Marlon Brando is often hailed as one of the greatest actors of all-time with performances in “The Godfather”, “Apocalypse Now” and “On The Waterfront”. However, when one actually does some reading into how Brando behaved during the making of these films, you see that he’s not the master that many people consider him to be.

Brando often didn’t learn his lines and would often need to read off cards being held at the side. This is even noticeable in films such as “The Godfather”. Not only did he not read his lines, he also didn’t always do his homework before starting a project. He didn’t read the novella that “Apocalypse Now” was based on and this infuriated director Francis Ford Coppola. Brando often ad-libs and while there is nothing wrong with that, it seems that he sometimes did this more because he just didn’t know what he was meant to say.

Brando was known for making strange demands and halting production of films. He frequently clashed with Ford Coppola on the set of “Apocalypse Now”. For “The Island Of Dr. Moreau”, he became obsessed with having the world’s shortest man appear more prominently in the movie among other strange requests.

Although some of have praised his delivery as realistic, a lot of people have pointed out that his mumbling performance in “The Godfather” is somewhat hard to understand. He also mispronounces the name of planet Krypton (Superman’s home world) in “Superman: The Movie”.

Whether you think he’s brilliant or not, there’s no denying that Marlon Brando has appeared in many iconic movies.