Marlon Brando rips Burt Reynolds (from Apocalypse Now set)

[marquee5000]

Obviously Brando never saw Smokey & The Bandit!

[RancorousC]

DON'T YOU TALK ABOUT TURD FERGUSON LIKE THAT

[astraiiia]

Finally someone said this. I had no idea Brando felt this way. Burt was and will always be a phoney poser. Brando was real in everything, good or bad.

[callumwatsonful]

i dont think what we should be questioning is his ability as an actor but his integrity as a human being. reynolds clearly saw nothing wrong with portraying the character otherwise he wouldnt have done it. the fact that he thought he could abuse the innocence of a child to placate those who might have been offended surely is telling of someone who is falsely compassionate for narcissistic reasons.

[callumwatsonful]

if you watch some of the interview brando did with dick cavett youll understand why hes taken such a disliking to him. aside from the fact that hustling children of any race is a diplorable act its all the worse because he has chosen to take a role in a film which debases the american indian and in so doing perpetuates everything morally bankrupt and culturally misrepresentative about the industry for the sake of sensationalism.

[001Broadway]

I cant stand Burt. He´s a fucking poser. Brando was an artistic thespian and he is RIGHT about what he was bitchin´ in this vid.

[Satchel334]

Burt Reynolds, with the right script and director, is actually a very good dramatic actor. Deliverance and Boogie Nights are great films. I wish he'd work with Tarantino.

[bearhedded]

And we all know what a MARVELOUS father Brando was!

[Tigerlily21]

Brando is only that angry about him because he was super famous at the time and made to be better than he was. It's like now we all get tired of the likes of Angelina Jolie or Tom Cruise. These super famous narcisstic people who are made to be a bigger deal than they are. That's how Reynolds was in the 70s.

[Kenmorfdublin]

Holy F*ck! - @ 1:19 he is like Brando's twin brother!

[bigred997]

you know what- both had good movie roles and stinkers but the difference is that as time went along burt did try to get better as he got older. brando just mailed it in. brando the bs artist.

[donnyab]

@bigred997

Brando just mailed it in alright, it's all he had to do, Mozart apparently said music flowed out of him like pig shit!

[doctornoooo]

brando gave us Godfather, and not much else except some brilliant showoff spurts of acting in only a very few movies: is that enough? F Scott Fitzgerald gave us Gatsby and a few neat short stories. More than enough. Brando was a showman and guilty of his profession, that's all, but he was not faking it one bit in Godfather because he needed the money, got his scam going again, and reverted to type. But its enough for me that he did Godfather as no one else could have. Sheer perfection.

[algiardello]

@doctornoooo No doubt there's a lot of showoff spurts, but you're really underselling Brando by just mentioning Godfather. There's a lot more - Streetcar, Waterfront, the Men, Last Tango, the Ugly American... those were absolutely first-rate performances, not showoff spurts

[donnyab]

@doctornoooo

on the waterfront-mutiny-one eyed jacks-morituri [that short list includes my favourite film ever and also my favourite western]Quality over Quantity always.

[JakesHomeWorkouts]

Burt can make you laugh. That's gotta count for something.

[rockhammer85]

Thanks. Great point about Boogie Nights. Burt can still give excellent performances - whereas Brando got stale pretty early and ended up just being camp and grotesque. I guess he couldn't have been looking in the mirror when he bitched that Elvis was 'bloated and over the hill'.

I think you're also spot on about the role his politics have played in his all-round reputation. He's practically the patron saint of pretentious Hollywood liberals.

[Mrsilenciobackgammon]

@rockhammer85 While defending Burt Reynolds, never use the terms 'camp and grotesque'.

[ShamrockCenturion]

Brando was THE GREATEST SELF-INVOLVED ACTOR OF ALL TIME ... Reynolds played a spot on impersonation of Brando in "The Bard," and episode of "The Twilight Zone" as "method actor" -- as in Brando, Marilyn Monroe, Montgromery Clift, Sponge Bob Square Pants, etc. -- "Rocky Rhodes" in an episode in which Shakespeare is transported to the future to find a whole lot of whacked out actors who ask, "What's my motivation?" as Shakespeare works as a Ghost Writer for a modern day TV writer. Hear him whine!

