I met Pete Postlethwaite in 2007 in his local garage in Church Stretton, Shropshire, he did a little video for me congratulating me on the birth of my 1st son & commenting on his name, in response to another video doing the same by Johnny Vegas! RIP Pete, hope you're enjoying a nice Guinness in heaven.

@billyandrew

3 жыл бұрын

Now that is one helluva bragging right!

@HunterKiller762

3 жыл бұрын

I’ll be sure to have a drink in the man’s honor

@direstrait22

2 жыл бұрын

He was a real brit gentleman and a hell of an actor. Rest un Peace.

@inspectorcal

2 жыл бұрын

i used to meet pete postlethwaite quite regularly when he was in liverpool everyman, one time he actually loaned me and my brother and my cousin some money for the bus so as we didnt have to walk home lol,,he never ever asked for it back. good solid down to earth guy who never ever forgot where he came from. rip pete.

Love Obidiahs little head twitches...not to mention how Harper combines taking his hat off with a lovely headbutt.

@eliotreader8220

Жыл бұрын

I think that might be down to nerve damage

I like how Teresa rushes to the door and CLOSE IT, instead of escaping. She's not trapped with Obadiah, Obadiah is trapped with her!

@lokanoda

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, that was brilliant!

@lostinspace013

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that was cool. Of course in a REAL world, she would get raped and killed.

@ThePostalGril

5 жыл бұрын

@@lostinspace013 a lot of people would be offended by your comment but fact is you're right, i'm actually offended by these "strong wamen" tropes in films now that make us out to be superheroes like men. it's dangerous, and gets us raped and killed irl, gives a false sense of strength. i actually take martial arts irl but im under no delusion a man twice the weight of me even with no training at all could easily overpower me its just simple physics -_-

@lostinspace013

5 жыл бұрын

@@ThePostalGril I just like common sense. I was in a military also, I "know stuff". Some women are the "real deal", but they are very rare.

@laxxla

4 жыл бұрын

@@ThePostalGril Perhaps you're forgetting Teresa's backstory? She was raped by the French before. Not only would I imagine she specifically learned how to defend against it in the future, but she also has a particular hatred for rapists. There is more to fighting back than size and strength. I'm not saying it's easy, far from it, but even the biggest, toughest guy has weaknesses that can be exploited. Throat, eyes, groin etc. Men aren't 'superheroes' any more than women are, whatever they'd like us to think. They NEED to see women fighting back, no matter how realistic it may or may not be. They need to see other men NOT getting away with it. The media's traditional portrayal of women as weak and helpless has given men a dangerous sense of dominance, which needs to be corrected. Teach them to be better people. Reinforce the idea of consequences, because if common decency isn't enough to stop them then maybe fear would be. I bet they'd think twice if they thought there was even a remote danger of getting their eyes gouged out or their precious little cocks cut off, however unlikely that is in real life.

Pete Postlewaite showed exactly how good an actor he was when he played Obadiah Hakeswill.

@wastelandwanderer9491

5 жыл бұрын

He played the best villian.

@thefurrybastard1964

5 жыл бұрын

@@wastelandwanderer9491 He made Obadiah Hakeswill truly terrifying, creepy and disgusting. It was an amazing performance.

@imedi

5 жыл бұрын

fantastic actor RIP

@miketaylor5212

5 жыл бұрын

he was a villain i loved to hate he was good at it.

@justaperson9341

5 жыл бұрын

@ In your own world must you wish

It's when you realise you hate a character (in this case, Hakeswill) that you know he's played by a superb actor (Postlethwaite).

@arvinamida3598

4 жыл бұрын

ah I see.. the actor play his role very well, with all emotion, gesture, the way he speak and body language. Make people really hate the character

@herewardthewake5502

4 жыл бұрын

Just thinking exactly the same mate.

@braeduin

4 жыл бұрын

It was the character of Sgt. Hakeswill that brought Pete Postlethwaite to my attention. I then started to watch anything he was in. Gutted when I heard the news of his passing away back in 2011.

