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Whose distinquished and Oscar winning film career might never had began if it wasn't for a role as a paraplegic in 1950?

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Answer:

Marlon Brando

Marlon Brando headshot

Before Marlon Brando ever did a movie he was a huge star on Broadway. He was courted by Hollywood many times and with lucrative deals! But he felt movies were not the same caliber as the theatre.

On a break from his Broadway acting he planned a relaxing trip to France. His agent begged him to take a look at a new script from Hollywood. Reluctantly Marlon agreed and the agent got him the script. Marlon read it on the flight over the Atlantic and as soon as he landed he called his agent and said he definitely wanted to do this film!

The film was called, "The Men." It was about paraplegic men who were wounded in war and rehabing in the States.
So although he wasn't an authentic representation of the character, had it not been for this script and role appealing to Marlon, we might not have ever seen him in his famous revival of his broadway character in the film version of "A Streetcar Named Desire", or the great performances in "The Wild One", "On the Waterfront", "The Godfather" or "Apocalypse Now"!

Brando in The Godfather

Source: This information was from my memory(Larry N. Sapp II) of it being told on AMC before they went to commercials when the host, Bob Dorian gave the info before and after the movie was broadcast.
 
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Here on this page we are featuring them to put a face to these actors - some that you may recognize from their limited roles but who are struggling to get work and have the added challenge of being denied access to work or even an audition in many cases. This is not a case of one or two actors with a disability. Read in the column to the left about the 2005 Report published by the Screen Actors Guild on this continuing problem. Here are the faces of just some of the many talented, ambitious and at the very least deserving of an Equal Opportunity audition. This list below begins with those that have contacted me and/or have established a working and personal relationship with me and Abilities United Productions. Then I have listed some who I have not been in contact or most likey waiting to hear back from as I have communicated with their agents and/or managers. Additional info on them can be found at the imdb.com website until I hear back from them and then I will make a page to highlight their careers and ambitions. Meanwhile there are a LOT of others who are out there and some I know of and some I cannot wait to know of so enjoy and return to see updates regularly!

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