Laurence Fishburne began making Apocalypse Now when he was 14 however turned 18 by the point it had its Cannes premiere.

Nobody of their proper thoughts would go into the center of darkness with Francis Ford Coppola. And by most accounts, a lot of the solid of Apocalypse Now wasn’t. But somebody who actually went for it was Laurence Fishburne, who famously landed his function at simply 14, having lied about his age so he may go off and work on Apocalypse Now.

Fishburne – who performed “Mr. Clean” in Apocalypse Now – remembered simply how essential it was for him to land that movie, particularly at such a younger age. “It’s very difficult to describe what that whole situation was like, because, as you know, I was a young person. I was 14, I was 15, I was very impressionable. I was still developing and it was an impactful event in my life. It took two years. But I will say, looking back, the most important part of Apocalypse Now was really my apprenticeship in the world of the arts. It is where I apprenticed becoming an artist because I was working with great artists. I was in the company of Marlon Brando, Dennis Hopper, Martin Sheen and Robert Duvall and Francis Ford Coppola. I was being influenced by those people and the choices that they made. And so really, Apocalypse is a great apprenticeship that I was fortunate enough to be given.” Fishburne additionally beforehand recounted a story during which he saved Emilio Estevez (son of Sheen) from quicksand whereas making the movie. So, yeah, not precisely one thing in the present day’s youngsters would usually undergo…

While Laurence Fishburne was simply a teen when he shot Apocalypse Now, he would flip 18 by the point the film was lastly launched…greater than three years after cameras first rolled. Of word, he was credited as Larry Fishburne, not going by Laurence till 1993’s What’s Love Got to Do With It. For that, he earned his solely Oscar nomination so far, exhibiting a model change can work wonders for a profession.

Despite fibbing on his resume (actually, the final of Coppola’s issues on Apocalypse Now), Fishburne would go on to work with the director thrice within the ‘80s with Rumble Fish, The Cotton Club and Gardens of Stone and will reunite with him with this month’s Megalopolis.