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Fishburne was just 14 years old when he began filming Apocalypse Now, turned 15 during the lengthy shoot and was 18 when the movie finally released. And how did the barely teenage Fishburne get the part of a 17-year-old Navy recruit in the first place?
Jul 19, 2021 · Fishburne told CBC that he lied about his age in his interview for the part, telling Coppola that he was 16 years old when he was actually two years younger. Apocalypse Now took over two years to film, so by the time he finished all of the scenes in the movie, Fishburne was 17 - the same age as his character.
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Apocalypse Now is a 1979 American epic war film produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The screenplay, co-written by Coppola, John Milius, and Michael Herr, is loosely inspired by the 1899 novella Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, with the setting changed from late 19th-century Congo to the Vietnam War.
He later earned a supporting role in Apocalypse Now, in which he played Tyrone Miller, a cocky 17-year-old Gunner's Mate 3rd Class from the Bronx, nicknamed Mr. Clean. When production began in March 1976, he was just 14 years old, having lied about his age to get the part.
Feb 6, 2023 · When Fishburne appeared for the role, he was 21 years old and had only made a splash a few years earlier with his appearance in the 1979 film Apocalypse Now. To get the role, Fishburne lied about his age, saying he was 16 years old when he was actually only 14 when the series started airing in 1976.
Jun 28, 2022 · He was enlisted because he had lied about his age, pretending to be 18. The New York Times reported in 2019 that he had been one of four Marines killed at the An Hòa Combat Base in June 1969, one...
At 14 Francis Ford Coppola cast him in Apocalypse Now (1979), which filmed for two years in the Philippines. Laurence didn't work for another year and a half after that long episode.
