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Dustin Hoffman says he was hesitant to correct a seriously ill Laurence Olivier while filming Marathon Man, despite knowing his performance was going over the top.
Conan OβBrien admits he never realized how sick Olivier was.
βHeβs essentially dying. He knows it, and heβs on a lot of pain medication. Thereβs cancer throughout his body. He had trouble getting insurance for the film.β
Hoffman recalls Olivier going over the top during a scene, but the director was afraid to correct him.
βHe says, βI know heβs over the top, but Iβm not going to tell the greatest actor in the world. If you want to, you can.ββ
So Hoffman approached him, knowing how much the medication was affecting him.
βHereβs a guy who had Hamlet, Macbeth, and King Lear committed to memory, word by word, and now he canβt put four words together because of the medication.β
Hoffman also couldnβt bring himself to call him Larry, so he came up with the nickname βLordage.β
During a private conversation, Olivier finally asked him:
βSo you think Iβm playing a little too big? Am I over the top?β
Olivierβs response still gets to him.
βHe looks at me and says, βThank you,β after a long beat, eyeball to eyeball. It makes me emotional and we were very close after that.β
Look gamers, Iβm only going to say this once.
To hell with all of you weirdos who donβt invert your Y axis.
Yeah I said it.
I've never understood this type of thinking. Maybe because I grew up in a very multicultural city. I grew up in a Christian church, but sometimes on Sundays I'd meet my friend at his synagogue. I'd go hang out on Easter with my orthodox Greek friends at their church. I'd spend lunch at school with all my Jamaican and Haitian friends. I'd sleep over at my African or Asian friend's houses and have new meals and experiences. My best neighborhood friend was from a Muslim family. I'd always be interested in learning all of their languages and cultures and share my Greek/Scots-Irish traditions.
This idea that America should be this boring white Christian only country has always boggled my mind.
It's so much more interesting when it's the melting pot it was supposed to be, no?
At a time when some people are trying to define masculinity as performative fragile machismo here is Patrick Stewart; an example of true masculinity.
One of the most beautiful musical scores in Star Trek history, played wonderfully by @VioDanceMusic.
Rest In Peace Sir Patrick
"...If you remember what we were, and how we lived, then we'll have found life again."
R.I.P. @SirPatStew π your legacy, your talent, and the memories you've given us over the years will never be forgotten. We will remember you
Sir Patrick Stewart as Claudius in Hamlet with Derek Jacobi. I watched this so much I think my tv melted.
Last year, Walter and I spent about three hours just wandering a middle America airport. It was a lot of me going βman, thatβs so coolβ when heβd tell me stories. At one point he got lost wandering around the airport and I texted my Dad βIβm chasing Chekov around an airport in Ohio. My life is weird man.β
I said I was going to take him to lunch so I can hear more stories. I planned to. I never got around to calling. This sucks.
Godspeed sir.
Walter Koenig, who played Chekov in the original βStar Trekβ series and seven βStar Trekβ feature films, has died at 90.
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