@neilarcher2551

4 жыл бұрын

He was a fantastic Character Actor. Watch Brassed Off if you can.

@davidsmart8594

4 жыл бұрын

@@neilarcher2551 I've seen it (thank you). Yep; masterful.

Those cheekbones didn't die with him. They wait to attach themselves to a worthy young actor and forge his career.

"Permission gave to carry on and murder him, sir?" Lol.

@logie3020

5 жыл бұрын

Should of said yes bro. Why was he kept alive

@JnEricsonx

4 жыл бұрын

You know Harper regards Sharpe with such high regard. Most Irishmen wouldn't think twice about fucking up such a piece of shit.

@cipher88101

4 жыл бұрын

He should have said "Granted, don't let anybody find him." Life would have been much better for all concerned. Including the demon.

@fnmag3693

4 жыл бұрын

Now that’s soldiering!

@hardwirecars

3 жыл бұрын

@@logie3020 you didnt listen to the rest he was a protected man by the army it would be hard to prove he did anything wrong he had the cuts she had none and its now his word against hers.

For context, Obadiah was Sharpe's old sergeant from back when he was a young enlisted and the one who caused him to be flogged (202 lashes, but was meant to be 2000 which was a death sentence but the punishment was interrupted). He tried to kill Sharpe several times at least, and Sharpe I think managed to lock him in with some tigers in India (he survived through sheer luck) then showed up here years later...which is why Sharpe mentioned his inability to die.

@stevencrouch6036

3 жыл бұрын

Sharpe also tried to kill him with an elephant but somehow he escaped, that was after Hakeswill tried to arrest him on also charges of assaulting an officer but on the warrant the e at the end of Sharpes name had smugged & so the Colonel he gave the warrant to told him he had the wrong Sharpe, Hakeswill then killed the Colonel during a battle and then tried again but this time there was no Sergeant Sharpe as he had been promoted to Ensign, the look on his face would of been amazing to see.

@ChuckPalomo

3 жыл бұрын

Can a person even survive 202 lashes? I think most would pass out by 30.

@truckwarrior5944

3 жыл бұрын

@@ChuckPalomo It's fiction. And yes 202 lashes is something that is very likely to kill you but at the very least have some long term consequences to your physical condition.

@ljoe35

3 жыл бұрын

Obadiah was standing just behind Sharpe as he was being flogged so he could see all of Sharpe’s suffering. At one point I believe Obadiah said something like this..” I can see a rib….Sharpie… “. Then the flogging got stopped. Yes, as mentioned above, Sharpe tried two times to kill Obadiah. Once he left him for Hungary tigers to eat and the second he had a elephant to place its hoof on to crush him but didn’t stay to see it through. Sharpe left to animals a job that only he could do. I’ve read the first two books…not sure if I’m going to read three. The books are incredibly written and accurate, documenting historically the English wars in India.

@heyitsjoe8446

Жыл бұрын

Hakeswill was a coward and a murderer, had to stop reading sharpes tiger for a bit cause he makes my blood boil the swine.

"Permission give to carry on and murder him sir" Ha that's such a good line.

@petrucatana2949

5 жыл бұрын

Sharpe should have said yes

@JnEricsonx

5 жыл бұрын

Well, when you piss off a Irishman....

Villains and incompetents portrayed in this series is some of the best acting I have seen, easy to utterly loath them.

Sharpe TV series watchers: who is this Hakeswill? Sharpe novel readers: oh fuck not that bastard again i thought he died on India

@stevencrouch6036

3 жыл бұрын

I just started listening to the audiobooks for the sharper series whilst I work & just cannot understand why Sharpes just doesn't shoot him and be done with it.

The actor playing Hakeswill is amazing. I do declare.

@FunkyFyreMunky

2 жыл бұрын

Pete Postlethwaite. Steven Spielberg once called him "The best actor in the world".

I love how she closes the door as soon as she gets the opportunity. Doesn't want the game escaping...

