The Tiniest Bit of New Twin Peaks Footage Was Released
The first bit of new Twin Peaks-related footage in 25 years isn’t much, but it might be the most we get for now.
Showtime premieres the limited series revival of Twin Peaks in less than a month, and so far what we know about it can be summed up with the fact that, well, it’s a limited series revival of Twin Peaks on Showtime. There’s been no on-set photos releases, no plot summary, and certainly not a traditional trailer. Playing to the mystery inherent in the show, Twin Peaks and creator David Lynch are playing up the hype instead of giving us much new material.
In lieu of a regular teaser trailer, the Twin Peaks YouTube channel has been releasing some trailers that make use of footage from the original series and its movie prequel Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me.
The latest released this weekend, titled “The Darkness of Future Past,” is a succinct summation of the Twin Peaks story so far, beginning with the discovery of Laura Palmer’s body and including some of the show’s more infamous supernatural scenes (of course, if you’re playing catch up with the original show, there’s some mild spoilers).
Yet, if you watch it until the very end there’s definitely something we haven’t seen before.
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Yes, folks, that eerie atmosphere tracking shot of a forrest appears to be totally new. Who knows if it will actually appear in the new season or if it was just shot to accompany these videos, but whatever the case it’s definitely the first new Twin Peaks-related footage the world has seen in 25 years. Sure, “Confirmed: Creepy Vibe and Trees to Return For Twink Peaks Revival” isn’t much of a scoop, but it does underline how little we know.
The only other major information we have is that most of the original cast will be returning (though, it still hasn’t been confirmed that all of them will even be playing their original characters), and a good chunk of new actors will be brought into the universe.
That list includes everyone from frequent Lynch collaborator Laura Dern to Ivy George, the young actress who just played Dern’s daughter on Big Little Lies. Michael Cera, Sky Ferreira, Amanda Seyfried, Naomi Watts and Balthazar Getty are also among the new comers.
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From left: Chrysta Bell wears Tiffany & Co. necklace. Hailey Gates wears Bulgari necklace. Laura Dern. Naomi Watts wears Robert Lee Morris SoHo earrings; Lagos necklace. Patricia Arquette wears Tiffany & Co. necklace.
Blue Velvet, Wild At Heart, Inland Empire, and Twin Peaks (2017) “I hadn’t read the script, but I knew the film was Blue Velvet. I was sitting on the floor, waiting to audition, and David walked out. I was startled by every aspect of him. He looked at me, and I was waiting for some magical words. He said, ‘I have to pee,’ and disappeared. When he came back, we talked about life and high school and meditation, and I was ready to audition—but that never happened. He said, ‘Thank you very much,’ and I left. Soon after, I got a call saying he wanted to meet me at Bob’s Big Boy to see if Kyle MacLachlan and I could get along. We ordered malts and french fries, and David was doodling on napkins while Kyle was doodling with a knife in his ketchup. A girl either thinks, These are bizarre men, or, I am in love with both these people and want to spend the rest of my life with them. Needless to say, I fell in love.”
Dern wears a Cartier necklace.
Naomi Watts wears Bottega Veneta dress; Robert Lee Morris SoHo earrings; Lagos necklace.
Mulholland Drive and Twin Peaks (2017) “I was in New York and my agent called and said, ‘You have a meeting with David Lynch.’ I didn’t believe in traveling or breaking plans for auditions, but this was David Lynch, and it’s not every day that you get that call. So I flew to Los Angeles and went straight from the plane to meet him. David had that intense ear-to-ear grin, and he was smoking up a storm. He said, ‘How’s your day? Tell me everything!’ I was at a point where I’d been auditioning for 10 years and people would barely make eye contact, but David was genuinely interested in me. I was there for 40 minutes. When I left that room, I thought, No matter what happens, I had a great meeting with a legend.”
Watts wears a Bottega Veneta dress; Robert Lee Morris SoHo earrings; Lagos necklace.
Lost Highway “During Lost Highway, I would ask David, ‘Am I playing two different people? Is one of them a ghost? A hallucination? Are they both real? What am I playing here?’ And he’d reply, ‘I don’t know, Patricia. What do you think?’ So I had to come up with a whole concept of what I thought Lost Highway was about. I decided to model these two characters after Salome and Jezebel, in the Bible. At some point, I told David that one should have dark hair and blunt-cut bangs like Bettie Page. David said, ‘Who is that?’ I turned him on to the famous nude pinup. David was like, ‘Wow. Bettie Page. She’s the bee’s knees.’ ”
Arquette wears a Tiffany & Co. necklace.
Twin Peaks (2017) “When he works, David Lynch uses a megaphone. Even if there are only three people in the room. I really like that kind of commitment. He’ll have a cigarette hanging out of his mouth, and he’ll say, through the megaphone, something like, ‘I need a little more danger in her face.’ At one point, he felt the table in front of me wasn’t quite dirty enough. He was on the megaphone: ‘Can I get some Bisquick?’ Someone came right over with the Bisquick, and David started rubbing a paste of gunk over the table. The cig was still hanging out of his mouth. That was one of my favorite moments.”
Gates wears Theodora Warre earrings; Bulgari necklace.
Twin Peaks (2017) “For a long time, I felt like I was swimming in a different lake than everybody else. I would look around me and think, Hmm, maybe I’m not from this land; maybe I should try and venture into some other dimension. I think that is one of the reasons that David and I get along. He functions in all these juicy, mystical, esoteric dimensions. When David asks me to be a part of things, it’s always a bit mysterious. Twin Peaks was no exception: He approached it with a little twinkle in his eye. I couldn’t do anything but say yes excitedly.”
Bell wears a Balmain dress.
From left: Patricia Arquette wears an Akris jacket and skirt; Tiffany & Co. necklace. Hailey Gates wears a Norma Kamali swim dress and skirt; Theodora Warre earrings; Bulgari necklace; Michael Kors Collection belt; Manolo Blahnik shoes. Chrysta Bell wears a Balmain dress; Tiffany & Co. necklace; Rochas shoes. Laura Dern wears a Monse dress; Cartier necklace; Manolo Blahnik shoes; her own ring. Naomi Watts wears a Bottega Veneta dress; Lagos necklace; Paul Andrew shoes.
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