The stories behind the making of 'Apocalypse Now' are as intriguing as the 1979 Francis Ford Coppola war epic itself. One such tale revolves around the Marlon Brando ]and the late Dennis Hopper
are as intriguing as the 1979 Francis Ford Coppola war epic itself. One such tale revolves around the late Marlon Brando , who died and 2004 and would have turned 96 Friday, and the late Dennis Hopper.Hopper told entertainment and sports journalist Bob Costas that the two men hated one another after a simple misunderstanding. "We had a lot of problems together," Hopper began. "He refused to be on the set the same time I was. I like to think he was doing me a favor, honestly.
"When Brando finally arrives, I had been down there a month-and-a-half. And I have this crack unit; we're doing drills, we're doing karate, we're doing Ju-Jitsu, we're climbing trees, we're scouting ... we're a crack unit," explained Hopper, who played and unnamed American photojournalist and disciple of Brando's Kurtz in the film.
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