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Scott Glenn Landed His 'Apocalypse Now' Role After Saving Francis Ford Coppola's Life

posted 4 years ago by [deleted]
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https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/scott-glenn-landed-his-apocalypse-now-role-after-saving-francis-ford-coppolas-life

[–] olioz (3709) 4 years ago

He told this in the wtf podcast recently, he had some great stories to tell in the episode where he was a guest. Love this guy, never seen him give a bad performance.

[–] Gd5150 (11779) a year ago

Agreed he is a badass.

[–] olioz (3709) a year ago

Two small roles but he's awesome in both: Training Day and Greenland

[–] Gd5150 (11779) 4 years ago

Weird don’t even remember him in this.

[–] olioz (3709) 4 years ago

He has a really small part. I dont think he even has any lines.

[–] Wuchak (8774) a year ago

He was the assassin that the Brass sent to kill Kurtz before they sent Willard. After the boat team arrived at Kurtz' deep jungle compound, Willard found Lt. Colby (Glenn) as a laconic member of Kurtz' group, seemingly brainwashed https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0078788/mediaviewer/rm1968248064/.

[–] whynotwriteme (7725) a year ago

His role was larger originally. He was ordered by Kurtz to kill Willard at one point near the end, but was killed by Willard instead just before Willard went off to kill Kurtz. If I recall, Glenn kills Dennis Hopper's character before Willard kills him. You can only see these scenes in the workprint. None of Glenn's other scenes made it into any of the released cuts.