'Twin Peaks' Star Kyle MacLachlan Admits He Doesn't Understand David Lynch Films
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It's a pretty common experience as a film buff to watch something by auteur director David Lynch and then spend a not-inconsiderable amount of time afterwards pondering what it all meant. You might discuss it with your friends, or maybe go online and try to read up on the different interpretations and theories that are out there.
Just don't go asking Kyle MacLachlan. Despite being a longtime collaborator of Lynch's, the actor admits that a lot of the time, he's just following the vibe. MacLachlan spoke about his experiences of working with Lynch in a recent interview with The AV Club, including his star-making turn in Blue Velvet.
"I was fresh out of school and just learning my chops, and suddenly I’m working with one of the great filmmakers, surreal filmmakers in the world," he said. "And I don’t pretend to understand much of what David does, but I do recognize that I’m his conduit through these worlds, and that’s a challenge—and also, I feel pretty good about that. There’s a confidence that I understand what’s necessary for me to do with David."
"There’s still the large chunks of data that I don’t understand, and I don’t need to understand, honestly," he added. "His movies are experiential, really, and they ask a lot of questions, but there are not a lot of answers provided."
MacLachlan's role in Blue Velvet then led to Lynch casting him as the lead in his surreal mystery series Twin Peaks, which would go on to become one of the most revered, influential pieces of storytelling in television. He went on to reprise that role in 2017's Twin Peaks: The Return, which featured a genuinely unsettling, cryptic ending which left many fans scratching their heads, jaws on the floor.
Lynch is famous for refusing to explain his work, and MacLachlan stands by that.
"I’m sure that there are explanations, but I would not be able to really imagine what David was thinking," he said. "You’re in for the ride, and you’re just intuitively on the journey with him."
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