Marlon Brando was very angry during the premiere of his film in Italy On the waterfrontHe left the cinema where he was the guest star.
The idea for cinema's legendary angry young man came from a book about the Italian film industry of the 1950s by an American couple living in Rome at the time and mingling in the glamorous film industry circles.
The Guardian Reports indicate that Hank Kaufman and Jane Lerner moved to the Italian capital in 1953 and quickly became friends with the visiting stars. Their memoirs Hollywood on the Tiber Published in Italian in 1982, its English translation is now scheduled for release.
The newspaper includes the story of Brando's anger when he discovered that his voice had been dubbed by an Italian actor for the local version. His agent recalls that he “staggered out of his chair as if he was having a heart attack, and whispered, ‘Get me out of here!’” I'm an actor, not a ventriloquist's dummy…you feel like a geek in a sideshow. Why didn't anyone prepare me?”
According to the book, Brando went to a nearby bar and was persuaded to return to the cinema in time for the end of the film, at which point he stood up to the standing ovation that greeted his performance.
Paul Cronin, publisher at Sticking Place Books, said the memoirs will be published next week in English for the first time. The Guardian The memoirs, which will be published next week, say as follows:La dolce vita meet Call my agent!'”
