the late Christopher Plummer berated director Terrance Malick for cutting down his role in a film has emerged.Plummer, who was perhaps best known for his starring role in The Sound Of Music, passed away last week aged 91.Among his many roles was Captain Christopher Newport in Malick’s 2005 film The New World – though during a 2012 actor’s roundtable Plummer revealed he “gave [Malick] shit” after learning his role was reduced.“He is quite an extraordinary guy, and I love some of his movies very much,” Plummer began. “But the problem with Terry, which I soon found, is he needs a writer, desperately, because he insists on doing everything.“He insists on writing, and overwriting, and overwriting, until it sounds terribly pretentious.
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