The Actor Who Didn’t Care - Marlon Brando

On the Waterfront, The Godfather and Apocalypse Now. Not many actors achieved what Marlon Brando has over his career. Two Oscars and some of the best acting performances of all time, even getting labeled as "Actor of the Century". With hits like A Streetcar Named Desire, Superman, and Last Tango in Paris it's no secret why he and his realistic and revolutionary "method" acting are always in discussion when discussing the greats. But this won't be a video praising him, instead going over the more troubled and lazy side of Marlon Brando.
The controversial on-set behaviour side of him consisting of not memorizing lines and reading cue cards, making weird demands and having many conflicts with the cast and crew. And the pranks, who can forget all the pranks he's pulled. Marlon Brando was an extremely difficult person to work with and we'll go over all these on-set issues in chronological order. But looking deeper into these on-set stories and career choices show a troubled and conflicted actor that didn't have passion, an actor who didn't care…
Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
01:29 - Life Before Film
03:26 - Rise to Fame
05:28 - Downfall
07:17 - Resurgence
12:40 - IDGAF Era
15:10 - Why Didn't He Care
Marlon Brando. The Godfather. Apocalypse Now. On the Waterfront. A Streetcar Named Desire. Superman 1978. Last Tango in Paris. The Men. Viva Zapata! Guys and Dolls. One-Eyed Jacks. Mutiny on the Bounty. Vito Corleone. The Missouri Breaks. Jor-El. The Formula. The Freshman. The Island of Dr. Moreau. Johnny Depp. Frank Sinatra. The Score. Greatest Actor of All Time.
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[@geminiguy6032]

I heard a story from my acting teacher about how during an audition Marlon Brando and the actors were all told to act like farm animals. At one point the casting director said, "There's a bomb being dropped on top of you!" All the other actors ran and hollered but he just sat there. The casting director said, "What are you doing?" He looked up at her and said, "I'm a Chicken, I'm laying a Goddamn egg!" The director responded, "There's a bomb about to be dropped on your head!" And he said, "How the hell should I know? I'm a chicken."

[@mosquerajoseph7305]

He spitting ngl

[@Sci-Fi_Freak_YT]

He is a genius

[@Quitumbe954]

That boy slid

[@nayrskater]

Not wrong lol

[@MrMelonsz]

“If you’re looking to be *the next big thing,* don’t just look around and do what everyone else is doing. Embrace what makes YOU special, cause that’s the only way you’re gonna stand out.”

[@polreamonn]

To people who claim Brando to be lazy. I raise you Steven Seagal.

[@MrAschiff]

Yeah, Seagal is a real thespian

[@theoddfather8782]

Except Brando was an Actor!

[@agenticmark]

Not even in the same category. Brando is like someone who has a few drinks, gets into his car, and kills someone on accident. Segal is someone telling someone else how he got in the car sober (because a real man doesn't drink), and then ran over the person on purpose to stop them from detonating a bomb. Actually Segal might put in more effort :D

[@ultralightpablo]

Thing is, Brando was an actor tho.

[@ammagnolia]

Steven has stunt doubles do his walking, fighting, sitting.... If you can't see his face, it's not him. And you can tell. The stunt guy is usually skinny or Chinese. On top of that, he has people dub his voice. So there can be a scene of a stunt guy walking with a voice actor doing the voice.... Can't get lazier than that

[@Will_Parker]

The fact he got a fake native American to launch a tirade about how native Americans are portrayed is accidentally his most hilarious prank

[@RileyShaw-ry7xz]

And the fact that people still don’t know about this shows how well he pulled it off

[@cjewe1z]

Was she a fake?

[@kutter_ttl6786]

​@@cjewe1zHer sister said she didn't have any ties to Native US tribes. they said their father was Mexican-American.

[@lazymansload520]

@@cjewe1zit’s true, after she died her sister came forward and said she got her name from a 4H club building and that she did this out of shame of her Mexican heritage

[@john2432]

I think you’re missing the point of why he invited her. Besides the fact that he was not aware that she was a fraud, he invited her because the federal government was about to go to war with the Natives at Wounded Knee, likely leading to a further diminishing of the sovereignty of the entire reservation system. In this case, it really doesn’t matter if she was a Native or not, what matter was that it earned the intended publicity

[@andrewalden8364]

It’s crazy to imagine that the studios execs didn’t want Marlon Brando or Al Pacino cast in The Godfather.

[@mustang8206]

Not at all

[@hittkid6312]

It's crazy now, but think about it at the time of filming. Marlon Brando was a known headache and source of trouble and Al Pacino was a newbie in films, i think godfather was his 3rd film ever and was probably the first time he was the lead actor, most of his experience was in stage plays.

[@fajarputras3300]

Not crazy at all. Al Pacino wasn't popular back then, it actually made sense that the studio execs want the lead to be played by a popular actor.

[@denroy3]

Some photos of actors wearing Brando's dialog taped to their clothes...so he could read it. That was why, at that point, he was lazy and unprepared.

[@Chinaski1]

Dude, did you even watch the video? Brando was totally unpopular at that time and very difficult to work with. Al Pacino was pretty unknown. The studio wanted a more famous actor like Robert Redford or Dustin Hoffman.

[@charliemalick8985]

Fun Fact: Later in his life, Marlon Brando would go onto AOL chatrooms and start fights there, and was banned multiple times for cussing people off.

[@streetzomb69]

deadass?

[@xotl2780]

He was a real-life troll and then an internet troll.

[@dmer-zy3rb]

makes perfect sense honestly Brando was always a troll and loved to get reactions out of people.

[@perrodetokio]

😁

[@cheesecakelasagna]

It's giving Bill Murray stealing some rando's fries and saying, “No one will ever believe you.” 😅

[@Coastfog]

It's crazy to see early footage of him acting, really puts into perspective what a game changer he was with his style.

[@blurredlenzpictures3251]

Watch one of those films. It's not just footage. They are films.

[@asharma4490]

Yessir! Watch any of those movies and then play another movie from the same year and see how this guy single handedly changed the craft of acting. While everyone one else was putting on a performance, guys like him, Clift were out there living every single scene moment to moment. Anyone who is any good at acting still does that to this day. And I haven’t watched this video yet so the next sentence is based off the title of this video. What he did on screen? A “LAZY” actor could never do.

