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RIP R Lee Ermey - Full Metal Jacket
Posted: 16 Apr 2018, 08:34
by duke63
One of the great acting performances IMHO.
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Re: RIP R Lee Ermey - Full Metal Jacket
Posted: 16 Apr 2018, 08:35
by Kwacky
He was something else in that film./
Outfookingstanding.
Re: RIP R Lee Ermey - Full Metal Jacket
Posted: 16 Apr 2018, 13:21
by C00kiemonster
I enjoyed that
Re: RIP R Lee Ermey - Full Metal Jacket
Posted: 16 Apr 2018, 13:54
by Jack
Did he improvise that entire scene ? I vaguely remember being told that he did .
Re: RIP R Lee Ermey - Full Metal Jacket
Posted: 16 Apr 2018, 14:01
by Kwacky
Not quite. As a former marine drill instructor he was brought in to act as an advisor. During some of the test script runs he was showing them what he would say and how he would say it. Kubrick loved his style so much he made him an actor as well. I think some of the film has snippets of the test runs added to it.
Re: RIP R Lee Ermey - Full Metal Jacket
Posted: 16 Apr 2018, 15:17
by D41
Yep....the stuff he did can't be 'acted' per se...has to come from the gut.
RIP.
Re: RIP R Lee Ermey - Full Metal Jacket
Posted: 16 Apr 2018, 19:17
by Deegee
Kwacky wrote:Not quite. As a former marine drill instructor he was brought in to act as an advisor. During some of the test script runs he was showing them what he would say and how he would say it. Kubrick loved his style so much he made him an actor as well. I think some of the film has snippets of the test runs added to it.
Exactly as I heard it, if it’s urban legend as least it’s consistent.
Re: RIP R Lee Ermey - Full Metal Jacket
Posted: 16 Apr 2018, 19:57
by D41
FMJ wasn't his first acting job....he was in Apocaplyse Now very briefly, Boys In Company C, etc. (Company C is worth a watch, I suppose)
Dale Dye is another Vietnam vet. who's had a good career as an advisor-come-actor.