The Untold Truth Of Marlon Brando – Looper

Towards the end of his life, a cash-strapped Marlon Brando got into the teaching business with a 10-day acting seminar that had A-list celebrity students and a grade-A reputation for being one of Hollywood's more bizarre happenings. According toThe Hollywood Reporter, in 2001, Brando faced with ill health and financial woes was looking for a quick payday by selling his ideas on QVC. At the suggestion of his long-time assistant Alice Marchak, he decided to produce a series of instructional acting DVDs starring himself. Renting a Hollywood warehouse, hiring a video crew, and inviting his famous friends to partake in his sessions, it was slyly called "Lying For A Living."

The production of "Lying For A Living" was plagued with troubles, including fights between Brando and Tony Kaye, the project's initial director, and the increasingly wacky behavior of its star. Even many of his celebrity students started to leave the sessions, with actors Sean Penn, Edward James Olmos, and Robin Williams reportedly the only notable pupils to stick out the entire 10-day class. Filled to the brim with Brando's eccentric behavior such as having the students strip naked, bringing in a homeless man for a lesson, and mooning the students "Lying For A Living" was never released to the public. While Brando's antics may sound ridiculous, Olmos tells The Hollywood Reporter that the acting legend was "as serious as a heart attack" about teaching this class, which was "going to be his legacy to the acting community." Hundreds of hours of footage of this seminar exist, but Brando's estate plans to keep it private, with Brando's estate executor Mike Medavoy saying that "they're under lock and key" and wishing the whole thing would be forgotten.

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The Untold Truth Of Marlon Brando - Looper

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