Marlon Brando rips Burt Reynolds (from Apocalypse Now set)

Marlon Brando gives Francis Ford Coppola his take on Burt Reynolds in between takes on 'Apocalypse Now'.

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[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'.

[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.

[John6yt]

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

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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!

[bearhedded]

And we all know what a MARVELOUS father Brando was!