He sounded like an ass in association with Superman

pls read what donner the director had to say about Brando - the fun they had and how Brando was playing him to see if he was serious and had the character to tell MArlon when his ideas were bad. the link is below - he was a doll, great fun is what they are saying

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvELw4_pdXQ



they had a ball making the film. also the films were made together 1 &2 and shot at the same time. and then donner was replaced midway in Superman 2.

dont believe everything you read without doin homework.
brando was the biggest star in the world. with him on the project - Hackman came on baord and a big studio agreed to put money. so of course marlon should be paid for it

another video of the director talking about him
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBk9jMaSKGI

Yeah he is a right wanker. He did something similar in apocalypse now. He got a million dollars a week and wouldnt read the script. He wanted to improvise his lines. So they just filmed him saying random *beep* What a tard. Ive never been a fan of him anyway but I hate him now.

I'm confused: Was he not suppose to get paid for his work? Are you the person that decides actors salaries? They obviously didn't mind paying him the money and the movie was a box office smash. I agree with Brando, if they are going to throw money at him, why wouldn't he take it? What would be the appropriate amount for him in that movie according to you?

I absolutely love that he did all the stuff with cue cards - I just watched Listen To Me, Marlon...he says "I don't want to waste/spend time studying lines" - he "got away" with it because the filmmakers desperately wanted him in heir films. He did what he wanted, told the truth instead of being a good Boy Scout - Bless him for that.

I won't pretend to be an expert on Brando, but even just reading the short bio information on imdb -- including his own quotes -- the guy was, well, quirky. I think that people cut him a huge amount of slack because he was a living, breathing legend. My guess is that if Marlon liked you (whatever that would take), he could be a great guy. He was also complex, moody, an egomaniac (though a sometimes self-loathing, and even humble one), and not exactly, a "team player."

Example: Steiger talked about how he was there for Marlon's "I Coulda Been a Contender" shoot, but Marlon was nowhere to be found during Steiger's part(s) in the same scene. Much as I liked him as an actor, Brando - with some notable exceptions - was a troubled guy (no wonder, with his challenging childhood) and a self-entitled jerk. But, the man had prodigious talent!

>>> Steiger talked about how he was there for Marlon's "I Coulda Been a Contender" shoot, but Marlon was nowhere to be found during Steiger's part(s) in the same scene.

I don't understand what this means and I'm curious. Can you please clarify?


If a private venture fails it's closed down. If a government venture fails it's expanded. M Friedman

I didn't describe that too well. Here's Rod Steiger talking about the shooting of that iconic scene; it's about a 6-minute clip, with that part just about 3 minutes in.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TERYHzlp0Tc