Kyle MacLachlan: Alfonso Cuarón reinvigorated my love of acting after a career 'lull'

Alfonso Cuarón inspired Kyle MacLachlan to believe in his own career again.

The Oscar-winning director helmed the short-lived 2014 NBC series "Believe" alongside J.J. Abrams, in which "Twin Peaks" alum MacLachlan played a supernatural villain. While NBC only aired 12 of the 13 episodes, MacLachlan credited writer "Roma" Cuarón with re-inspired his love of acting.

"I had kind of a lull in my career, I guess. I hadn't really worked with someone of that caliber, and I only had a few days on the show, but something overwhelmed me, that memory," MacLachlan said during the Criterion Collection Closet Picks series. "I said, 'It reminds me of [David] Lynch. It reminds me of [John] Frankenheimer, it reminds me of great directors that I've worked with." And I kind of lost that feeling. "

MacLachlan continued on Cuarón, "He gave it back to me. I'll be forever grateful."

'Believe' was Cuarón's first television series and marked MacLachlan's return to the small screen after starring in David Lynch's 'Twin Peaks' and 'Sex and the City', among other shows.

Cuarón previously told IndieWire that "Twin Peaks: The Return" was an inspiring and "bold" series.

"You have this filmmaker who doesn't limit his narrative," Cuarón said of the Lynch series creator. "He just creates his world, and that world is not just a story, it's also his atmosphere, his cinematic approach. I love him. I love his ambiguity, his creepiness. I think it's It's like wading through the subconscious of a very, very wacky mind."

Cuarón added, "Television provides an incredible opportunity for narratives and characters. Studios are completely afraid of these things. They're kind of afraid of scaring people away from theaters or distracting people from visual effects."

During the Criterion visit, MacLachlan opened up about his decades-long collaboration with Lynch, beginning with the 1984 sci-fi film 'Dune'

"'Dune' didn't really go down well," admitted MacLachlan. "Actually, after that, I felt a bit like a pariah in business. No work, nothing."

Yet his next project with Lynch, 1986's "Blue Velvet," proved to be a turning point in MacLachlan's career.

"'Blue Velvet' was kind of a rebirth for me," he shared. "As traumatic as 'Dune' was for [Lynch], 'Blue Velvet' was a whole different reality. We were in our element. And that's the point: We did 'Dune' together, and he could have easily said "Well, that Kyle, he didn't really help the movie, so I'll find someone else. He didn't. . He wanted me. And I'll be forever grateful. Thank you David."

I had a wonderful time visiting the closet of. Thanks for having me…and for the great coffee!