[jamesjdb]

Brando IMO (excuse the lingo) was a disresctful prick, diffuclt for directors to work with and should have given some of the food he ate to starving children. His jealousy of Reynolds was obvious, mainly because Reynolds by far out grossed him at the box office. Brando even talked shit about Elvis too. Both Elvis and Reynolds spoke highly of Brando too. Brando was your typical loud mouth hollywood punk. Brando IMO was a great "METHOD" actor, but not even the best ALL TIME actor. RIP brando.

[jamesjdb]

In addition, Reynolds was mainly a comedic actor and was brilliant at it, and was good at drama acting also, while Brando couldn't be funny for the life of him. Oscars don't mean shit to me either! It's all politcial IMO. To call Brando the greatest actor is idiotic IMO also. R. Mitchum, J. Cagney, G. Peck, E.G. Robinson, B. Lancastor among many more were the real actors before brando came along. I liked some of brandos movies, but his attitude disgusted me and that of many others also.

[dzyndps]

@jamesjdb fuck you. you dont discuss brando. period. burt cannot be the shit Brando took in the toilet

[jamesjdb]

@dzyndps: First off, it's a matter of opinion. Now, I'll stoop in the pit of shit of your level : )  Listen FUCK FACE?

This isn't China! Seems you should move there. Why don't you go and fuck your mother, and after that, try and agree to disagree with people you born in a barn piece of shit! It is my opinion and that of thousands of others (from what I've read) that brando is blown wayyy out of proportion. Was he a great actor? Yes! But the best of all time? Not even fucking close!

[rockhammer85]

@jamesjdb

Brilliantly said. Burt Reynolds was a fine actor, and he knocked spots off Brando when it came to comedy. He also gave some amazing dramatic performances - like in Deliverance. It's ironic hearing Brando talk about sincereity and niceness while he's being so spiteful and bitchy about someone behind their back. He was indeed a difficult and ungracious asshole. I wouldn't even say he was a great method actor (if there can be such a thing). He was too dull, mannered and repetitive.

[jamesjdb]

@rockhammer85: Deliverance was a great perf by Burt. My all time fave (dramatic role) by him though was Boogie Nights. His swagger of that 70s/80s porn producer/director (character) was epic. Brando was just a prick IMO. Especially for cock blocking Burt when Coppola wanted Burt to read the SP for Sonny in the GF. Burt wasn't even given a chance. The only reason I believe he is praised in hollywood was because of his extreme liberal views. Brando was a fat bitter bitch IMO..

[jamesjdb]

@rockhammer85: And Brandos disrespectful talk "AFTER" Elvis died was just typical what would come from a PRICK like Brando. Funny how he didn't say shit about Elvis when Elvis was alive. LOL. To this day, I still haven't read or heard Burt (or Elvis for that matter ever) talk bad about Brando and all his faults. Brando was just a Fat Bitter Little Girl that overdosed on Food and Sugar. And I agree with everything you said also RockHammer. Take it easy : )

[Mrsilenciobackgammon]

@jamesjdb Did you actually laugh out loud while you were typing that?

[ussclaudejones1]

@jamesjdb Actually I did see Reynolds in an interview stating he can't stand stand Marlon Brando and would like to "punch him in the nose." Burt mentioned something or other about Brando being (for lack of the actual words) stuck up. Maybe the interview I saw with Burt was after he heard this conversation, I don't know. Wayne Arthur

[kellyadmirer1]

In Burt's defense, kids are always dangerous when working a scene. Remember what WC Fields said about that. And it's fascinating that Brando picks on a moment of Burt's involving an "Indian" kid, it's as if Brando is trying too hard to contrast how wonderful he had been to "Indians" vs. no-nothing Reynolds. This says a lot more about Brando than about Reynolds - both of whom I admire and did great work, btw.

[bighefjeff]

I'll bet he got into alot of arguments with telemarketers.

[bighefjeff]

The thing is. Brando should have been out making some good movie somewhere instead of watching some stupid variety show.

[Mrsilenciobackgammon]

@bighefjeff The stupid variety show was in between many, many good movies.

