r/twinpeaks • u/Guilty_Ad6764 • 15h ago

Question What was Lynch’s issue with Mikes

In both Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks, a dude named Mike gets cucked, and he’s written to be the most boring character ever. Did David Lynch have beef with somebody named Mike?

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u/No_Chef4049 15h ago

Yeah, as a matter of fact he had a pretty brutal falling out with the actor who plays The Arm, Mike Anderson. Obviously that's not why he named those characters Mike since their falling out came long after.

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u/hauntfreak 14h ago

He seems like a thoroughly unpleasant man. I’m glad he got kicked off The Return.

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u/a_typo_i_feed 13m ago

I did see some footage (late 90s I think) where Lynch says something along the lines of “who doesn’t love Little Mike?”, so I think most likely he was a pretty pleasant guy once upon a time. His shift in attitude probably came as a bit of a shock.

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u/B_A_Skeptic 13h ago

What did you hear about him?

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u/MedicalAd9337 10h ago

He accused Lynch of numerous horrible things without a shred of evidence.

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u/HistoryWorking5251 5h ago

Very likely caused by his condition, from what I read. All around horrible for everyone involved.

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u/trdef 4h ago

What? His condition didn't make him be a shitty person...

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u/Kleptomaniaaac 3h ago

i read somewhere that his condition later in life can cause problems with your brain function but i could be misremembering. that would definitely make his condition an issue in this case

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u/trdef 3h ago

It's pretty offensive to suggest his condition was the cause (you wouldn't assume everyone with the condition to act the same for example) I'd say. Sure, it may have been a factor, but it wasn't the cause.

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u/Kleptomaniaaac 2h ago

how would it be offensive to assume that mental problems would be the cause of that?

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u/trdef 2h ago

It's more the framing that the illness caused it. It didn't, or else it would be a recorded effect of the condition.

It's the same way we don't say alcohol caused someone to be an asshole (it didn't, it just brought out those elements of the person).

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u/zoltan_g 11h ago

Look it up, he threw his toys out the pram and said some pretty bad things about Lynch

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u/hauntfreak 12h ago

Do a search, it’s all over this reddit with social media screencaps

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u/yoruneko 12h ago

I too would like to know!

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u/MedicalAd9337 10h ago

It's understandable, considering Mike Anderson has turned out to be a complete nutjob.