Top 7 Movie Moments You Didn't Know Were Improv
(Perhaps... I knew a couple of them.)
http://www.spike.com/blog/91367

But I didn't know about number one. Impressive! And lunacy!

Top 7 Movie Moments You Didn't Know Were Improv
(Perhaps... I knew a couple of them.)
http://www.spike.com/blog/91367

But I didn't know about number one. Impressive! And lunacy!

Kubrick estimates that about 150 pages of the script were just off the top of Ermey's head.

Surely that should be lines, there won't be more than 120 pages in the script anyway, even then it's a lot.

Kubrick was notorious for wanting everything filmed as it was written.

How much of his part comes out of that experience?

I'd say fifty percent of Lee's dialogue, specifically the insult stuff, came from Lee. You see, in the course of hiring the marine recruits, we interviewed hundreds of guys. We lined them all up and did an improvisation of the first meeting with the drill instructor. They didn't know what he was going to say, and we could see how they reacted. Lee came up with, I don't know, 150 pages of insults. Off the wall stuff: "I don't like the name Lawrence. Lawrence is for faggots and sailors."

Aside from the insults, though, virtually every serious thing he says is basically true. When he says, "A rifle is only a tool, it's a hard heart that kills," you know it's true. Unless you're living in a world that doesn't need fighting men, you can't fault him. Except maybe for a certain lack of subtlety in his behavior. And I don't think the United States Marine Corps is in the market for subtle drill instructors.

That would be good. I've also seem James McAvoy mentioned for the roll. He'd be good too.
Other names I've seen are Daniel Radcliffe (not sure he'd be right) and Jack Black (can't think of anyone worse).

Chris Morris jihad film good to go

After the paedophile special, I imagine this film will cause fireworks