Laurence Fishburne Remember how “disappointed” Francis Ford Coppola were in part of his ”Apocalypse now“Performance.
Fishburne, who was later reunited with Coppola for “Rumble Fish”, “The Cotton Club”, “Gardens of Stone” and 2024’s Razzie winner “Megalopolis”, said Under Apple TV+ Document “Number One on the Call Backe: Black Leading Men in Hollywood” That while films 1979’s “Apocalypse Now”, his own lack of real “sexual experience” affected his acting ability.
Fishburne was 14 years old when he was thrown in film; a scene cut from the original theater release (and later was returned in Coppolas in 2001 redux cut) included fishborn’s soldier character describing sex. However, Coppola did not think Fishburne was convincing.
“There is a scene in ‘Apocalypse Now’ that was mowed from the original film, and then it has been put back in Redux,” Fishburne said from Hollywood Reporter. “I was 14, 15, whatever and tried to do this scene and talk about sex and I had no sexual experience. Like no one.”
He added to Coppola “couldn’t find out how I would make myself more experienced than I am” and continued to “ask me to do it over and over again.”
“I did something that 40 takes. It was really bad,” Fishburne said. “And I could say he was disappointed. So I really felt, really down, really beaten.”
It was fishborn’s co -star Martin Sheen Who helped him overcome the stage. “I heard Martin whisper in the ear, he said,” Has anyone ever told you that you were a really good actor? “, Fishburne said.” And I said, “No.” He said, “You’re a really good actor.”
According to Fishburne “saved Sheen (his) life,” and said about Sheen, “that’s what is No. 1 on a call sheet for me.”
The acclaimed “Apocalypse Now” was considered at the time that they would be a commercial failure, even though he binds to Palme d’Or in Cannes and received an Oscar nomination for best image. Coppola reflected on the film’s heritage during a Anniversary event 2019.
“Yesterday Avantgarde is today’s wallpaper design,” Coppola said about negative reviews. “Some of the biggest artists on their day, we may never have heard of them. But” failures “like van Gogh or Rousseau, who had to take their paintings around in a wheelbarrow – you would give your eyes now to get the paintings. The things you get fired when you are young are the same things you get life performance when you are old.” “
