R. Lee Ermey RIP

[Skeptical Greg]

Do you mean " overweight " as in fat?

I never saw a Marine DI, on active duty, that was fat..

 

[TJM]

The Marine corps tweeted out a photo of him as the character from full metal jacket. They are being properly mocked. This is a really bad time to lionize a character whose behaviour as a drill instructor drives a recruit to suicide.

It was the blanket party that push him over the edge.

 

[Trebuchet]

Do you mean " overweight " as in fat?

I never saw a Marine DI, on active duty, that was fat..

I had Army ones. And yeah, I guess that was a bit hyperbolic.

 

[The Big Dog]

'And the way I see it, you owe me for one Jelly Donut".....

Ermey was originally hired by Stanley Kurbick just to be a technical adviser for "Full Metal Jacket', and, among his other duties, to train the actors for the boot camp scenes. BUt when Kubrick saw Ermey in action chewing out the actors, he decided to pay off the actor he had hired for the Drill instructor roll, and cast Ermey instead. He knew nobody could do a DI as well as Ermey could.
ANohter bit I liked was he was the voice of the Plastic Green S0ldiers in the "Toy Story" movies.
And then was the Ghost DI in Peter Jackson's "The Frightners".

The originally cast actor was then cast as the door gunner on the helicopter in the movie. He had a couple of memorable lines too...

 

[TJM]

The originally cast actor was then cast as the door gunner on the helicopter in the movie. He had a couple of memorable lines too...

Never knew that! Those lines will live forever.

NSFW



I think Kubrick made the right choice. Ermey was better suited to be Hartman.

 

[casebro]

The Gunny died. I forget, does that mean she is NOT pregnant, or that she IS?