[@blurredlenzpictures3251]

Sorry about my comment here it. I sound like as ass.

[@asharma4490]

On the contrary sir, I appreciate the fact that you were advising them to go and watch some his older movies. Truly some great cinema.

[@cinesanti7]

just face the facts, Brando was lazy, it even manifested in his appearance/weight, plus he had a penchant for emotional abuse and sexual exploitation towards women (see Maria Schneider and Rita Moreno) but he all had you fooled with his front of being a pro-social justice advocate and pseudo-philosopher. He was also a deadbeat dad who let his son become a murderer

[@mustang8206]

A man who hated acting, had a bunch of flops, but enough hits to be remembered as an acting great

[@blurredlenzpictures3251]

None of what you said is true.

[@MutantsInDisguise]

​@@blurredlenzpictures3251it's a fact.

[@williamj.dovejr.8613]

He even went on record saying he hated actors, actors were the worst people and the camera lies frame by frame.

[@arriuscalpurniuspiso]

He said he wanted to be the best in his 20s and then after Waterfront, said, this isn't a job for a grown man

[@mustang8206]

@@blurredlenzpictures3251 Watch the video

[@clintstewart5545]

Marlon Brando turned into Eric Cartman as he aged I do what I want , one of the best ever no doubt ...

[@KasumiKenshirou]

South Park also had the National Association of Marlon Brando Look-Alikes, and a character based on Brando's Island of Dr. Moreau character.

[@papalaz4444244]

Absolutely right. Cartman is also an autistic psychopath. You actually nailed that one.

[@Joecbg100]

Dr. Mephisto, yes @@KasumiKenshirou

[@michaelmcmillan1432]

“Are you here for worlds fattest man award? No I’m here for worlds greatest actor”

[@JYZProductions]

Steven Seagal makes Marlon look like the most caring actor who was ever recorded on film

[@Teh69thSpartan]

Bruce Willis in his DTV movies: *hold my beer*

[@Spongebrain97]

Im glad that I haven't ever seen a single Steven Seagal film and only know him as a C tier lazy actor who is also a Russian bot 😂

[@StuckonStupid84]

​@@Teh69thSpartanHe got dementia, give the man a break.

[@Teh69thSpartan]

@@StuckonStupid84 i'm aware about his situation, but oh boy his latest performances are so painful to endure.

[@OrgaNik_Music]

Difference being that Seagal was never good

[@tagoldich]

He wasn't the actor who didn't care; he was an actor of profound ambivalence. There's a difference. On the one hand, he cared deeply. For his role in The Men, he spent a month in a wheelchair in order to inhabit the chair in a fully organic way. Actors had rarely, if ever, gone to such lengths before. On the other hand, acting was just a joke to him. Simultaneously caring deeply and not caring at all was what made Brando so great. It's obvious what caring deeply contributed, but it's out of not giving a shit that he got his spontaneity, impulsiveness, FREEDOM.

[@Panimal98]

And somehow still obliterated every role.

[@seth5143]

@@Panimal98 Absolutely. I think this is what gets lost on people when it comes to Brando, Bukowski, Hendrix, etc. Some people can't help but be brilliant by simply PERFORMING brilliance and will fall into success every single time. We've been conditioned to think that it's all about blood, sweat, tears, sacrifice, dedication, and ultimately effort; in most cases that's 100% true. But there are people simply destined to be legends despite themselves.

[@mosquerajoseph7305]

@@Panimal98he did not obliterate every role lmfao

[@arriuscalpurniuspiso]

His later roles are lazy. Always sitting behind a desk with an earpiece feeding him lines. He lost his passion for acting and admitted he was just doing it for the money. He lost what made him great in his later years

[@PolishGod1234]

​@@mosquerajoseph7305he did

[@abrielrobertsson4160]

Well, Marlon is a typical example of how intelligent people are often lazy, never show their full potential, and yet somehow manage to do very well. Lazy or not, he was one of the greatest actors on screen for sure.

[@tomcruiiseship9461]

I mean I get it. Get got money which means food. And he got fat. Which means lazy. Kings do the same in midevill times

[@peterroberts7684]

Nope, Brando was the Greatest, and his acting style, of looking and behaving naturally on screen ,Still reverberates today.

[@ivandankob7112]

The biggest fools here are those who continued to work with him despite the unprofessional behavior. Why should he change it if they still pour millions in his pockets, which explains how modern influencers continue to scam people who just don’t care and still watch their content

[@MASTEROFEVIL]

400th like

[@rebelraccoon9018]

​@@tomcruiiseship9461Why are people so quick to be negative. You said that like Brando was defined by his obesity fgs. Yeah he got fat towards the end of his life and who can blame him. He dealt with a lot of tragedy. Food is comfort. He was phenomenal, a true star.

[@blacknapalm2131]

*Brando and Daniel Day-Lewis are similar in that both are natural masters of the craft yet both do not hold this craft in a high regard.* "It's just acting, it's not rocket science. We are not changing the world. It's just entertainment." This is very refreshing to most movie goers, as opposed to the weepy eyed piousness of the Hollywood crowd who seem to think that what they are doing is of earth-shattering importance. It may also be why Brando was the original 'Academy Awards Troll'. He couldn't help but make fun of the crowd that was jealous of how easily it came to him. He exposed their mediocrity to the world.

[@blurredlenzpictures3251]

What a nihilistic way of looking at filmmaking. I disagree completely with your point. Bresson and Truffaut hated Brando because he was simply an entertainer.

[@futuristic.handgun]

​@@blurredlenzpictures3251It's not nihilistic, it's absolutely true. L

[@domanskikid]

@ blurredlenzpictures3251 Jesus….take a step back. At the end of the day, being aware that an actor is an ENTERTAINER is not nihilistic, it’s called being an adult and not idolizing actors. Maybe find more to your identity than theatrics?

[@MutantsInDisguise]

​@@futuristic.handguntrue is just a point of view, parasite.

[@mikef7698]

​@@MutantsInDisguise "I don't have some way to put it. That's the way it is." -Anton Chigurh

[@gutihimself]

The stories about apocalypse now always make me laugh. He was always gonna do what he wanted plain and simple. The man.

[@FilmStack]

And in that case it worked out very well, such a memorable performance!

