Marlon Brando: Hollywood legend, the more famous he is, the more arrogant he is, at the end of his life he is sick

Marlon Brando, one of the legends of Hollywood cinema, has made a deep impression in the hearts of the audience through his legendary roles. However, his life is not only brilliant successes but also full of turbulence and tragedy.

Marlon Brando, Jr. (April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004), commonly known as Marlon Brando, was an American actor. Born into a poor family and haunted by a dark past, Marlon Brando had a difficult childhood. But when he left the military, life began to change, and he moved to New York to develop a career in theater.

Under the guidance of artist Stella Adler, Marlon acquired method acting, a method that requires actors to fully immerse themselves in the character. This technique helped him achieve great success on stage and later in Hollywood.

The 1950s were the peak of Brando's career. During four consecutive years from 1952 to 1955, he was nominated for an Oscar four times and won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1955 for his role in On the Waterfront . However, despite his outstanding talent, Marlon Brando faced difficulties in his career, when in the 1960s, he became a "box office poison", was boycotted and rarely invited to participate in major projects.

Along with that, arrogance, impulsiveness, and bohemian love affairs (in the documentary, he identified himself as "a beast in bed" and "women come to my house through the front door and leave through the window") caused his aura to fade into his 30s.

Brando's life turned a new page when director F.F. Coppola invited him to play Don Vito Corleone in The Godfather (1972). This was the role that helped Brando regain his reputation, and he received the Oscar for the second time, but refused to accept the award, sending a message of protest against the unfair treatment of Indians. This role has become an indispensable part of the history of cinema, and is considered one of the symbols of the world film industry.

A year later, he continued to make waves with the film Last tango in Paris, which featured bold scenes between Marlon (then 48) and French actress Maria Schneider when she was just 20 years old. He has one more Oscar nomination.

Marlon Brando's last great film was F.F. Coppola's Apocalypse Now (1979), considered the best Vietnam War film. And even though he only appeared in the last 30 minutes of this more than 3-hour film, Marlon Brando is still the name that leaves the most haunting through the role of the crazy colonel Kurtz...

Talking about Marlon Brando's acting career and acting roles, another big name, Jack Nicholson, joked that "as long as Marlon Brando is alive, no actor can raise his head".

Director Elia Kazan, who has worked with him on four major successful films, called Marlon a "genius" and "if cinema is around for another 500 years, Marlon Brando is still influential". Despite her resurgence, Brando's personal life was full of tragedy. His marriage was turbulent, and extramarital affairs caused him to lose focus on his work.

In addition, he also encountered legal issues related to child custody, and a strained relationship with his children. One of the biggest tragedies of Marlon Brando's life was the death of her daughter Cheyenne, who died herself after witnessing her brother Christian fight with her boyfriend.

Brando's life in the last years of his life was mostly reclusive. He no longer appears in public and rarely participates in film projects. At the time of his death in 2004, Marlon Brando was battling a series of diseases such as obesity, diabetes, and liver cancer. However, despite his life full of trauma, he is still one of the biggest names in the film industry, having a profound influence on later generations of actors.

In Listen to me, at the end of his life, after years of illness and especially personal tragedies, Marlon Brando seems to have a tendency to deny all his own legacy. He did not admit any of his "great" works, saying that in Hollywood there is only money, money and money.

Regarding the roles praised by the world, he said: "Simply in the land of blindness, the boy is the king." And that "if I don't become an actor, I will probably become a scammer, a talented scammer".

Marlon Brando is not only a talented actor but also a symbol of resistance, of the dark aspects of life. Although he denied his "great" works and did not believe in the permanence of success, his roles and influence remained forever. In the words of director Martin Scorsese: "Acting is divided into two milestones: before and after Marlon Brando appears".

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