Laurence Fishburne does it Apocalypse now In 1979. However, during the shooting, he faced a different situation.
In his words, he explained in the new Apple TV+ documentary Number one on the call sheet: Black Leading Men In Hollywood That he could not perform a scene well, which disappointed its director, Francis Ford Coppola.
“Now there is a scene in Apocalypse that was cut from the original film, and then it has been placed on the Redux,” the John Wick Star remembered. “I was 14, 15 years old, whatever, trying to do this scene talking about sex and had no sexual experience. Like, none.”
He continued that Francis “I couldn’t understand how to have more experience than me, but I kept asking me to do it again and again. I did something like 40 shots. It was really bad.”
“And I realized that I was disappointed. So I felt very, very depressed, really discouraged,” he added.
But the actor recalled that his co -star Martin Sheen encouraged him after his experience in the set.
“I heard Martin whisper in my ear, said:” Did anyone ever told 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.’ “
“That’s what number 1 is about on a call sheet,” Laurence concluded, referring to Martin.
