Impressed by Ermey’s insults and intimidation tactics, Kubrick cast him as “Gunnery. Ermey got the role.Īnother story says that after being hired as a technical advisor, former drill sergeant Ermey was videotaped interviewing a group of British Territorial Army paratroopers who were being considered to portray Marines. When Kubrick declined, Ermey barked an order for Kubrick to stand up when he was spoken to, and the director instinctively obeyed. In one, Ermey went to Kubrick and asked for the part, stating that in his opinion, the actors on the set were not up to snuff. Various stories have been told as to how Ermey got the role. In what is probably his most famous role, Lee Ermey received co-star billing with the likes of Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin, and Vincent D'Onofrio in Stanley Kubrick's 1987 Vietnam War drama FULL METAL JACKET. Robert Folk's score has not had a release. Naturally, Ermey played "Gunny," a Marine Gunnery Sergeant. Their affection for one another provides a striking contrast to the violence of warfare. It was another Vietnam War drama in which a Navy surgeon (Ken Wahl) and a nurse (Cheryl Ladd) fall in love. Lee Ermey worked for the second time with director Sidney J. Some pre-existing music from James Horner was used for the uncredited score. The director's cut was sent back to Los Angeles where executive producer Roger Corman had the film re-cut, and had additional footage shot and edited into the film. Griffith directed the film in Manila, the Philippine Islands. In the commentary to that film he said it was time for him to say no to any more drill sergeant roles.Įrmey had a small unbilled part as an extra in the 1979 JAWS knock-off UP FROM THE DEPTHS. He was most effective as the father of a murder victim in DEAD MAN WALKING, where his personal agony served as a check on Sister Helen's sympathy for the killer. I wonder what that tombstone is going to read.īetter let him through the pearly gates, St. Francis Ford Coppola directed the Vietnam War epic. In 1979's APOCALYPSE NOW, Ermey played a helicopter pilot. Jaime Mendoza-Nava's score for the film did not get a release. When former Marine drill sergeant, Lee Ermey, was hired to put the cast through intensive military training, Furie was impressed and cast the wounded Vietnam War veteran as drill instructor “Sergeant Loyce.” Thus, Ermey, who was actually a Marine Corps Drill Instructor from 1965-68, made his film debut at age 34. Furie cast several second generation actors to portray the young Marines in the film, including Andrew Stevens, son of actress Stella Stevens James Whitmore, Jr., son of actor James Whitmore and Michael Lembeck, son of actor Harvey Lembeck. Once they get there, the experience proves worse than they could have imagined. The Vietnam War drama THE BOYS IN COMPANY C is set in 1967, when five young men undergo boot camp training before being shipped out to Vietnam. What is your major malfunction, numb nuts?!" I have on several occasions used mr Ermey's immortal line He was good in Missisippi Burning too and just about everything i saw him in. One of the greatest villains in movie history, that Sheriff Hoyt. He was so chilling and he created a character that was infinitely more terrifying than Leatherface himself. While most people known him best from FMJ and enjoy that performance the most, I'm a huge Ermey fan purely for his sick, twisted, sadistic performances in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre movies. I just watched him in THE NAKED GUN 33 1/3: THE FINAL INSULT on Saturday night. Just watched "Full Metal Jacket" last week. I'm going to have to catch up on "House". Outstanding, Private Pyle, I think we finally found something that you do well! I just about lost my sh*t laughing when he played the plastic army guy boss in "Toy Story". I have not seen him in everything he's done, but his part in "Full Metal Jacket" is a whole career's worth.
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