William Friedkin on Al Pacino

[Trevor]

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All I can say is "Yikes" 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9VaLXr71LA

[Neville]

Friedkin could get pretty brutal, and not just with his words. Over the years I've read stories about how he treated actors on the set, and well...

In this particular case, I imagine Pacino didn't expect the film to become a study of his character's sexuality. Even for 1980, that's a very daring film. Sort of a masculine "Looking for Mr. Goodbar".

[M.10rda]

I've talked at length personally w/ one director who worked w/ Pacino in the early 90s and had generally pretty positive things to say about him. (Pacino's performance in that movie is imho one of his best.)

I also know a fellow who worked on a Broadway production starring Pacino from about a decade ago, and his reports gave the impression of an actor far past his prime in terms of effort/engagement as well as capability and reliability...

Neither of them talked about Pacino the way Friedkin talks about Tommy Lee Jones: in terms of extraordinary professionalism and attention to craft. FWIW...

[zombie no.one]

I find Pacino to be generally one of the hammiest over-actors ever to be a 'serious' actor regarded as one of the greats, if that makes sense.

however Friedkin just comes off as arrogant there. why so much hostility?