In article ,
Amy Guskin   wrote:
>
>No, no, that's not the way that happened.  It was during "The
Marathon Man," 
>and Hoffman was supposed to come into some scene winded, absolutely 
>exhausted.  The story goes, he ran around the block (somewhere in NY where 
>they were filming**).  When he got back, he came into where they were filming 
>the scene and explained what he'd just done, all the while gasping for 
>breath...to which Larry replied with the oft-quoted phrase.  

There's a scene in "Slings & Arrows" where Geoffrey Tennant
(Paul Gross)
sends his Romeo and Juliet actors on a run around the block before they
try a scene, and it works beautifully. That series had a lot of exquisite
scenes.


Patty
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