025, 09:08 PM	#11
Schocktown Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 684	Ironically I just watched Pulp Fiction last night. Madsen had to turn down the Travolta part as he was doing Wyatt Earp. Not mentioned yet but I thought he did a fantastic job in the Hateful Eight as Joe Gage/Grouch Douglas. Him and Kurt Russell had a couple of scenes together that were very suspenseful.

07-03-2025, 09:37 PM	#12
jdandns Member Join Date: May 2015 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,333	Oops on that one. That wasn't even the best Wyatt Earp movie that year. Even so, Madsen did well enough with Tarantino on the other stuff. His sister, actress Virginia Madsen, provided a poetic tribute to her older brother. "My brother Michael has left the stage. He was thunder and velvet. Mischief wrapped in tenderness. A poet disguised as an outlaw. A father, a son, a brother — etched in contradiction, tempered by love that left its mark. We’re not mourning a public figure. We’re not mourning a myth — but flesh and blood and ferocious heart. Who stormed through life loud, brilliant, and half on fire. Who leaves us echoes — gruff, brilliant, unrepeatable — half legend, half lullaby. I’ll miss our inside jokes, the sudden laughter, the sound of him. I’ll miss the boy he was before the legend; I miss my big brother. Thank you to everyone reaching out with love and memory. In time, we’ll share how we plan to celebrate his life — but for now, we stay close, and let the silence say what words can’t.” Michael was working on a new book, “Tears For My Father: Outlaw Thoughts and Poems” which is currently being prepared for publication. So long, Mr. Blonde... __________________ TinPotCandyFloss Last edited by jdandns; 07-03-2025 at 09:45 PM.