Steven Seagal shitting on himself award for most unbelievable anecdote from the actual film shoot
The disputed Hoffman–Olivier method-acting exchange is selected.
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- The famous account says Olivier answered Hoffman’s sleep-deprivation method acting by suggesting that he simply act.
- The exchange has been retold in conflicting versions by participants and chroniclers.
- Hoffman’s Studio 54 detail is questioned because the club opened after the movie’s release.
- Hoffman later said Olivier was joking and described a warm final-day visit.
- The hosts favor Goldman’s version while acknowledging the dispute and Goldman’s stake in the rewritten ending.