@CB-xr1eg

Жыл бұрын

Now you's can't leave.

If Harper had his Nock gun he could have said "Arg" and blown Hakeswill away.

@sdwhamilton

3 жыл бұрын

Hoping someone makes an "Arg!" compilation.

@HenriHerbert88

3 жыл бұрын

@@sdwhamilton that would be good soldiering.

"Now, open your legs ever so wide......and lie still as a dead'un!" Peter pulled off that line perfectly. Whoever wrote it too a bit of kudos, its a perfectly disgusting line for a disgusting character. Really goes a way to making you see what Obidiah is. Hating such bastards is easy!

@servantprince

4 жыл бұрын

if u hate u are part of it hahahaha

@billyandrew

3 жыл бұрын

@@servantprince ???

@billyandrew

3 жыл бұрын

*Bob Page* Playing the part of Obadiah was the first time I'd seen Pete in a role. Also one of the few times a character made me swear at the telly. Took me a while to understand this was an actor of such high calibre he could get under my skin to that degree. We lost one of the best in his craft the day he passed.

@CB-xr1eg

Жыл бұрын

@@billyandrew Obadiah and Mimmerson. 2 of the most hated characters in the series. Both played by excellent actors.

Great performance by Pete Postlethwaite, brilliantly acted.

What an actor Postelwaite was.

Pete Postlewaite may have created the perfect villain!

@cipher88101

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah he was really good in this role, I hated that character.

@tnexus13

3 жыл бұрын

Most of the characterisation and mannerisms are in the books, but Pete Poslethwaite bought Obidiah of the pages masterfully.

@billyandrew

3 жыл бұрын

@Pommy Pie Not by Spielberg. He rated Pete as the greatest actor he'd ever worked with.

"Now open your legs ever so wide, and lie still as a teton" Thats my pick up line too.

@jeric0139

5 жыл бұрын

He said "dead un"

@ORaddlyispissedoff

5 жыл бұрын

bloodndestroy yes fbi this post right here

@michaelford1124

4 жыл бұрын

Lmfao!

@bille5960

4 жыл бұрын

My pick up line is from RoboCop: *Dead or alive, you’re coming with me*

@cipher88101

4 жыл бұрын

Bet you end up bloody as well. LOL

The most memorable scene in the whole of Sharpe. Absolutely love this series.

I just love Harper's reaction when he learns that his name is Obadiah lol

@theauditor5275

Жыл бұрын

OBADIAH?!

Two of my favourite actors. RIP, Pete!

Obadiah makes me skin crawl and my fists clench. Pete Postlethwaite - an actor on a another level.

"he thought he might enjoy me" hahahah, so casual

The best thing about the character of Obadiah Hakeswill is how, despite hating Sharpe, he still shouts "SIR!" when addressed by him, and robotically obeys his orders.

The Napoleonic Wars brought out the best and the worst in the men of the British Army. You have to remember that back in the 18th and 19th centuries, the British Army drew its enlisted ranks from the lower strata of society. These were not necessarily men of moral, ethical, and spiritual character. Many had grown up and lived on the meaner streets of London and other major cities of England. Personal survival, at whatever cost and to whom, played first priority in these men's lives. They would take their amoral and oft antisocial behaviors with them into the British Army. Only the sternest and sometimes draconian British military discipline could keep these men in line. The French Foreign Legion faced the same and also countered with ferocious discipline to make workable soldiers out of feral or predatory men.

@michalsoukup1021

Жыл бұрын

Not helped by the fact that Royal Navy, offered better living condition for the most time, better loot sharing system, and unless you were stuck manning guns you would also learn a civilian trade so if after your ship got paid off, you though "I like sailing, but not Navy sailing" you would have no problem finding a job

Pete Postlethwaite was a nice man that could play a terrible man. RIP, Mr. Postlethwaite.

love how casual that headbutt is haha

Pete Postlethwaithe. R.I.P. Great British character actor.

