RIP Ned Beatty

[88Comrade2000]

Actor Ned Beatty had died at 83.

[AlvinWaltonIsMyBoy]

Ned Beatty was easily one of the best character actors of all time. He was always such a delight on screen. 
 

Here’s one of his best scenes from one of my favorite films. If you haven’t seen Network, you’re missing out. Ride on, good sir.

 

[redskinss]

I'll never forget his character in one of my favorite childhood movies, the toy.

Rest in peace. 

[SkinsGuy]

https://variety.com/2021/film/news/ned-beatty-dead-dies-deliverance-network-actor-1234995509/

 

RIP Mr. Beatty.

[China]

 

 

 

[Rocky21]

Don’t know if true but someone told me he lived in Woodbridge for a while.

[Mufumonk]

The story behind "the scene" is wild:

 

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Burt Reynolds on Bill McKinney, with whom he worked in

the drama Deliverance (1972):

 

"I thought the other guy, Bill McKinney, was a little

bent. I used to get up at five in the morning and see

him running nude through the golf course while the

sprinklers watered the grass. A strange dude, he moved

to L.A. after Deliverance and worked in a lot of

pictures of Clint Eastwood. He always played sickos,

but he played them well. With my dark sense of humor, I

was kind of amused by him. But as we got closer to the

rape scene, I caught him staring at Ned Beatty in an

odd, unnerving way. Ned would see it, and look away."

 

"The day before we shot the scene I noticed McKinney

hovering beside Ned and sat down between them. I wanted

him to see I was Ned's friend. No different than in the

script. Then I asked him how he planned to handle the

rape scene. McKinney turned out to be a pretty good guy

who just took the method way too far. Staring straight

at Ned, he whispered, 'I've always wanted to try that.

Always have.' Ned shouted , 'John!Oh, John!'. In his

brilliance, Boorman reassured Ned but also brought in

several additional cameras, knowing Ned wasn't going to

give him a second, third or fourth take. Ned was only

going to do the brutal scene once. When it came down to

shooting it, Cowboy and McKinney were hands-down

brilliant. Scared the **** out of everybody who saw the

movie. People crawled out of the theater. None of that

creepy 'Squeal, piggy, piggy' stuff was in the script.

But McKinney, I swear to God, really wanted to hump

Ned. And I think he was going to. He had it up and he

was going to bang him. It's the first and only time I

have ever seen camera operators turn their heads away.

Finally, I couldn't stand it anymore. I ran into the

scene, dove on McKinney, and pulled him off. Boorman,

hot on my tracks, helped hold him down. Ned, who was

crying from both rage and fear, found a big stick and

started beating him on the head. Half a dozen guys

grabbed Ned and pulled him away. We separated the two

of them and let things cool off."