Why did Brando Abandoned His Looks, Sick or Just Being Brando?

 

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Why did Marlon Brando let his looks go?

Brando is a dichotomy of characters wrapped in one person. He actually was the eternal bad boy from early childhood to adulthood until death.

He cared little what others thought of him, or the way he dressed or what he looked like. In fact, he fed off of his bad-boy behavior since his childhood.

As a teenager, he was expelled from Chicago's Libertyville High School for riding a motorcycle in the halls of the school. He was later expelled from a military academy in Minnesota for sneaking off-campus.

Even before his tremendous success, other actors wanted to imitate his acting style. James Dean is said to have been inspired by Brando in his role as "Rebel Without a Cause" and in his two other screen adaptations. According to some, he idolized Brando. And, according to others, she had an intimate relationship with him in real life.

Many thought that he was lazy, especially in recent years, when he adamantly refused to rehearse and memorize his lines. But for him, it was about being the character and allowing that character to come to life out of natural instinct and expression.

To say that Brando was difficult to work with is an understatement. And yet he was, without much effort, a genius in his ability to get into a character and make that character live on screen.

Although his style was praised for his portrayals, he was also sometimes not that good in movies. Especially when he was limited and had to respond to strict directions. But when he was allowed to do it his way, he often and generally exceeded expectations.

In a way, Brando never grew up. The wayward child and adolescent always had a place in his head that survived all the intensity of the world around him. He was supposed to continue being the rambunctious teenager from high school who drove a motorcycle through the halls of the school and who was expelled. The obsessive and uncontrolled boy who lived in the shell of a man.

Brando is an enigma of lack of discipline but with talent so great that not even his own rebellious ways could diminish it.

Some say, and rightly so, that he was perhaps the best actor of the 20th century. Although others may achieve greatness, there will never be another Marlon Brando.