[@BrokeNdisAbled]

The stress gave Martin Sheen a freaking heart attack!!!

[@carlossaraiva8213]

Less the man and more the asshole. Talent is no excuse for assholery.

[@B-Mag]

It's especially crazy because the whole movie is about Marlon Brando's character going rogue

[@cinesanti7]

just face the facts, Brando was lazy, it even manifested in his appearance/weight, plus he had a penchant for emotional abuse and sexual exploitation towards women (see Maria Schneider and Rita Moreno) but he all had you fooled with his front of being a pro-social justice advocate and pseudo-philosopher. He was also a deadbeat dad who let his son become a murderer

[@BrokeNdisAbled]

He’s brilliant in The Men. And Marlon is the reason behind Acting Unions and getting actors PAID….and all he did for human rights back before it was en vogue- I also got mad respect for this man.

[@sekarpertiwi4077]

Marlon Brando was doing charity work long before he was famous. When he was young he once gave all the money he earned from his theater performances to charity. and I really respect that he never changed and still did that until the end of his life.

[@DonovenGrey]

Of course, respect for being himself but still a conceited prick.

[@denroy3]

"Mad" respect means you have juvenile respect, that's not adult language.

[@denroy3]

You want to see Betty Davis fighting for more money back in the day.

[@ScottyFang]

@@denroy3you must be fun at parties

[@shehzad_ali]

I remember when he was alive reading about his on set and off set behaviour. I don't think an actor like him would be tolerated now or get any roles.

[@FilmStack]

Especially since actors don’t have as much pull in the box office as they used to. Not many actors that can guarantee big numbers now, so they don’t have much leverage and gotta be on their best (or at least decent) behaviour on set

[@murciadoxial8056]

that might happen if he brings in the money or the awards

[@davidfernandez8515]

At his peak he was so famous that his name alone would make any movie profitable. Imagine what a relief that is for the studios and what an opportunity for the creative people to do whatever they want. Stars are still allowed to do whatever they want, they just choose not to be assholes. Acting is way more profesional now. It has evolved a lot since Marlon like any trade does. There're also very few true movie stars left: Dicaprio, Brad Pitt and Denzel Washington are the only ones in my opinion. Nobody else fills a theater just because of their name

[@clintstewart5545]

@@davidfernandez8515 tom cruise

[@jimmyboy7817]

​@davidfernandez8515 Yes, some of the biggest stars of the 1990s are still the biggest stars today. The stars of more recent years are only ones that have been attached to successful franchises, and those stars have often failed to repeat that success outside of the franchises they've been involved with.

[@benjaminjo]

Acting came so naturally to him, he didn't care. The guys 2nd feature film got him a best actor nomination for goodness sake, and he literally INVENTED the style of acting we all love and enjoy today. He'd practically done it all so early, so fast, it's no wonder he got bored with it. He accomplished so much, so quick. Where else was he going to go from there?

[@TheBfutgreg]

I assume somewhere discreet to consume a 5 gallon tub of ice cream

[@kurtay3232]

that doesnt do justice to what it means to peak early in life

[@mrflipperinvader7922]

The most amazing thing is learning that Brando almost played the comedic preist from Scary Movie 2, and theres unreleased footage of it!

[@mikespearwood3914]

The Charlie Sheen role?

[@Whoa802]

​@@mikespearwood3914The James Woods role.

[@Joecbg100]

Brando reminds me of the phrase "mistaking confidence for arrogance." He knew his worth

[@chandlerholloway3900]

My theory isn’t that Marlon Brando didn’t care. I think he cared and felt too much. When you care and feel too much, you have to detach yourself and approach with an “f-you” or “I don’t care” attitude to handle the constant expectation of perfection one puts on oneself. There’s a reason he tried to eat most of his feelings away. When one feels too much and doesn’t know what to do with it or how to handle it, you can try numbing it with alcohol, drugs, money, sex, or food. I’m sure Marlon learned, like many others, you can never outrun or out-eat your feelings. Everybody can call Marlon Brando lazy and entitled, but when he really cared and DID his thing, he made every other actor feel like an amateur. There’s no doubt he’s one of the greatest.

[@085cur1ty]

perfect i agree

[@potatohead5986]

That sums up about most people, and you said it beautifully, but i don't think an actor who's over-correcting their perfectionism would have these many irrelevant demands from the directors

[@VanezArt]

you sir do get it. 🫡

[@lumbernacdad]

Marlon Brando and Edward Norton on the same set of The Score (2001) must have been chaos

[@jesustovar2549]

A movie with 3 of the best actors from their generation. Well imagine, Brando broked the cellphone of Val Kilmer, and Kilmer really wanted to work with Brando.

[@darrylmars]

Early Brando was a great actor w special talent, who got rich, fat & lazy.. The Elvis of cinema.

[@nerychristian]

Old Elvis still had passion when he sang.

[@Greg-re7nj]

Agreed

[@jesustovar2549]

​@@nerychristianAnd that stage of his life, I think that's Elvis at it's best, there's a reason a lot of people still dresses like the Elvis from the 70s, that's how most people remember him (even people that weren't born during the elvismania), it's like when people think of Brando, they think about Vito Corleone, Jor-El and Colonel Kurtz.

[@TheRealDarrylStrawberry]

Once you realize that Brando's famous look-away is just him reading a cue card...IT still works!

[@lv2465]

He was fantastic as Colonel Kurtz. Despite how brief his role is, despite that he's in the dark it really did define a man who had crossed the threshold into madness.

[@rebeccawalsh1462]

This is when you realise how bold/ creative Brando was. His choices were fearless. He is mesmerising in the role but its because he also captures perfectly the banality of evil.

[@shanequastunningbrave5376]

His utterly pretentious performance ruins the last act of an otherwise close to perfect film 1st 2 acts

[@PolishGod1234]

​@@shanequastunningbrave5376wrong

[@Grandmaster-Kush]

I think he's too stiff as Kurtz, too lucid and banal for a man of such seeming madness (the snail monologue) he comes across more as someone suffering from chronic constipation and depression then the unwilling leader of an unhinged break away civilization in the jungles of nam

[@Thenogomogo-zo3un]

@@shanequastunningbrave5376 Got that right. Well overdone

[@rebeccawalsh1462]

If anyone gets the chance read his autobiography Songs my mother never taught me. It delves into his childhood obviously -but he had very deep rooted issues with his father. He describes his father as like Stanley - brutal. He clearly loved his mother but she was an alcoholic. However she was very creative and artistic. She set up a theatre company and a young Henry Fonda was part of it. However he was deeply taumatised by her alcoholism. However he had deep compassion for her.