The greatest character ever anywhere Obadiah

Pete was legit one of my favorite actors

This show looks brilliant. I reckon I oughta check it out!

@pmgjwg

3 жыл бұрын

random youtube vids are how I found this magnificent show, too. Don't watch any more, you'll spoil it!

When Hakeswill is finally put to the firing squad it should have been before the entire regiment. To show their oppressor is not immune to death & he is finished forever in fulfilment of Mister Sharpes expressed desire.

you've got to say thought, postlethwaite is one damn good actor

@zzzzzzzzzzzk

3 жыл бұрын

Steven Spielberg reportedly called him "the best actor in the world".

@billyandrew

3 жыл бұрын

@@zzzzzzzzzzzk He did, indeed. Di Caprio kept asking his advice on how to deliver his lines as Romeo.

I'm a sucker for any scene where the antagonist is on the receiving end of a good headbutt.

Asumpta Serna was such a beautiful woman back then. No idea what she looks like now, but she really ought to have played Elena in the Zorro movies

@geoffreycarson2311

2 жыл бұрын

NO CATHERINE WAS THE ULTMATE SPANISH STRUMPET !!!& WELSH MY BACKSIDE !!!😂😂😂😂😂😂Thats Why Zeta is IN HER NAME 😕g

@carlhicksjr8401

2 жыл бұрын

@@geoffreycarson2311 You say 'strumpet' like there's something wrong with it... 😁😆

0:55 god I love Harper 😆

I wish someone would make a game out of this series.

@mwillblade

5 жыл бұрын

They made a similar game years ago. It's called Stratego.

@Warcodered01

5 жыл бұрын

There's a game from Choice of Games and on Steam called Sabres of Infinity that's about a young Dragoon officer moving up the ranks in a war.

@felixthecat0371

5 жыл бұрын

Mount and Blade Warband Napoleonic Wars DLC

@patrickbuerke1390

5 жыл бұрын

Roblox Blood and Iron, try it out

@BlackIce3190

5 жыл бұрын

Grab Mount and Blade, then either Napoleonic War if you’re into multiplayer or L’Agle if you prefer single player.

The lines, are Sooooo gooood.

That scene with Theresa the contest was to see which one would kill Hageswell first! I would lay odds if Patrick had not stepped in Theresa would have filleted him in about another minute! I would also bet that Obidiah NEVER sets foot out of the range of the fires in camp (because he would fall down (several times) and hurt himself (probably on a bayonet)).

Pete Postlethwaite is legendary.

Possibly the best villain ever on screen

RIP Mr. Postelwaite

@LarryjB53

4 жыл бұрын

One of the best villains of all time

@billyandrew

3 жыл бұрын

@@LarryjB53 Not just villains, though. Di Caprio would ask his advice on how to deliver his lines, as Romeo.

People who watched the series: So, who is this Hakeswill and why does Sharpe hate him so much? People who read the books: Buckle up bastard, you're gonna hear a story

@hannibalburgers477

3 жыл бұрын

What is the story

@yardslammer009kennedy2

3 жыл бұрын

@@mercian9425 Can you give us the short version?

@yardslammer009kennedy2

3 жыл бұрын

@@mercian9425 Thanks.👍

@robowisanveithasung6022

Жыл бұрын

@@yardslammer009kennedy2 Hakeswill got Sharpe in trouble and was whipped 202 times. he also tried killing Sharpe numerous times throughout the earlier books

Pete Postlewaite really made crazy scumbag an artform - great actor

@billyandrew

3 жыл бұрын

He made swearing at the tv screen a national habit! 🤬😜😂😂

There should be a Spinoff... Harper's Headbutt. Deadlier than any rifle in the South Essex.

@JnEricsonx

2 жыл бұрын

Well, it's been said that Irish have hard heads. And I agree, because a bully hurt his hand on my head once when he punched me.

I had an illogical dislike about Pete Poslethwaite because of his performance of Obadiah for a very long time, was a superb actor, Steven Spielberg called him the best in the world.