[LTopomcFly]

Marlon thinks Burt was using the Indians to promote himself. But while Marlon gave the American Indians a platform to speak, it could be construed that he did the same. I love Marlon, but he forgets when his own ego and vanity is at play.

[cosmicdingo]

EVERYBODY riffs on Brando.BR was compared to MB early on in his career.Reynolds was a top leading man for almost a decade.People forget how Brando basically flushed his career for about 20 yrs.This take is pretty good.

[slonamu]

Right on!

[swedanica]

Brando was so spot on... 

[fardaypu]

Burt was a dick head, marlon was right.

[SoldatSolutrea]

For all M. Brando knows, he could have been making a point of the lack of compensation for Indian children in general. So what if he pulls the kid back honestly, the kid doesn't know what's going on in the first place. He's being a bit touchy here, but I can understand his view point of the guy

[lrgpp]

Burt got some just desserts here for ragging on Clark Gable long after Gable had died. The wheel turns and what goes around etc....

[neoperseus]

What a cunt Brando was ... typical hollywood douchebag . The most narcissistic, egotistic cunt in Hollywood picking on some one who isn't there. For Brando to judge any one on anything but acting ability is laughable. I'm disgusted by his barely disguised jealousy.

[NeoFusion85]

@neoperseus He's obviously not jealous you clown, even in his lifetime he was regarded as the most influential American actor of all time, whilst Reynolds has always been little more than a joke in serious acting terms. Brando just hated the phoniness of most people - he was always real, and said what he thought, and saw through all the Hollywood bullshit that people like Reynolds peddled.

[LOseIDon]

Brando was an ego- a brilliant actor, my personal favorite, but also an ego. I think his qualm with Reynolds was more that he was, fundamentally, a fake person even when he wasn't on camera. Brando never claimed to be anything he wasn't, at least not that I know of. The difference is that Brando was legitimately a good guy and Reynolds was concerned only with his public image.

[rrhynes]

@LOseIDon Brando was cruel to many people. He treated everythign with contempt and used whomever necessary to make fun of those that revered him. He wasn't a respectable man off teh screen. His only contributions to mankind are preserved on film. Why Brando has the balls to talk about Indians when he himself used them for his own agenda is a sign of how fucked up he was.

[Mrsilenciobackgammon]

@rrhynes You guys knew him well, did you?

[rrhynes]

@Mrsilenciobackgammon Of course not asshole. However, I've watched eveything on youtube with him talkand done a lot of reading about the man. He was a jerk. Is that so hard believe?

[Mrsilenciobackgammon]

@rrhynes Do you believe everything you read? More importantly, why are you thoroughly researching someone you dislike? Where will your contributions to mankind be preserved? In You Tube comments?

[rrhynes]

@Mrsilenciobackgammon It isn't as if all the information is from one source. So, I don't have to believe everything, but there is a general consensus. I research things that interest me and Marlon Brando is interesting. As far as my contributions are concerned, they are irrelevant to this video posting. STick to the subject. Do you have anything to add to the conversation or do just wish to spar with me?

[Mrsilenciobackgammon]

@rrhynes So, in other words, your interest was initially purely sexual...?

[rrhynes]

@Mrsilenciobackgammon LOL. It's more fascination with his fame and why everyone as so gaga about him. I think your defensive posturing is more indicative of latent sexual desire than anything I've said about him. The only women that would find this guy attractive are more of the self-loathing types that want to be abused...emotionally speaking. Is that what you want?

[haupper]

What do they call it when the narcissists accuse the narcissists?

[Mrsilenciobackgammon]

@haupper Acting.

[NoGoodBoyo1000]

@haupper Perfect comment.

[rrhynes]

@haupper LOL> Perfect. You can't be a bigger narcissist than Brando.

[CoolerKing37]

When Brando is bashing Reynolds, he's pretty much describing his own behavior on the set of 'Apocalypse Now'....

[4624tone]

Im no fag, but both are some hansome ass men...cant deny that!!

[glimmer2158]

Brando was probably mad that Burt's movies actually made money.

[Mrsilenciobackgammon]

@glimmer2158 It's not his fault the general public has no taste. Smokey and the Bandit/The Godfather.

[rrhynes]

@Mrsilenciobackgammon The public wants to be entertained. Reynolds played on that and Brando played against it. Brando lost that battle.

