Christopher Plummer couldn’t stand The Sound of Music; the film he’s in all probability finest recognized for. The 1965 musical starring Julie Andrews as an Austrian governess to a widowed naval officer’s seven youngsters was a field workplace smash and gained 5 Oscars.
But regardless of the movie’s enduring reputation, Plummer discovered taking pictures all the film as Captain Georg von Trapp significantly disagreeable, anticipate for working alongside Maria star Andrews.
In the years since, Plummer wouldn’t seek advice from the movie as The Sound of Music, however as “that movie”, “S&M” and even “The Sound of Mucus”.
Speaking with People journal in 1982, the actor mentioned: “That sentimental stuff is the most difficult for me to play, especially because I’m trained vocally and physically for Shakespeare. To do a lousy part like von Trapp, you have to use every trick you know to fill the empty carcass of the role. That damn movie follows me around like an albatross.” In 2005, he refused to attend the fortieth anniversary forged reunion however did present commentary on the DVD launch that yr.
However, in 2010, Plummer did relent and joined the forty fifth anniversary forged reunion on The Oprah Winfrey Show and a Fiftieth-anniversary screening in Hollywood with Andrews in 2015. The yr earlier than, he informed The Boston Globe: “I used to be a bit uninterested in the character. Although we labored laborious sufficient to make him attention-grabbing, it was a bit like flogging a lifeless horse. And the subject material just isn’t mine. I imply it could actually’t enchantment to each particular person on the planet. It’s not my cup of tea.’’
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