@billyandrew

3 жыл бұрын

Same here. Truth be told, I'd rant and rave at the screen, then it dawned on me how superbly he was pushing my buttons, having wound the key tightly. He'd skillfully gotten me to emotionally and mentally invest in the character he was playing. Few actors possess his ability and I was happy when I first heard Spielberg laud Pete's praises, then De Caprio confess he often asked Pete's advice on how to deliver his lines in the role of Romeo. I still catch my breath at times at the loss of his talent, a consummate master of his art.

@TheJpf79

3 жыл бұрын

@@billyandrew Took years for me to shift that little horrible feeling he gave me and he would be in an interview and appearing quite a nice guy, but a genuine horrible gut feeling he gave me. I was old to realise he was an actor etc when I saw Sharpe yet still, only actor that's done that to me.

I always thought the character of hakeswill was killed of to soon in the series and should of continued to around the last episodes. There wasn’t a better villain to match sharpe.

@repteel6824

5 жыл бұрын

He is in Sharpe's Tiger. It's in the timeline before the tv series when Sharpe is in India.

@jakejackson2937

5 жыл бұрын

He does feature more prominently in the novels, especially the ones set in India, Bernard Cornwall even noted in one of his books preface that he regrets that Hakeswill died because good villians are hard to come by, that's why Ducos began to take more of that role, because he is just as sinister as Hakeswill, but where as Hakeswill is sly, forceful, rash and violent, Ducos is subtle, clever, devious and cunning.

@truckwarrior5944

3 жыл бұрын

But him dying makes him great. If he would just continue to escape through the whole series it would become comical that he just gets away against all the odds and somehow stays relevant even though Sharp raises though the ranks.

Pete Pizzletwat is class

"Portu'ese 'ore? Tenho rendimentos sen-whora". You can't make this shit up... Hilarious!

Protect and Defend. That is soldiering...

Oh, please, let Harper have him. I'd pay money for that....

Things would have gone a lot better for everyone if Sharpe had just let Harper kill him.

@billyandrew

3 жыл бұрын

Nah, the audience needed someone to focus their murderous thoughts on, which Pete unfailingly delivered.

@halflifeepisode34980

2 жыл бұрын

@@billyandrew indeed, great telly. Don't see the like of it these days. RIP Pete.

He was definitely an excellent actor

obadiah was perfectly casted

I love the myriad expressions on sharpe's face. Confusion at why harper called him, for a second it seems to be amusement as he realises harper or theresa have kicked shite into a soldier, and then shock leading to hate at seeing the soldier was hakeswill and his attempted 'enjoyment' of theresa.

Pete Postlethwaite, just brilliant.

Mr B's best buddy RIP pete

The title is inaccurate, Sharpe and Obadiah met before as he said to Harper. Sharpe got flogged for something Hakeswill did.

@truckwarrior5944

3 жыл бұрын

You can not only meet a person once. You can meet people quite a lot of times actually if neigther you nor that person dies.

@DaveDexterMusic

3 жыл бұрын

You can meet the same person ten times over in a single afternoon.

@CB-xr1eg

Жыл бұрын

@@DaveDexterMusic Sounds like stalking to me!🤣

She is the definition of .. Im not locked in here with you... youre locked in here with MEEEEE. lol

There’s some major actors in this wow 2 cool

Pain / justice should always be applied artistly .

good Videos

Great actor

Best villain ever. Within 5 minutes of screen time he already tries to SA someone.

0:40 "Now youse can’t leave."

"Obadiah?!" Lol, Harper

I really want to watch all these. What's the best way?

@billyandrew

3 жыл бұрын

Google deliberately hides any results, so use duckduckgo search engine. Type _watch Sharp online_ and you'll not only be able to watch them in chronological order, but also for free.

@markbenjamin1703

3 жыл бұрын

123movies

I just imagined Roland Tembo shooting the t-rex bull with a musket Ahahah

Sharpe literally threw this man into a pit of snakes, a cage of tigers, and had him crushed under an elephants foot and it still didn’t kill him. But if we know anything about Sharpe, it’s that he’s persistent.

