Laurence Fishburne does Apocalypse now In 1979. However, during the shooting, he faced a different situation.
In his words, he explained in the new documentary of Apple TV + Number one on the call sheet: Black Menia Men in Hollywood That he could not interpret a scene well, which disappointed his director, Francis Ford Coppola.
“There is now a scene in Apocalypse which was cut off from the original film, then it was delivered in the Redux”, the John Recalls Star Wick. “I was 14 years old, 15, I was trying to do this scene by talking about sex and I had no sexual experience. Like, none. “
He continued that Francis “could not understand how to make me be more experienced than me, but he continued to ask me to do it again and again. I did something like 40 catches. It was really bad.”
“And I could say he was disappointed. So I really felt, really below, really discouraged,” he added.
But the actor remembered that his co-star Martin Sheen had encouraged him after his experience on the set.
“I heard Martin whispered in his ear, he said,” Did anyone tell you that you were a very good actor? “” Said the 63 -year -old man. “And I said,” No. “He said,” You are a very good actor “. »»
“This is what the n ° 1 concerns on a call sheet for me,” concluded Laurence, referring to Martin.
