Mick Jagger - Bank Clerk? - The Bank Job (2008) Discussion

[–] DelBongo 16 years ago

It definitely wasn't, but I thought the same thing for a second...

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[–] walkinginrain 9 years ago

His name is in the full cast list!

Such a small love. Such a little tear.

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[–] harrypickard 9 years ago

is that mick jagger ?

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[–] michaeldecker 8 years ago

Wrong! It's Phil Rapps - you can see a younger him by scrolling here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/oxford/hi/tv_and_radio/newsid_9084000/9084405.stm

The 'Jagger interview' is fake, and some idiot has added Jagger to the credits.

Again - IT'S PHIL RAPPS!

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[–] poner1 16 years ago

It is totally him. I knew it as soon as I saw his first scene. (Just because he's not in the credits doesn't mean it's not Mick). They - the director, etc. - took great pains to make sure he didn't look right in the camera.
Trust me, it's him.

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[–] ldavelewis 16 years ago

Yes, both Jagger and Townshend are in the film, being great mates of the producers. Good eye, lads

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[–] hogantm 16 years ago

Just saw the movie last night and thought it was just me!! I went on Mick's imdb page and didn't see the movie listed but it was sooooooo him.

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[–] DelBongo 16 years ago

Trust you?

I think not.

I'd lay one thousand GBP on the fact that it isn't him.

And Pete Townsend?! Now you lot really are taking the proverbial.

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[–] mshafto 16 years ago

I'm watching it now, it's def him.

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[–] prinzcarl 15 years ago

I believe it is him as well, just saw the movie and checked imdb.com just to see whether somebody else thought so, too.
Would be interested to find out whether its true.

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[–] mamma-san 16 years ago

Aye, I dread to think what Townsend has in his safe deposit box.

Certainly not a book...

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[–] Elvis_from_hell 16 years ago

"Aye, I dread to think what Townsend has in his safe deposit box."

Wicked! Oh the horror..

BTW, Where in the movie is that alleged Townshend cameo anyway? I never spotted him?

That woman deserves her revenge. And we deserve to die.

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[–] beefman_at_the_beefhouse 15 years ago

i thought it was him too. crazy

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[–] madmadrid 16 years ago

You mean Pete Townshend? What scene was he in?

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[–] Stoshie 16 years ago

Sorry, but I'll trust the director, not you.

Roger Donaldson jokes about this on the DVD commentary track. It's not Jagger.

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[–] bkoeth 16 years ago

You mean the guy who looked like the boss from The Incredibles? No. The bank clerk had free earlobes. Mick's are attached. Not him.

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[–] pbogdanovic 16 years ago

I was sure the first moment I saw him - it's even more obvious when he comes to the vault the morning after it was robbed and looks through the bars. You see his face all to well - it is Mick Jagger.

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[–] deaddrinkingtequilaz 16 years ago

1:02:50-1:02:59 of the movie

made a cap of his face here:
http://img228.imageshack.us/my.php?image=vlcsnap3003232em3.png

i know its not the best but its a really short scene and the steel bars are right in front of his face - i did my best.

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[–] mshafto 16 years ago

Yup, that's him, nobody is as ugly as that

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[–] BQQ 16 years ago

I wondered, but wasn't really sure.
Now that you posted the cap, deaddrinkingtequilaz; that nose, those lips, it's unmistakable.

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[–] bogwart-1 16 years ago

You are all very silly people.

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[–] firstwinsgop 16 years ago

Whether it is him or not, Mick Jagger was probably the most famous man Princess Margaret was rumored to have had an affair with. Perhaps he's the chap in the photos.

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[–] jonahwalker 16 years ago

"Whether it is him or not, Mick Jagger was probably the most famous man Princess Margaret was rumored to have had an affair with. Perhaps he's the chap in the photos"
Not unless he morphed into 2 black men.

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[–] madmadrid 16 years ago

No way! Mick Jagger and princess Margaret? How would he have got a hard on?

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[–] laxlon 16 years ago

Loved this movie. I saw it today, best movie I've seen in a long long time. Unpredictable entertainment is so hard to find. This movie mixes humour, suspense, sex, violence an drama to make a total entertainment package. I wasn't familiar with any of the stars but everyone was terrific. The accent was a little difficult for these California ears at first but I want to see it again.

I also thought it was Jagger when I saw it. I believe it was, check out the YouTube preview... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYikhDiNgcc at (41 second mark)

Gotta be him.

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[–] roger_dat 16 years ago

LOL that is why i kept thinking, hmmm i no this man

The following statement is true:
The above statement is false.

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[–] the_darkness_of_poetic_humor 16 years ago

It's him and the Pete Townsend comments were right too.

Here's a article on NETCELEBS

NetCelebs: You were actually in the movie The Bank Job?

Mick Jagger: Yes I was. So was Pete(Townsend of The Who). They were putting us all in there like mad. Now that I've seen the picture and saw it was in the early seventies it made sense to me.

