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Why the deep hatred between Cochrane and Murphy?

posted 10 years ago by uzielis
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Alright, Murphy once said that the 'bastard court-marshalled me.' I don't know how often people in the armed forces get court-marshalled, but were there other reasons?

[–] oregon-5 10 years ago

Sometimes, people can rub you the wrong way. It was clear in the beginning that they did not like each other. No real reason to go any deeper.

[–] enzo_Q 10 years ago

no reason? murphy hated cochrane not just because he court-martialed him, but because cochrane was sadistic, ruthless murderer, who he threw guys out from helicopters and murphy witnessed this and got PTST for life! what other reason does he need to hate him? everything was in the movie.

[–] mike_cable 10 years ago

Well said, mate!!

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[–] Polaris01313-1 9 years ago

Despite the fact that they played characters that were enemies in Blue Thunder, both Roy Scheider and Malcolm McDowell became very good friends while working on the John Badham film. As McDowell would state at various science fiction conventions, they enjoyed working together so much that they couldn't leave each other alone.

When Scheider passed away, a very saddened McDowell was unable to attend Scheider's funeral due to a film project that he was working on and could not leave at the time, much to his dismay. As a result, he immediately ordered some flowers and sent a letter of condolence to Scheider's family.

[–] gluserty 9 years ago

That cool that Roy Scheider and Malcolm McDowell got along so famously (hard to tell by their dislike as characters), but it's too bad McDowell couldn't attend Scheider's funeral, though he still did a stand up thing.

[–] sascha-17 9 years ago

(hard to tell by their dislike as characters)

That's why they call it "acting" ;)

S.

[–] transmentalist 7 years ago

That cool that Roy Scheider and Malcolm McDowell got along so famously (hard to tell by their dislike as characters),

You should see "Glengarry Glen Ross" again, then, knowing that Kevin Spacey actually looked up to Jack Lemmon as a longtime mentor, and was actually brought into the film by Lemmon himself.

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Spacey must have threatened to molest him.

[–] spookyrat1 8 years ago

It was all detailed in the flashbacks.🐭