@JnEricsonx

3 жыл бұрын

Under a fucking elephants foot? I saw that episode of Deadliest Warrior, how the HELL did get away from that?

@Albatross159

3 жыл бұрын

@@JnEricsonx he stabbed it with his knife.

@JnEricsonx

2 жыл бұрын

@@Albatross159 Must have been damn fast, I mean, seriously, the pressure from the foot in the thing I saw was about 1 ton. He must have done it literally in a second.

The actor who plays obadiah is also roland tembo from Jurassic 2 ? Wow

Yeah but when does he kill the T. Rex?

Doffing your Shako before headbutting? Thats soldiering!

@forlornhope7121

3 жыл бұрын

Don't want to dent the hat.

Pete Postlewaite brilliant actor.

Pete Postlethwaite was one of a kind. Have seriousness to anything he did

Obadiah Hakeswill / Pete Postlethwaite was a good actor, rest in peace.

Hmm. I would imagine that in reality, if a man were behaving such as Sharpe describes Obadiah, the said man would likely be killed by the rest of the men in battle and the enemy blamed?

It's almost as if not every soldier is worthy of respect and honor or something.

Postlethwaite really was a good actor

"Permission give to carry on and murder him sir" The nicest way to ask to kill

@JnEricsonx

2 жыл бұрын

Irish are perfectly capable of being polite.

0:55 Paddy! Use Headbutt! 0:57 It was Super Effective!

It’s the start of #MeToo...

Now there is an example of someone who will get fragged in the future.

I can't watch this all I can think is " WHEN DOES NED DIE?"

Obadiah Hakeswill - one of the best ever baddies ever imagined ? And nobody could have played him better than Pete Postlewaite. Mutha !

Keyser Soze would have taken care of him.

Hat off. Headbutt. 🤣🤣🤣

They love Obadiah, says so in the scriptures.

I'm losing my mind trying to remember where I know the bald guy from.

A man like Obadiah would never survive so long. He would meet with an "accident" in the field and be "lost." A wise man knows the dispose of the evidence of evil, and that's why it is always smart to keep your knives sharp (no pun intended) so as to better hide the stain of filth.

@chrismc410

Жыл бұрын

Fragging is still very much a thing

@intergalactichumanempire9759

4 ай бұрын

You’d be surprised the amount of incompetent people that survive by hiding behind their superiors.

man I didn't understand a word of any of this.

Op...get op.....

Joining metal? Now that's soldiering!

Is it being implied that he was hanged but survived, and they just gave up after the first try?

Just realized.. Sharpe's actor is the guy from Civ 6 who does the voice overs

@billyandrew

3 жыл бұрын

O2 telecom adverts, etc. He's made a good living from voiceovers and films.

@forlornhope7121

3 жыл бұрын

Sean Bean pops up in animated children's films, horror, action and some hot romance stuff. He's really adaptable.

Sharpe made two big mistakes. Allowing wife No 2 access to his money, and allowing Hakeswill to survive this confrontation. In real life Hakeswill would have had his throat cut.

Opp, get Opp!

Obedia may be crazy, but even he is scared of sharpe

@JnEricsonx

4 жыл бұрын

"Fear the anger of a good man."

@roberthardy3090

3 жыл бұрын

The man who couldn't hang faces up to the man who the entire French army couldn't kill!

young stark

Never seen this movie before. Just thought,"Oh look, its Sean Bean :D ...I wonder if he dies in this too?"

@MrGibbonici

3 жыл бұрын

Sean Bean dies in everything because he used all his lives up in Sharpe.

@SvendleBerries

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrGibbonici Thats a good way of looking at it lol

@billyandrew

3 жыл бұрын

@@SvendleBerries It isn't a movie. It's an episode within one of the Sharpe serieses.

@SvendleBerries

3 жыл бұрын

@@billyandrew Yes, I am aware of that now. The original comment was made when I first encountered the show over a year ago.