[@sanatheempath7079]

Almost the same kinda comments he makes in one of his scenes in Last Tango in Paris. He seemed so real in the whole movie. Even the behind the scene pictures seemed like he was going thru something.

[@shanemccarthy212]

There is method to the madness. In the drama school I went to we were thought that the less we cared and the less we attached ourself to the result the more free we become during the performance. Obviously there is a balance between caring and not caring. Brando done it perfectly.

[@barbiquearea]

It should be pointed out that when Brando was filming The Island of Dr Moreau, his daughter committed suicide. This tragedy may have affected him greatly, thus making his onset antics worse than before. Compounded by this personal tragedy was the fact that he was working with Val Kilmer, another actor with had his own reputation of being self centered and troublesome to work with. The two actors clashed on set many times.

[@melissaharris3389]

I'd say Brando was an amazing actor but a very difficult human being. He was clearly very hard, even unprofessional, to work with.

[@MutantsInDisguise]

Facts.

[@dirteater7579]

Yeah no one here seems to want to talk about the fact that he literally raped his costar because on camera him and the director decided her reaction would be more genuine if she didn’t it was gonna happen.

[@quakethedoombringer]

To think he only gets away with this because he was just naturally good no matter how lazy he became later in life. If he was a tone or 2 worse, he would be Steven Seagal Original

[@yourarseismine1016]

@@quakethedoombringerSeagal always wants to look badass and cool, Brando just didn’t give a shit.

[@Veyron722skyhook]

Its a wonder his career lasted as long as it did. If someone were like him in this day and age now, they'd be out of a job very quickly.

[@quakethedoombringer]

Brando was lucky to be born at the time when actors could get away with acting like douche bags (look up Arnold when he was in his 30s - 40s, Val Kilmer during the 80s or 90s). Although that may depend. Miles Teller is supposedly a huge douche but he still gets roles

[@Veyron722skyhook]

@@quakethedoombringer I know

[@MrBrutal33]

Brando never disguised his contempt for the acting profession and it shows in both his choice of movies and his refusal to learn lines. He reminds me of a singer who puts out a great couple of albums and then coasts along singing cover versions.

[@littlekingtrashmouth9219]

“Dean Martin! You wasted your talent.” “What do you mean, wasted? I made a hundred albums!”

[@lordmanatee439]

I would consider Brando a co-director on Apocalypse Now. He steered Coppola into insanity in a jungle, because he was insane and didn't care of he died in this jungle. And it produced an insane movie. The ending was supposed to be a battle scene with a romantic action filled death. I prefer the more psychological "horror".

[@tooleyheadbang4239]

He was so fat that Coppola had to keep him out of sight.

[@karaloca]

Brando was gifted, but I believe his true love was life, not acting. I think he knew what was important and that acting was a means to do what he really wanted in life.

[@VanezArt]

💯

[@michaelmitchell5098]

The film set should be considered a safe and healthy work environment. When your demands and behavior effect your coworkers it shouldn’t be tolerated.

[@Suedetussy]

Exactly. There are enough actors around. I don’t need to see abusive people on screen.

[@stellviahohenheim]

When there's millions involved some people will go through anything to get it

[@Suedetussy]

@@stellviahohenheim But not the crew. They don’t earn millions.

[@nicktaylor2657]

I think Brando was the perfect example of Work smarter Not harder How much money was made of his immeasurable talent 😊

[@ryanisbelle6107]

Filming the ocean for two hours to find a shot of one wave is working smarter, not harder? Do you know how expensive theater quality film is?

[@timothyspool1399]

I guess things like living in a wheel chair for a month to prepare for a role really highlight this... 🙄

[@Elamado97]

​@@ryanisbelle6107one example out of a decades long career? The original point still stands

[@KamillGran-ch5sb]

Even Brando’s so called lazy performances are masterpieces of acting compare to all the Sean Penns and Aflecks of the world.

[@janso7979]

Sean Penn is a bit of a clown now, but there was a time, 90s through the mid-2000s, when he was one of the best actors around.

[@KamillGran-ch5sb]

@@janso7979 maybe but his ego always surfaced through the parts. I think Fast Times …and Falcon and the Snowman were his best.

[@janso7979]

@@KamillGran-ch5sb The performances I'm thinking of are along the lines of Dean Man Walking, Mystic River, and 21 Grams. I found them impressive at the time, but I haven't watched any of them since their initial release. I very well might agree with you if I watched them again. Fast Times was probably his most enjoyable role. In any case, I feel a bit strange defending Penn, since he tends to annoy me on a personal level. I seem to recall Brando having some real stinkers mixed in there in the 60s. Candy, The Countess from Hong Kong, etc.

[@KamillGran-ch5sb]

@@janso7979 candy I can’t defend but Countess from Hong Kong is a wonderful movie. I love Bedtime Stories, Reflection of Golden Eye, really all of them. The problem with Penn is he is always making statements in his movies. Every movie has to be important. Not Marlon, he might have wanted to but some of his movies are just fun or at least interesting.

[@janso7979]

@@KamillGran-ch5sb Don't get me wrong, I much prefer Brando to Penn. I agree that Penn can be insufferable much of the time. It's just that despite how much he often annoys me, I begrudgingly have to admit that he has a lot of talent. As far as Brando goes, I see him as having three great gifts. He had elite talent as an actor, was physically beautiful and had extreme charisma. He often coasted on his acting talent, often not putting in the effort which could have maximized it, but it was at such an innately high level that even his sub-standard performances were still better than most of his peers. The beauty faded with time but certainly aided him greatly in his younger years. He always kept the charisma, which made him magnetic on screen even in his worst movies. When all three were at operating at a high level, like in Streetcar, he was iconic. I don't think I've ever read a biography of any actor aside from Brando. I read both a biography of him and his autobiography. And I obviously watch at least the occasional YT video about him.

