| Platoon - 1986 Orion Pictures Character Private Gator Lerner Distinguishing traits/features: Fluent in Vietnamese Trivia Sherilyn is scrawled on his helmet and initialed into his guitar (after his girlfriend, at the time, Sherilyn Fenn) Traveling to the Philippines to film the movie was Johnny's first time out of the U.S. |
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| "Oliver Stone scared the shit out of me. He was so powerfully committed to making this movie his way that it was intimidating – but I wanted to be around that kind of determination, and I wanted to be part of the telling of Oliver’s story. I also wanted him to be happy that he chose me to help him tell his story. Looking back, it is easily the toughest fucking thing I have ever had to do, ever." |
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| Christopher Heard: Johnny plays Lerner, an American fluent in Vietnamese. This fluency makes the character intriguing, but problematic, as Stone discovered in the editing room. Depp’s character ended up being more interesting than the lead, Taylor. When Stone watched the footage, he thought that Depp was drawing attention away from his lead character, which would throw the whole story he was trying to tell out of whack. He decided to cut Depp’s role down to a few cameo appearances. Johnny was shocked to see his part in it had been cut back so radically when he went to see it. He’s had an aversion to seeing his films since. |
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