“I don’t think I left someone stupid”: 46 years ago, this cult actor began his career in one of the largest war films of all time.

“I don’t think I left someone stupid”: 46 years ago, this cult actor began his career in one of the largest war films of all time.

More than four years ago, the teenager participated in one of the most memorable war films. This young boy was Lauren Fishburn, and the film: Apocalypse Now.

Many today know as Morpheus in Matrix Saga, or as another ally of Keanu Reeves, this time in John Wick. But a few people know that his career began with a lie – and a lot of nerves.

Roll that has changed everything

In 1976, when he was only 14 years old, Lauren Fishburn Decides to casting to play a “Mr. Pure” Miller, a young soldier on the heart of the Vietnamese jungle. Director Francis Ford Coppola has tried to send this generation of inexperienced soldiers, who is often barely in adults, in a brutal conflict. Fishburn was technically very young for the role, but it did not stop it.

During an interview at the Canadian Channel CBC in 2013, the actor returned to this anecdote: “I told him I was 16 when I had my interview. I was 14 years old. I think they knew they didn’t think I was stupid about someone.

Moreover, it was not the producer Fred Rosos, who was already known to him, who was convinced of his performance or his alleged age, but also a simple secretary who originated in the offices of the production who simply answered Copola’s question.

The young woman who worked in the offices, the secretary, got up and walked, and as soon as she walked, Francis finally talked, looked at him and said, “Excuse me, do you think this baby could be 18?” And whoever was this young woman, she turned around and looked at me and said, ‘Yeah.’

And so Laurence allowed the role that forced him to be in the world of cinema.

Watch the video below to listen to Lauren Fisburn Share Anecdote:

Between fiction and reality: Life has been transformed

ShootApocalypse now Was as intense as chaotic, but he left a constant impression Lauren Fishburn – And not just at a professional level. A worthy scene in the backstage film, which included Emilio Estvez, the son of Martin Sheen.

The latter came to visit his father in the Philippines and almost drowned. At the invitation, Estvez on a small boat travel, Fishburn did not imagine that he would end up to save his life.

We only spent a few days, it was in the Philippines. He offered me a small boat for a walk and I got it. We left this little boat together and started to be close to the shore, so they offered me to go out and away from the shore. He jumped out of the boat, in some kind of mud hats, and started sinking. I saw Fishburn look at me, he just said, “Hold my hand!” And he took me out of there. Since then we have contacted”Said Estvez Jennifer Hudson’s show.

Lying to get the role, the gesture of life survival: two crucial moments that have been affected by the trajectory of these two men forever.

Jungles in a fake career

When Apocalypse now Finally came out in 1979, Lauren Fishburn Eventually he was 18: Ironically, the age he initially claimed to become a reality. The film, a timely masterpiece, is still recognized today for the deep and psychological treatment of the Vietnam War and the difficulties of its characters – from Willard (fromMartin Sheen) To Kurtz (Marlon Brando).

With this rough and hallucinatory context, Mr. Pure, young and careless, represented the sacrificial young men of this era. Fishburne, with its authentic performance, was able to make this character’s spirit and moving insecurity.

From jungle to matrix

From, Lauren Fishburn A long way has passed. Battle fieldsApocalypse now In the digital battles MatrixThrough the dark corridors John wikiHe has become an important figure in the American Cinema. But it all helped with bold, intuition, and a little bit of fate.

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Source: Allocine

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