[@thewalruswasjason101]

His charisma was off the charts

[@p_ttown1979]

i think The Last Tango in Paris section glossed over how negative that butter scene was for the costar maria schneider. i understand if it wasn’t covered because of monetization it’s a huge example of brando’s (as well as in this case the director’s) controversial on set behavior.

[@FilmStack]

Yeh, the section was originally a bit longer but after uploading the video we actually had to cut some parts out using the KZbin editor to stay safe for KZbin.

[@habadasheryjones]

That situation made me disgusted of Brando quite frankly. A prank is one thing but what he did on that set was assault and the director approved it. Neither were decent enough to even ask the actress before hand. It would have been nice if Filmstack left it in the video because otherwise you have kind of a lob sided perspective on the actor. It would do some good to everyone in the comments praising him and his acting talent to know that his antics weren't always just fun and games.

[@quinnmorlotti]

came here to say this too!!

[@kylenolan3138]

I think his early acting was his best. The first time I saw On the Waterfront, I was blown away by his improvisation in scenes with Eva Marie Saint. It was so modern that it almost seemed out of place for the era.

[@doubleog6149]

He does what he wants. In The Godfather, Brando found a stray cat in the studio parking lot, the cat followed him. Brando brought the cat to the set, he was told to put the cat away b/c the novel and the scene didnt have a cat in it. Brando refused, hence the cat in his hands and the affection the cat had for Brando.

[@dhenderson1810]

I think having a cat adds to the character, as it portrays him as having a sympathetic side as well and not just a ruthless mobster. It makes the Godfather more of a complex character who does these bad things, but loves his family and animals. True killers hurt animals (I saw a series where thirteen of the fifteen worst serial killers killed animals before starting on people) so anybody who can love a pet still has some compassion in their heart, and it makes Don Cordeone a more sympathetic character.

[@johnclarke7626]

He literally did only what Anthony Hopkins told one beginning actor to do. "Learn your lines. Show up."

[@tomnorton4277]

He only did the "show up" part. Brando didn't give a damn about learning his lines.

[@ManchesterIsNotReal]

I watched one eyed Jacks for the first time recently and I definitely noticed how good that wave looked...then I looked up the trivia and saw they waited for it. Yea it sounds a silly thing to do...but i DID notice how good the waves looked in that scene!

[@FilmStack]

It did look good! Haha

[@Thenogomogo-zo3un]

I guess Brando thought of himself as a David Lean

[@sarahverissimo4656]

Your channel is so good! Keep with the good work :) Cheers from Brasil!

[@FilmStack]

Thanks for the comment, it means a lot!

[@devak45167]

I legitimately love the idea Brando’s character in Dr. Moreau being revealed to be a dolphin in a human suit 😂

[@tooleyheadbang4239]

Dolphin? Beached whale, more like.

[@SamuraiShampoo77]

There's many very talented people who take it for granted don't care about it. No most of them are not marlon brando so he definitely had a mixture of luck and getting good roles but his influence is gigantic and undeniable, your favorite actors favorite actor.

[@mute754]

Great stuff as always!

[@darkkrenaissance42]

No one usually knows what theyre gonna say before they say it... That is some serious insight into high level acting there

[@MrAschiff]

This video leaves out Brando's fantastic performance as Mary Antony in Julius Caesar. According to John Gielgud, Brando had all of his lines memorized. I guess you can't fuck around with Shakespeare.

[@rebeccawalsh1462]

Yes - this shows you the range he had and his ambition at least in the 50s to develop and nurture his talent. As well as doing Shakespeare, he decided to do Guys and Dolls because he believed despite not having much belief in his ability to sing and dance he nevertheless thought it was an actors job to challenge himself. I love his work in the 50s because you can see this desire in him to really grow and challenge himself. Later he became bitterly disillusioned but in his early career its like he's a smoking gun. He was so talented.

[@PaceFilmsProductions]

It’s not fair someone could be so talented and good at something while also completely not caring about it.

[@andrew-song]

To be fair, he did care about acting at some point during his life. If he truly never cared for it to begin with, he wouldn't have had so many deeply memorable performances lol.

[@samkresil6011]

Marlon Brando also made his final appearance in the Michael Jackson music video "You Rock My World" which followed after The Score in the same year

[@joaniekeyser4036]

I wonder if Brando was as big a headache on the set of YRMW as he was on the sets of his films? And if he was, I wonder what Michael must have thought of him?

[@samkresil6011]

@@joaniekeyser4036 Well I remember going to look that up on IMDB but couldn't find any proof that he was difficult the making of You Rock My World, but I did just look up that recently that Michael and Marlon were actually close friends prior to doing the music video and Marlon even playful looking to take a bite out of Michael's hat during one of the still shots for the video. And I also looked up the year that the video was made, Michael and Marlon, along with actress Elizabeth Taylor were escaping in a getaway car following the 9/11 events that occurred and that Marlon would even stop at every McDonalds and KFC restaurant just to help himself to some food.

[@ADavid42]

over the past 40 years, each decade saw a new actor be lauded as 'the Next Brando', and fans waited with bated breath for it to pan out. This decade, the nomination goes to Adam Driver... but after seeing this, I would say that for all that Adam's acting feels natural and his presence fills the set of every scene he's in... Adam's professionalism ensures he is in no way 'the New Brando'.

[@perfectallycromulent]

tha't because it's a headline phrase, not a serious analysis. and really, if you look at orson welles himself, how many years was he really the orson welles people love vs an asshole too busy thinking of pranks to fuck with his costars than to memorize his lines. orson welles himself, he was not the orson welles of the myth.

[@thewalruswasjason101]

Doesn’t have Brandos charisma.

[@nerychristian]

No way. Adam Driver is a terrible actor

[@ADavid42]

@@nerychristianLOL. Maybe all the top directors are afraid of him and that's why they keep hiring him and lauding him. Or maybe simple action pow pow is more your kind of cinema.

[@nerychristian]

@@ADavid42 There's plenty of bad actors who keep getting hired for films. Getting movie roles doesn't mean you are a good actor.

[@martineldritch]

The first major study on dyslexia was done in the early 70s, before then people were just "stupid and lazy". That Brando had such a career despite his disability was his greatest prank of all.

[@martineldritch]

@@zogwort1522 According to which study ?

[@sidsuspicious]

@@zogwort1522 You win this weeks "thick as mince" competition. Well done.

