Beast Posted April 15, 2018 Posted April 15, 2018 http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/04/15/full-metal-jacket-actor-r-lee-ermey-dies-at-age-74.html 1
Mark Vader Posted April 15, 2018 Posted April 15, 2018 RIP Great character actor, who will always be remembered for his performance in "Full Metal Jacket", but I will also remember him in "Se7en" and "Toy Story".
DC Tom Posted April 16, 2018 Posted April 16, 2018 8 minutes ago, Mark Vader said: RIP Great character actor, who will always be remembered for his performance in "Full Metal Jacket", but I will also remember him in "Se7en" and "Toy Story". And for being badly miscast as Gregory House's father.
SinceThe70s Posted April 16, 2018 Posted April 16, 2018 50 minutes ago, Mark Vader said: RIP Great character actor, who will always be remembered for his performance in "Full Metal Jacket", but I will also remember him in "Se7en" and "Toy Story". I never knew he was in Toy Story. His lines and delivery in Full Metal Jacket made that movie IMO. Sad to hear of his passing.
Needle Posted April 16, 2018 Posted April 16, 2018 Semper Fidelis 1 hour ago, SinceThe70s said: I never knew he was in Toy Story. His lines and delivery in Full Metal Jacket made that movie IMO. Sad to hear of his passing. He was a Marine Corps. Drill Instructor at Paris Island before he was an actor. Kubrick told him to do his thing for many of the scenes. 1
SinceThe70s Posted April 16, 2018 Posted April 16, 2018 35 minutes ago, Needle said: Semper Fidelis He was a Marine Corps. Drill Instructor at Paris Island before he was an actor. Kubrick told him to do his thing for many of the scenes. Yup. But the story I heard (on the interwebs so take it fwiw) is that at first he was a consultant on the set. He was helping out the guy who originally had the part and Kubrick gave him the role when he saw him in action. The other guy ended up being the "Get some" gunner in the helicopter. Whether that's BS or not, he made that movie for me. To this day I'll give people an "Outstanding!" from time to time. As in "Outstanding Private Pyle!" at the shooting range.
DC Tom Posted April 16, 2018 Posted April 16, 2018 33 minutes ago, SinceThe70s said: Yup. But the story I heard (on the interwebs so take it fwiw) is that at first he was a consultant on the set. He was helping out the guy who originally had the part and Kubrick gave him the role when he saw him in action. The other guy ended up being the "Get some" gunner in the helicopter. Whether that's BS or not, he made that movie for me. To this day I'll give people an "Outstanding!" from time to time. As in "Outstanding Private Pyle!" at the shooting range. IMDB has two different stories. One, above. The other is that Ermey performed a demonstration where he yelled obscenities for 15 minutes without repeating himself while people threw fruit at him, at which point Kubrick cast him and gave the original actor a consolation prize of "door gunner." Always preferred that story.
SinceThe70s Posted April 16, 2018 Posted April 16, 2018 5 minutes ago, DC Tom said: IMDB has two different stories. One, above. The other is that Ermey performed a demonstration where he yelled obscenities for 15 minutes without repeating himself while people threw fruit at him, at which point Kubrick cast him and gave the original actor a consolation prize of "door gunner." Always preferred that story. I spent the past half hour looking at youtube clips. Hadn't seen those scenes in awhile, just as good as I remembered. However it happened, he added believability to that movie. I'm not s Marine so I can't make the leap and say realism even though that's my impression. Again, sad to hear he's gone.
dpberr Posted April 16, 2018 Posted April 16, 2018 One of his lesser known but better performances was in "The Siege of Firebase Gloria."
bbb Posted April 16, 2018 Posted April 16, 2018 2 hours ago, SinceThe70s said: Yup. But the story I heard (on the interwebs so take it fwiw) is that at first he was a consultant on the set. He was helping out the guy who originally had the part and Kubrick gave him the role when he saw him in action. The other guy ended up being the "Get some" gunner in the helicopter. Whether that's BS or not, he made that movie for me. To this day I'll give people an "Outstanding!" from time to time. As in "Outstanding Private Pyle!" at the shooting range. That's pretty much the story he said when he was on Adam Carolla's podcast a year or two ago.
#34fan Posted April 16, 2018 Posted April 16, 2018 Wow... One of the top 3 greatest film scenes EVER. -Rest in peace.
Bray Wyatt Posted April 16, 2018 Posted April 16, 2018 He was also the coach in Saving Silverman lol Still liked him as an actor, RIP
Saxum Posted April 16, 2018 Posted April 16, 2018 I loved his voice for Wildcat in the "Brave and the Bold".
Fadingpain Posted April 16, 2018 Posted April 16, 2018 (edited) He was also in a lot of Discovery Channel type military documentaries in recent years, focusing on various types of military hardware and what not. I always liked him and thought he was fantastic in FMJ. Ironically, I think he wasn't acting in that movie; he was just doing his own thing from the Corps! I'm sure some of those lines were not written in any script; they were too good. Edited April 16, 2018 by Fadingpain
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