The Actor Who Didn’t Care - Marlon Brando

On the Waterfront, The Godfather and Apocalypse Now. Not many actors achieved what Marlon Brando has over his career. Two Oscars and some of the best acting performances of all time, even getting labeled as "Actor of the Century". With hits like A Streetcar Named Desire, Superman, and Last Tango in Paris it's no secret why he and his realistic and revolutionary "method" acting are always in discussion when discussing the greats. But this won't be a video praising him, instead going over the more troubled and lazy side of Marlon Brando.

The controversial on-set behaviour side of him consisting of not memorizing lines and reading cue cards, making weird demands and having many conflicts with the cast and crew. And the pranks, who can forget all the pranks he's pulled. Marlon Brando was an extremely difficult person to work with and we'll go over all these on-set issues in chronological order. But looking deeper into these on-set stories and career choices show a troubled and conflicted actor that didn't have passion, an actor who didn't care…

Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
01:29 - Life Before Film
03:26 - Rise to Fame
05:28 - Downfall
07:17 - Resurgence
12:40 - IDGAF Era
15:10 - Why Didn't He Care

Marlon Brando. The Godfather. Apocalypse Now. On the Waterfront. A Streetcar Named Desire. Superman 1978. Last Tango in Paris. The Men. Viva Zapata! Guys and Dolls. One-Eyed Jacks. Mutiny on the Bounty. Vito Corleone. The Missouri Breaks. Jor-El. The Formula. The Freshman. The Island of Dr. Moreau. Johnny Depp. Frank Sinatra. The Score. Greatest Actor of All Time.

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[geminiguy]

I heard a story from my acting teacher about how during an audition Marlon Brando and the actors were all told to act like farm animals. At one point the casting director said, "There's a bomb being dropped on top of you!" All the other actors ran and hollered but he just sat there. The casting director said, "What are you doing?" He looked up at her and said, "I'm a Chicken, I'm laying a Goddamn egg!" The director responded, "There's a bomb about to be dropped on your head!" And he said, "How the hell should I know? I'm a chicken."

[polreamonn]

To people who claim Brando to be lazy. I raise you Steven Seagal.

[charliemalick]

Fun Fact: Later in his life, Marlon Brando would go onto AOL chatrooms and start fights there, and was banned multiple times for cussing people off.

[andrewalden]

It’s crazy to imagine that the studios execs didn’t want Marlon Brando or Al Pacino cast in The Godfather.

[blacknapalm]

*Brando and Daniel Day-Lewis are similar in that both are natural masters of the craft yet both do not hold this craft in a high regard.*
"It's just acting, it's not rocket science. We are not changing the world. It's just entertainment."
This is very refreshing to most movie goers, as opposed to the weepy eyed piousness of the Hollywood crowd who seem to think that what they are doing is of earth-shattering importance. It may also be why Brando was the original 'Academy Awards Troll'. He couldn't help but make fun of the crowd that was jealous of how easily it came to him. He exposed their mediocrity to the world.

[abrielrobertsson]

Well, Marlon is a typical example of how intelligent people are often lazy, never show their full potential, and yet somehow manage to do very well. Lazy or not, he was one of the greatest actors on screen for sure.

[clintstewart]

Marlon Brando turned into Eric Cartman as he aged I do what I want, one of the best ever no doubt ...

[Coastfog]

It's crazy to see early footage of him acting, really puts into perspective what a game changer he was with his style.

[mustang]

A man who hated acting, had a bunch of flops, but enough hits to be remembered as an acting great

[tagoldich]

He wasn't the actor who didn't care; he was an actor of profound ambivalence. There's a difference. On the one hand, he cared deeply. For his role in The Men, he spent a month in a wheelchair in order to inhabit the chair in a fully organic way. Actors had rarely, if ever, gone to such lengths before. On the other hand, acting was just a joke to him. Simultaneously caring deeply and not caring at all was what made Brando so great. It's obvious what caring deeply contributed, but it's out of not giving a shit that he got his spontaneity, impulsiveness, FREEDOM.

[Will_Parker]

The fact he got a fake native American to launch a tirade about how native Americans are portrayed is accidentally his most hilarious prank

[benjaminjo]

Acting came so naturally to him, he didn't care. The guys 2nd feature film got him a best actor nomination for goodness sake, and he literally INVENTED the style of acting we all love and enjoy today. He'd practically done it all so early, so fast, it's no wonder he got bored with it. He accomplished so much, so quick. Where else was he going to go from there?

[crookedpaths]

Deliberately screwing up his lines in order to make Sinatra eat more cheesecake is quite funny

[LandoIsLoading]

The stories about apocalypse now always make me laugh. He was always gonna do what he wanted plain and simple. The man.

[BrokeNdisAbled]

He’s brilliant in The Men. And Marlon is the reason behind Acting Unions and getting actors PAID….and all he did for human rights back before it was en vogue- I also got mad respect for this man.

[shehzad_ali]

I remember when he was alive reading about his on set and off set behaviour. I don't think an actor like him would be tolerated now or get any roles.

[mrflipperinvader]

The most amazing thing is learning that Brando almost played the comedic preist from Scary Movie 2, and theres unreleased footage of it!

[TheRealDarrylStrawberry]

Once you realize that Brando's famous look-away is just him reading a cue card...IT still works!

[JoeChillton]

Brando reminds me of the phrase "mistaking confidence for arrogance." He knew his worth

[jonkheerofnac]

Marlon Brando and Edward Norton on the same set of The Score (2001) must have been chaos