[@AnthonyRusso93]

​@zogwort1522 You mean to say that dyslexia is a form of disability. Additionally, stupidity can be a form of disability. But the conclusion that the two are the same because they belong to the same categorical set I gotta wonder if you are trolling. On the off chance you are not I can explain an analogous situation. If you have a square. a square is always a rectangle, a parallelogram, a quadrilateral. A rectangle is also a quadrilateral obviously and a rectangle is a always a parallelogram but it is typically not a square. When a rectangle is a square we just call it a square because it is implied that a square is a rectangle. Would this implication be reversible? No of course not if a quadrilateral is not equilateral it isn't a square. There is a greater degree of specificity. Yeah dyslexia is a disability a specific disability. It is not an intellectual disability. Not all stupidity is the result of an intellectual disability sometimes stupidity is voluntary because some hold book learning to be sooper dooper gay and they also claim gay equals bad like if you try to learn something you crack open an encyclopedia a cock will slide right up into your anus. You ask them to validate their homophobia they direct you to a book and I'm like no thank you yall a bunch of queers reading books and shit. It was bad enough they had all these statues of this barely dressed dude showing off his sweet mouth watering body T-posing like some 2016 meme. You know what they say molest me once shame on Father O'Malley molest me twice shame on me. Can't fool me twice

[@antoinesilva1527]

@@zogwort1522 I have dyspraxia which made it significantly harder for me to memorize something (especially numbers) than my mates. Am I stupid?

[@antoinesilva1527]

@@zogwort1522 By definition: Stupid = “Having or showing a great lack of intelligence or common sense.” Weird how science said dyslexia and dyspraxia isn’t tied to intelligence. Re-read the English dictionary and come back here again.

[@cha5]

I remember some interview with Werner Herzog and the subject of Marlon Brando came up and Herzog went off on a tangent about how he thought that Brando could never come close to Klaus Kinski when it came to "method acting." Although to be fair I don't believe Brando ever had to worry about his director shooting him dead, or members of his cast offering to do the same thing.

[@rebeccawalsh1462]

Can you imagine if they worked together on a film😅. Lol. That would be one for the ages. To be honest I think it would be so combustible that they would be talking about it now. But maybe not.....its difficult to know. According to Brando he really bristled against authoritarian directors claiming to have more freedom and collaborate relationship with directors he admired like Coppola and Bertolluci. He worked with Charlie Chaplin , with Chaplin as the director and he loathed him. Brando was so mercurial.

[@malafakka8530]

I'd take some of the things Herzog says with a grain of salt. I think he likes to embellish his stories (some of his crew denied some things he said about him and Kinski iirc) either because he just can't help but be a storyteller and/or to make his stories look more interesting than they actually were. Not that anything said about Kinski either from him or anyone else would be unimaginable because he was quite a mad and despicable person.

[@RADIUMGLASS]

Burt Reynolds said to Marlon Brando I think you're a great actor and Brando said I wish I could say the same about you 😂

[@jesustovar2549]

Once Burt Reynolds got into a cab, talked to a lady, the cab stopped and Reynolds followed his steps, looking at the window he saw that old lady was Greta Garbo.

[@ComeJesusChrist]

Brilliant! He wasn’t an actor, he was a sophisticated, real-life villain!

[@TheRubberStudiosASMR]

He was a fascinating person. Watch his interview with Connie Chung

[@ricogomez4020]

The best video I've seen on Brando because it's short and covers everything important.

[@FilmStack]

Thanks! Yeah we try not to overstay our welcome with our videos haha

[@NelsonStJames]

I totally forgot that Superman was made before Apocalypse Now. I don't consider Brando "lazy", but he wa definitely undisciplined. To be honest some of his pranks were pretty funny; the placing of weights under the gurney always makes me laugh during that scene in The Godfather, though I really wish he'd have come back for that flashback scene at the end of Godfather II, which would have made a near perfect film probably about as perfect as a film could be.

[@denroy3]

He was lazy. Your opinion is meaningless.

[@SonofSethoitae]

​@@denroy3Your opinion is lazy, and your ability to engage with nuance nonexistant.

[@mediumchungus9662]

​@denroy3 your comment is lazy and meaningless. Seek something besides attention.

[@dopejoel]

I hate people who make excuses for difficult, abusive, and weird behavior as if it goes hand in hand with quality. Quality is the opposite of abuse, it doesn't come from abuse.

[@jeffjacobson59]

If anyone has never seen Burn! I highly recommend it. Possibly Brando’s greatest performance.

[@silverslider562]

Something I got to respect about a guy who can simultaneously earn so many accolades and simultaneously kick shit and ngaf at the same time 😂

[@bijikedelai]

He made a mr perfectionist Stanley Kubrick stepped down?? What a legend 😂

[@MutantsInDisguise]

Marlon Brando is a legend, for better or worse. His late career and life is so sad, though.

[@diankreczmer6595]

Saw brando on an.old larry king show way after he was no longrr giving interviews and he said in his acting class he was told to just respect the feelings he would get while doing a part in a movie. He did that and always trusted his instincts. He was a genius and introduced a new acting style that changed movies. Brando was to acting what elvis was to music. These men were geniuses and innovative and honed their crafts at the same time

[@WarioSaysSo]

