Robert Shaw -- was a fine actor, and although he had a diabolical look to him, you still never know what he was going to do.
shareShaw was supposedly drunk and The Devil himself to Dreyfuss on the set of Jaws and managed to turn in a fine salty dog performance for the ages
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shareKlaus Kinski and Werner Herzog had an odd/insane actor and director relationship
They created good work but seemed to love/hate each other if the old stories are to be trusted
Kinski threatened to kill Herzog (I think it was during filming of Aguirre, The Wrath of God)
Kinski was perhaps a bit too intense but he was pretty entertaining
Actually, Herzog threatened Kinski.. With a gun after Kinski wanted to quit. Herzog said he had 2 bullets in his gun. One for Klaus, and one for him.
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That's a wild relationship...I wonder if it was more than a professional tiff because 'two bullets' is a pretty heavy thing to say to a work dude
Might have been more going on there..?
A lot of it had nothing to do with either of them.. The climate was a problem, and there were problems between the natives vs. "The Europeans".. Budgets, etc..
With Fitzcarraldo, Jason Robards couldn't do it (I think it was an illness, not too sure) and Mick Jagger had a Stones tour, and then the problems with the ship itself, and having to re-cast.
Interesting
I love these Crazy showbiz stories
Robin Williams and Bill Murray ad-libbed a lot of their lines
That would be really hard to handle for an inexperienced actor...those guys were sharp
Brando showed up on the set of Apocolypse Now not knowing his lines and at least 50 pounds overweight to play a Special Forces commando...he ad libbed a lot of his dialogue
He sounded like a real pain in the ass to work with
I wasn't impressed with him at all in that. It appeared to me he was just resting on his laurels with his performance.
shareIt's possible he had family and substance issues going on at the time... Brando could be great but he really was not prepared or devoted to this role and was a tough guy to deal with
I did like his freaky philosophical lines in the third reel...If he were more fit and prepared for the role it would have been an even better movie and it was pretty awesome anyway
I dated an actress - erratic, unstable, unpredictable. Never again!
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