NC: A lot of people didn't think it was you......you weren't credited at all!

MJ: I wasn't in the movie that long. It wasn't Freejack or anything where I had a majority part in the movie. I am a big fan of Stathams, I really think what he does in movies is sublime.

NC: As in action/adventure hero staple of Stallone and them or just acting wise?

MJ: James Dean invented cool and Elvis invented rock n roll and then The Beatles came and shook up America and pretty much revolutionized something big. Jason Statham is just like that in a way....in a sense I guess. The more movies, especially the ones like these, that he continues to make will only make his star that much brighter.

NC: You're comparing him to some heavy artistic people.

MJ: Well nobody will be The Beatles and Elvis, I'm just saying what he is to movies.

NC: Well good luck and thanks for talking to us.

MJ: Sure thing.

Judging from that I would love to know more of where that conversation would lead and I think Mick was out of his element!!!

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[–] pcully 16 years ago

While we're on the subject of 60s rock stars, was it John Lennon in one of the black and whtie 8x10s with "Michael X"?

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[–] sheavy 16 years ago

In the bar scene, Keith Moon played the blonde dancer with the dark bush.

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[–] Sweet T 16 years ago

While we're on the subject of 60s rock stars, was it John Lennon in one of the black and whtie 8x10s with "Michael X"?

If that character is Alan Swoffer, you're right, according to the cast listed here on IMDb. But that same list credits Vogel's driver as one Ray Nicholas: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0629425/

So, no Pete Townshend there for sure.

'All music is folk music. I ain't never heard no horse sing no song' - Louis Armstrong

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[–] mshafto 16 years ago

There were two drivers, they let the first one go........Remember.

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[–] Sweet T 16 years ago

Yes, but the one discussed was the second one, the Townshend lookalike aka Ray Nicholas (look at his picture on his IMDb page).

'All music is folk music. I ain't never heard no horse sing no song' - Louis Armstrong

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[–] PwnyExpress1 16 years ago

it's weird, Mick Jagger's ears are connected and the bank clerks wasn't.

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[–] rabbitmoon 16 years ago

Hey, I just edited this pic from the movie so you can see for yourselves...

http://img701.mytextgraphics.com/photolava/2008/05/18/bankjobjagger-4ajqtm6q6.jpeg

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[–] grigorisgirl 16 years ago

Reasonably recent photo of Mick:
http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/05_02/mickjagerREX_468x382.jpg

It's only the ears that look different.

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[–] rabbitmoon 16 years ago

Thats weird isnt it? Someone posted an interview where Jagger said it was him, so I wonder how they changed the ears? Perhaps they did it on purpose as part of the process of making him look a bit more unrecognisable.

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[–] grigorisgirl 16 years ago

Actually although I think it does look very like Jagger (and I have to say I didn't notice the character at all in the film) it does also remind me of another British bit actor but I've no idea of his name.

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[–] iseepinkelefants 16 years ago

I thought it was him as well. I was like WTF is Mick Jagger doing in this movie? The short hair makes him look a lot worse and he was a bit squirrely. I really wouldn't have recognized him if it weren't for that last scene he was in.

I was born when she kissed me. I died when she left me. I lived a few weeks while she loved me.

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[–] omega2010 16 years ago

With the advanced prosthetics and computer graphics these days, it would be easy to change a man's ear lobes in the movie.

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[–] Navin_R_Johnson 16 years ago

That is not Mick Jagger.

Look carefully...

The nose of the bank clerk is significantly different in shape from Mick Jaggers. The tip of Mick's nose is more pointed, not bulbous like the bank clerk's. Mick Jagger also has a prominent bump on the bridge of his nose that is absent from the bank clerk.

The bank clerk's profile shows a more prominent nose to chin than Mick Jagger.

The bank clerk's nasolabial folds are significantly different than Mick Jaggers.

And many have mentioned the ears.

But, the bank clerk does seem to be about the same height as Mick Jagger. And he really does resemble him, but that is not him.

But, yeah, they spent a lot of time and money to subtly alter Mick Jaggers facial features for a role that involves 30 seconds of screen time and two quiet words of dialogue. Throw in the whole Merkin controversy and you have a conspiracy!

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[–] Dr_Sagan 15 years ago

http://timesonline.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/02/21/mick_jagger3_2.jpg

A bigger and recent photo of Jagger.

My opinion is that the clerk is definitely NOT HIM as Navin_R_Johnson and others pointed out.

BUT I found too many references... like

http://www.hotflick.net/pictures/008BJO_Mick_Jagger_001.html

...that HE WAS HIM. So...

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[–] [email protected] 15 years ago

According to Mick Jagger's IMDb page it was him. He is listed as (uncredited) Bank Employee-Safe Deposit.

Check it out...listed as No. 1 under 'Actor'

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001396/

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