Marlon Brando was a very interesting mixed actor unlike any other! You have great respect for his craft and personal charm, and at same time you grind your teeths out of frustration you can't get him to do what you envision in the movie or that he creates drama with his co-actors. A perfect example of Brando is his work with Francis Ford Coppola's award classic Apocalypse Now (1979). BTW, Brando was paid $1 million a week for just 3 weeks work. Brando was the movie's "central character" Colonel Walter Kurtz, a highly decorated US Army Special Forces officer who goes rogue. He runs his own military unit based in Cambodia and is feared as much by the U.S. military as by the North Vietnamese, Viet Cong and Khmer Rouge. His character is ordered to be executed by Martin Sheen's character U.S. Army Captain Benjamin L. Willard, a veteran assassin who is serving his third tour in Vietnam. The whole movie the audience is from time-to-time told about this "mythical" Col. Kurtz and how/why things came to be at same time the audience get a heavy insight of the brutal Vietnam War. Marlon Brando was paid $1 million in advance. He threatened to quit and keep the advance... Brando showed up on the set overweight, and despite it was in his contract a demand to be in representble shape in line with a Vietnam War commander, Brando gave rats-@ss to do even e decent work of that. Coppola was astonished how overweight Brando turned up for his scenes and, feeling desperate, decided to portray Kurtz, who appears emaciated in the original story, as a man who had indulged every aspect of himself. He was so fat (not trying to shame, but point out the problem for the role) and he was very, very shy about it ... He was very, very adamant about how he didn't want to portray himself that way. Further how Brando had not read the book, Heart of Darkness, as the director Coppola had instructed him to to doo OR read his lines. - Coppola spent several days reading Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" out loud to Marlon Brando on the set. After several days of arguments over single lines of dialogue, Coppola agreed to an ad-lib style script, with Brando filmed mostly in shadows. Marlon Brando improvised a lot of Kurtz's dialogue, including an 18-minute speech, two minutes of which survived the final cut. Some of it was incoherent, most of it was great. At the end of the speech, Brando said to Coppola, "Francis, I've gone as far as I can go. If you need more, you can get another actor." During filming, Dennis Hopper and Marlon Brando did not get along, leading Brando to plain out refuse to be on the set at the same time as Hopper = something we seen Brando doo in other movies when butting heads. Marlon Brando so angered Francis Ford Coppola that Coppola turned over the filming of Brando's scenes to assistant director Jerry Ziesmer!

[@ChowAbraxas]

He was supposed to play the role of the Priest that eventually went to James Woods in Scary Movie 2 but when he could barely get through his dialogue without his oxygen machine being heard

[@aidanlynn]

I think he did care at the beginning but as time went on he became so disillusioned with the way hollywood operates, I can’t blame him really.

[@mrwindsor9082]

Thank you for uploading this thoughtful video. BTW in many of the stills and footage, in this upload, Brando has an uncanny resemblance to both Don Johnson and Christopher Lambert. It is something I have noticed before. But until now I haven't commented upon. I find Marlon Brando's approach to learning his lines rather enlightening. The legendary actor was quite correct. Scripted lines are often unnatural and rather insipid. David Chase, creator of 'The Sopranos' is notorious for insisting on actors strictly adhering to the written script. But I suspect the canny Chase allowed his more experienced actors to improvise on occasion.

[@sekarpertiwi4077]

People called Marlon Brando lazy but he is one of those actors who always puts effort into his character, he even plays many film genres such as musical, drama, comedy, Shakespeare etc. He has played both protagonist and antagonist roles. Don Vito physical appearance in the film Godfather was also his idea. A lazy actor is one who always plays the same role over and over again like actors nowadays.

[@denroy3]

Blah blah blah. You just made no sense. Apparently you don't know the definition of "lazy" and "unprepared". And Brando went that route as his career moved along. I live someone just making something up to make excuses for someone else.

[@arriuscalpurniuspiso]

I love him, but he got lazy over time. His last roles are so beneath his talent. His obesity didn't help

[@th3m00nstone]

do yk what type casting is? actors don't choose what roles they get cast in...

[@Elamado97]

​@@th3m00nstonewhat about the rock? Or kevin hart? Im sure they can choose what roles they get

[@User-ge7ni]

Cope

[@xtraflo]

It should be pointed out that Later in Brando's career - he never sought out roles. Directors and Producers were the ones that begged him to be in their movies...

[@s1ckboirari]

The fact he told the Director of Superman he had to do all scenes in 1 take to "grasp and perform as an actor of his prestige". Marlon Brando was there for about 4 weeks while the people on set, most actors including Christopher Reeves ofc were filming for 19 months..

[@GiovanniAlckmimRusso]

Probably one of the reasons Reeve was disappointed with him

[@dhenderson1810]

Jor-El gets killed off in the first ten minutes of the film, so wasn't needed for as long.

[@GiovanniAlckmimRusso]

@@dhenderson1810 doesn't justify being like "I'm gonna do this scene only one time and then we're done".

[@dhenderson1810]

@@GiovanniAlckmimRusso My point is that he didn't need to work 19 months on the film like the other actors regardless as he wasn't needed, considering Jor-El hit killed off ten minutes into the film. Besides, Brando did more scenes, but they were removed once the second film changed directors, so that the Salkinds could get out of paying Brando for using his image in the second one. So he screwed then over, then they screwed him over. His cut scenes appear in the Richard Donner Director's cut of "Superman II". So he actually filmed more scenes than appeared on screen (the Fortress of Solitude scene, where Clark tries to get back his powers was originally filmed with Brando, but later refilmed using Suzanna York instead.

[@GiovanniAlckmimRusso]

@@dhenderson1810 Suzanna York was good but the Brando scenes in Superman 2 are on another level. Especially when Jor-El "dies" so Clark can be Superman again

[@budsak7771]

I understand all too well how it is to stop caring about the job when the job stops caring about you. RIP Mr. Brando 🍻

[@ace15Nura]

I know he had a terrible personality and an annoying sense of entitlement, but he one of my favorite actors of all time because he makes acting seems so easy, like he becomes the characters, there's no movies were like I say you find he doing a mimic or trait mark, he acts different in every movie just living the character. At least in his prime. I love Burn, One Eyed Jacks, The Fugitive Kind, and I don't like A Countess From Hong Kong but I think is cool to see him in a screwball comedy, he wasn't bad, just the movie was bad.

[@johnrockyryan]

Brando just didnt buy Hollwoods bullshit he was the ahead of the competition that it got boring for him i mean the guy used an Oscar as a door, in a movie filled with superstar actors (the Godfather and Apocalypse now) he (IMO) stole every scene he was in and he wasnt even trying, he just didnt a single shit and i honestly have to respect that RIP Marlon Brando the only actor who i think is better than DDL

[@GamingSaturnMoonManBoy]

He was actually offered to play the hobo on the train in The Polar Express. According to Eddie Deezan who played the Know-It-All kid Tom Hanks was very close with Marlon Brando and Tom asked Brando if he could come in for one day to do his scenes. Unfortunately he was too sick to do it. That would’ve been awesome to see and it could’ve been his only kids/family movie ever

[@lloydonlead]

I listened to an interview of Marlon later in his life. He just didn't give a diddly damn about anything. I think he was burned out on everything.