[jigsaw99]

@glimmer2158

the godfather made no money?

[StarGazzer1984]

The more snippits i hear of Marlon Brando the more i like him as a person. I mean the screen presence is beyond words, but just hearing little bits on his ideals makes you understand why he went so weird. The world began to repulse him.

[CobainLennon8094]

Marlon was a genius, but he WAS weird as hell.

[Hypsan]

Brando calling Reynolds a narcissist. That's really going out on a limb there, Marlon! How many good looking male lead actors are not narcissists pray tell?!? Actor is simply another word for ego-maniac. Brando has zero room to talk when it comes to narcissism. One sign you're a narcissist? You sit around and bad-mouth someone you admit you know almost nothing about. Brando is an overrated mumbler. A one-trick pony. Cloned performances. Hey fella, you coulda been Stella--a real contenda!!

[alivstyson59]

Brando is the best !!!

[theflorgeormix]

Burt and Dom Delouse sort of look like Brando...and Brando had to rant about someone copying him, he couldn't rant on Paul Newman.

[John6yt]

Too bad Coppola didn't use this dialogue in "Apocalypse", would've been great to hear Col. Kurtz rambling about Burt Reynolds LOL

[strangersname]

@John6yt

You're so right. It would have somehow worked in the "context" of that movie.

[1915fas]

Marlon is technically correct here when he says he never knew or met Burt. Burt's story is that his agent dragged him through a restaurant one day in the fifties saying 'Burt! He's here! He's here!' And Burt was asking 'Who's here? Who's here?' Finally they arrive at a booth in the back and there's Brando. Burt's agent points to him and says, 'Marlon, look at this!' instead of introducing Burt. Brando looks up nearsightedly, grunts and looks away. Burt never gets a chance to explain himself.

[casinohijack]

Kids can recognize bullshit yep that sound just about as true as true gets. It sad who low some people will go to make a buck or be seen in a certain light that they would exploit children but this is the world.

[Toxbox2008]

Burt Reynolds may not have been in the BEST movies but he HAD a PRESENCE, WAS FUNNY, and he was terrific on the TONIGHT SHOW! Burt was a good actor when giving the right role.

[1915fas]

@Toxbox2008 Yeah, he was funny in that he imitated Johnny's style as well as Don Rickles. He broke into stardom by coming on Merv Griffin one night to announce 'I got cancelled!' He proceeded to make fun of his show Dan August and kept everyone laughing. This was just before Deliverance was cast. There were even rumors about Brando being cast as Lewis. Otherwise, I always enjoyed this parody on Twilight Zone of Brando.

[Toxbox2008]

Oscars don't mean shit! Brando was good in a few movies but SUCKED in MANY MORE and as a Personality GOOD LORD, he was a BORE! Also many of the actors he influenced turn out to be BETTER ACTORS THAN HIM!

[AvatarYoda]

Where did you get this?

[Mrsilenciobackgammon]

@AvatarYoda Burt Reynolds.

[Toxbox2008]

Brando sucks! At least Burt is entertaining

[StigRossi]

@Toxbox2008

Brando has 2 Oscars, and is regarded as one of (if not the) greatest actors in history. Burt Reynolds was in erm, oh wait I can't rmr

[PhillyGirl1]

I always thought for just a little second that Brando felt some type of way about Burt beaing able to play him so closely on that episode twilight zone, I think that's what it was. ha, but I could be wrong.

[robdeppjrm]

holy shit :)

[spacecowboy5000]

Brando complaining about Burt Reynolds being narcissistic? -lol- Kinda like the pot calling the kettle black. I've always heard/read generally good things about Burt. Then again this is one man's opinion.

[CoolerKing37]

@spacecowboy5000 Agreed. After all, Brando became notorious for showing up to the set overweight, not memorizing lines, not following direction, demanding too much money for small cameos, etc.

[Mrsilenciobackgammon]

@CoolerKing37 He also became as widely regarded as the greatest actor who ever lived by both the public and his peers, while Burt Reynolds did 'Evening Shade'.

[CoolerKing37]

@Mrsilenciobackgammon Just because he's a great actor, doesn't mean he wasn't also a huge egotistial prick and money hound.