Francis Ford Coppola labored with Marlon Brando many occasions. The 2 collaborated on The Godfather and Apocalypse Now, the place Brando’s habits has turn into the stuff of legends. How does Coppola really feel in regards to the actor now? Right here’s what he has to say.
The Reward And The Curse
Coppola was simply 33 when he obtained the gig of a lifetime: directing Mario Puzo’s bestselling novel The Godfather. Sizzling off co-writing Patton, Coppola went by way of the movie perpetually on the recent seat. Paramount didn’t like him, nor did they like Brando.
Copolla later mentioned, “I used to be advised by the president [of Paramount] . . . ‘Brando won’t seem on this image, and I prohibit you from mentioning his title once more.” The Wild One star took a pay lower for the movie and put up a $1 million bond promising to remain out of bother. He later gained an Academy Award for the function of Vito Corleone, and the Godfather survives as one of the crucial revered movies ever made.
It solely made sense for Brando and Coppola to work once more. After refusing to work on The Godfather Half II in a wage dispute, Coppola obtained Brando to signal on for Apocalypse Now. Anybody who’s seen the making-of-documentary Hearts of Darkness now is aware of that this will likely not have been the very best thought.
Brando confirmed as much as set effectively obese and hadn’t discovered any of his traces. Coppola, whose personal sanity was waning within the jungle, was compelled to let Brando improv almost all of his traces. He needed to be shot very purposefully from the neck up. With such a unfavourable expertise, one might anticipate Coppola to carry a grudge.
A Distinctive ‘Genius’
Maybe Coppola has a brief reminiscence, however he has nothing dangerous to say about his star. In a brand new interview with GQ, Coppola mentioned the enduring movies of his profession. Within the prolonged interview, Coppola doesn’t say an errant phrase about Brando. As a substitute, he says Brando “he was not only a nice actor, he actually was a fantastic actor, a really distinctive sort of actor…he was, except for his performing, a sort of a genius.”
Coppola additionally calls Brando “a unprecedented man.” When the interviewer asks, possible referring to Apocalypse Now, if Brando was arduous to work with, Coppola disagrees. “He wasn’t tough to work with, he simply labored a distinct method.”
All Variety Issues
Elsewhere, Coppola calls him “good” and a very good addition to his magnum opus. All Coppola needed to do was hand Brando a prop and the Superman star would use it in the easiest way attainable. Working with Brando was totally different than working with, say, Al Pacino or James Caan, however he was a genius.
Time heals all wounds, and anybody with eyes and ears is aware of simply how a lot Brando added to those footage. Coppola’s reverence for Brando simply proves what a novel expertise Brando was.
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