[@ProdCritic]

Francis Ford Coppola: Brando is one of 3 Geniuses I’ve ever met *KZbinr* : He’s Lazy

[@Thenogomogo-zo3un]

Got to be a genius to get paid loads to do as little as possible. Jor-el in Superman for example. $4 million for 10 minutes on screen.

[@frankstrawnation]

Who are the other two?

[@piranha5506]

@@frankstrawnationkurosawa and fellini I think

[@piranha5506]

Seriously. Being authentic is a nightmare in US.

[@vb_blokeboi7251]

there's a robbery at woolworth's fucking sent me thanks brando

[@SofaKingShit]

He played a stellar role in A Streetcar named Desire. Stellaaar!!!

[@TheDeadAlewives]

I wish I could not give a fuck while simultaneously be as successful as Brando. That dude must have have some powerful agents.

[@luhrigby]

you can't see California without Marlon Brando's eyes

[@ParisHoney1998]

One of Brando’s films I really enjoyed that isn’t talked about (because it was most likely one of his flops, and others may not agree with me about the quality of the story or acting) is Reflections in a Golden Eye with Elizabeth Taylor. I might need to rewatch, as I’ve only seen it once years ago but found it to be one of his more interesting films.

[@TheGoodfella95]

a pure gem of a film. I have to watch it again after this comment.

[@arriuscalpurniuspiso]

It's a lousy movie, but he is great in it

[@TheGoodfella95]

@@arriuscalpurniuspiso to each his own, probably better than 80% of the stuff that gets put out today. i thoroughly enjoyed it.

[@arriuscalpurniuspiso]

@@TheGoodfella95 it's good. And I agree with you. It's only lousy compared to Brando's masterpieces

[@TheGoodfella95]

@@arriuscalpurniuspiso oh in that regard, yes.

[@Dohsoda]

While overpaid for Superman (1978), he did get paid for two movies. He was supposed to appear in the theatrical cut Superman II (1980), but to save money and avoid reshoots which were made to get the replacement director credit, all of his scenes were cut. His scenes in Superman II, which are pretty good, can be seen in the director's cut of the film.

[@petermj1098]

Brando pronounces Krypton wrong the whole time lol He says “Cryptin”

[@IloveOtherPplsMsry]

Still say Kinski was more of a nightmare to work with

[@FilmStack]

100% hahah

[@IloveOtherPplsMsry]

@@FilmStack Here's a fun fact btw. To prepare for the role of Vito Corleone, Brando personally sought out Russel Bufalino (Yeah that Russel Bufalino) for advice on how to act like a mafia boss.

[@dandavis8300]

His performance didn't seem lazy in "Streetcar Named Desire", or "Guys and Dolls" or "On the Waterfront". When I first saw Brando as Fletcher Christian in "Mutiny on the Bounty", I thought he was terrible because he seemed like such a supercilious twit. Very unsympathetic compared to Clark Gable's portrayal of Chistian. Later when I read about the mutiny I realized that was probably an accurate portrayal. Christian was of higher social status than Captain Blye who had worked his way up through the ranks, which was probably a reason for discord on the ship. Underacting as Vito Corleone also worked well as he was portraying a man who tried to reveal as little as possible from his words and expressions. It seems like that he got in the habit of underacting since it had worked so well for him. Though I have no idea what made him care so little about his body?

[@gorkmusic]

Complicated guy, amazing artist and a genuine activist. I think he hated the business and the consumerism of the culture but also enjoyed the excesses it provided him. It's hard to believe he could have been better when he's already one of the greatest ever, he just liked making everyone's life hell for whatever reason lol

[@johnpeace971]

That 10 minutes in Superman was cut down from 30 minutes in the TV cut. He did a lot more than ended up on screen

[@mr.f004gaming8]

I don't think I can see California without Marlon Brando's eyes

[@Francisco-fw5fe]

Brando does put a lot of effort in his performances, but only the ones he cares about. And the more he aged, the thinner that list became

[@bryanperdomo1283]

not every role he played in the 60´s was lazy or badly acted. He did appear in the 1966 classic The Chase, and even if Brando hated it his performance is pretty amazing and realistic tho.

[@thatRyzzle]

He was a bit of a troll. I like that about him. Still, I believe in being professional at work and sh*t.

[@Asahamana]

I also would like to point out that Brando had a bit part in Roots the new generations, he played the role of George Lincoln Rockwell as Alex Hailey (James Earl Jones) was doing an interviewing him.

[@MrKDon-rz1ef]

And yet he still one of greatest of all time, a true Icon.

[@justinklenk]

Not that it would at all be worth the trouble of dealing with him, but he just might've been able to effect a properly loathsome, greasy, narcissistic, sociopathic Duke Harkonnen, had the film's timing ever agreed. 😅

[@FreeFree-ur4zq]

He fluctuated from film to film. He's absolutely fantastic in some films and very dull in others. He knew his abilities and would only make an effort when he was interested. Saying he was bad at the end of his career just shows how lazy YOU are. He turns in a few very nice performances in the last few films he made.

[@davidmckayii752]

He was about 70 yrs ahead of time

[@Mokkari77]

It's because acting came so easily to him he was bored by it and didn't take it seriously. Meanwhile others who train and have to work hard to become good have a real passion for it.

[@sebastianalegria3401]

In the history of famous actors, Brando had a psychological effect over men in America, if you think of post Brando-generation that includes actors like Al Pacino, Robert De Niro or even, Jack Nicholson, all of them became actors because of Marlon Brando and also, he rewrote the game just like Bob Dylan did it in the pop culture. In fact, I remember reading about Brando for first time in an article at the age of 10, which was like love at first slight. Furthermore, I think he raised lots of actors including Johnny Depp, whom he worked in the movie Don Juan DeMarco.

[@RealRaslu]

This just makes me like him more. Great video!

[@thewhitewolf58]

Honestly i think some of the worst people in a profession can be the "gifted" people. They come into their line of work with little effort than when they get slightly challenged they fold and get rather lazy.

[@carlossaraiva8213]

That smiling troll face of Brando is hilarious. Should be a meme.

[@crisla69]

Marlon brando is like the john lennon of acting

[@Elamado97]

Or a mohammed ali

[@VTVT1306]

Right, both were pricks