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Laurence Fishburne One of the biggest actors is alive, but that doesn’t mean making films – even the most iconic in cinematic history – has ever been easy.
In the Apple TV+ documentary program Number one on the call sheetReleased March 28, Fishburne revealed that filming Apocalypse now At the age of 14 or 15 he was “very bad” for a big reason.
“There’s a scene in Apocalypse now That was cut from the original film, and then has been put back in the Redux, ”he explained in the documentary.“ I’m probably 14, 15, anyway, trying to make this scene, talking about, you know, really … sex. And I had no sexual experience. Like, no. “
“And (Director of the Film) Francis Coppola couldn’t find out how to get me to be more experienced than I am,” Fishburne continued. “But he continued to ask me to do it over and over again. I did something like 40 taking it. It was very bad. And I could say it was disappointed. So I felt really down. Really depressing.”
Fortunately, fellow star Martin Sheen went out on a member and offered to help the young actor.
“And I heard Martin (Sheen) whispering in my ear,” he explained. “He said, ‘Did anyone ever tell you that you are a very good actor?’ And I said, ‘No.’ He said, ‘You’re a really good actor.’ That’s what being number 1 on the call sheet is about to save my life.
In an interview in 2013 on George Stroumboulopoulos tonight. Fishburne admitted he lies about his age to land the part in the 1979 Coppola film. His character was supposed to be 17 in the film, but Fishburne was 14 when he took the role – and turned at 18 by the time the film was released.
Fishburne explained that he remained silent mainly throughout his audition to convince the film’s team that he was older, and when he directly asked his age from producer Fred Roos Fishburne, lied and said he was 16.
The actor and director went on to work on several projects together after Apocalypse nowincluding Cotton club. Rumble fish and Stone gardens. He also had a role in the Director’s 2024 offering Megalopolis As an assistant and driver Adam Driver Caesar Catalina.
Fishburne also looked back at another project in the past in the documentary – Pee-wee playhouse. “I also ended up Pee-wee playhouse. And I was like, ‘yes! That’s right! ‘”
