Actor Richard Erdman, a fellow actor in “The Men” (Brando’s first film), says Marlon’s diet at the time consisted of “junk food, take out, and peanut butter”, which he consumed by the jarful. By the mid-fifties, Marlon had become renowned for eating boxes of Mallomars and Cinnamon Buns, and washing his sweet treats down with a quart of milk.
Close friend, Carlo Fiore, said Marlon would go on extreme crash diets in the fifties and sixties, but then would lose his willpower. He would subsequently gorge on huge breakfasts consisting of corn flakes, sausages, eggs, bananas and cream, and a huge stack of pancakes drenched in maple syrup. (One of Brando’s nicknames for himself was “Branflakes”.)
Carlos Fiore would be dispatched by Brando’s directors to fetch him out of local coffee shops. Kark Malden, a close friend, said that during the shooting of “One Eyed Jacks” (1961) Brando would eat “two steaks, potatoes, two apple pies a la mode, and a quart of milk” for dinner.
His second wife, Movita, actually put a lock on the house refrigerator. But when she awoke one morning, the lock was broken and Marlon’s teeth marks were found on a round of cheese. The house maid told Mrs. Brando that Marlon made nighttime raids on the icebox routinely.
Brando also loved to frequent hot dog stands late at night, particularly the L.A. hot dog joint Pink’s at 3 and 4 o’clock in the morning, where he’d wolf down as many as six hot dogs at a time.
Not surprisingly from these gorge-fests, the costumer on “Mutiny on the Bounty” (1962), James Taylor, claims Brando split 52 pairs of pants during the shooting of the film, due to his wild swings in weight. This necessitated a stretch fabric be used on his wardrobe replacement clothes. He split these pants too. During this time, Marlon was also once observed taking a 5-gallon tub of ice cream and rowing himself out in the lagoon to indulge himself.
On the set of “The Apaloosa” (1966) Marlon’s double once had to be used in long shots simply because Marlon had eaten one of his gorge-fest lunches.
Dick Loving (yes, that really was his name), who married Marlon’s sister, Frannie, said Marlon would eat “two chickens at a sitting and (go) through an entire Pepperidge Farm cookies [package]”.
In what was possibly Marlon’s strangest eating exploit, it was reported that during the filming of “Missouri Breaks” (1976), he fished a frog out of a pond, took a bite out of it, and put it back in the drink… when you’re hungry, you’re hungry I guess.
Before filming “Apocalypse Now” (1979), Marlon devoutly promised to lose weight, but he just couldn’t do it. Subsequently, his character is shown in the shadows for much of the film to hide his Buddha-like belly. A 6′ 5″ double was used in long shots by director Francis Ford Coppola to “give the character more stature”.
And?
stop eating fat
>On the set of 1955's musical Guys and Dolls, Sinatra and co-star Marlon Brando were constantly at odds, with Sinatra criticising Brando's performance and musical ability (...) at every turn. When Brando approached Sinatra to work on their musical numbers together, a disdainful Sinatra spurned both him and "that Method crap".
>But Brando eventually got his comeuppance while filming the scene where their two characters meet in a restaurant booth with Sinatra's character eating a slice of cheesecake. The story goes, Brando intentionally flubbed his lines for fun for eight takes just to watch Sinatra eat eight slices of cheesecake to the point where he was both very angry and more than a little sick.
>The next day of shooting, Brando said the lines perfectly.
>Brando was extremely competitive, and in 1968 he appeared at a private party celebrating Oscar nominations in which Paul Newman was in attendance with his wife Joanne Woodward. Brando approached Newman and began a conversation that eventually became very heated, resulting in Brando shouting and Newman walking away. Later that evening Brando stood on a table and challenged Newman to an egg eating contest, like the one Newman was depicted doing in Cool Hand Luke, however Newman ignored the challenge.
>Brando, undeterred, had somebody from his entourage bring him dozens of hard boiled eggs, and started the competition without Newman. While eating, he would loudly keep count as he consumed the eggs saying things like "21 Newman! 21 eggs already! I'm better than you Newman!", while mocking and insulting Newman the whole time, and calling him a "phony".
>Eventually, Brando consumed 51 eggs before being removed from the party, 1 more than Newman's character did in Cool Hand Luke. As he was being escorted out, he reportedly said "51 eggs Newman! I beat you! You couldn't eat 51 eggs because you're a phony, Newman. I'm better than you, and always will be Newman! Don't ever forget that!"
>51 eggs Newman!
Newman BTFO
Lel
Newman bros how do we respond without getting mad?
I would say anything. I’d eat the eggs, and that’s what no one did.
Literally Newman's Own
>and (go) through an entire Pepperidge Farm cookies [package]
Fuck fuck FUCK I DO THE SAME THING THIS CANT BE HAPPENING IM THE BIG GUY IM IN CHARGE HERE
By the 1980s, it was reported that one of Brando’s girlfriends had left him because he wouldn’t keep his promise to lose weight. He always seemed to be dieting, but the pounds weren’t coming off much. Unknown to her, he had some of his buddies throw bags of Burger King Whoppers over the gates of his Mulholland Drive estate.
Later in the ’80s, Marlon was routinely spotted at a Beverly Hills ice cream parlor buying five gallon containers of ice cream- which he would eat all himself. Reportedly, one of his favorite “snacks” around this time was a full pound of cooked bacon placed in an entire loaf of bread. During these years, the 5′ 10″ Marlon’s weight would balloon up to an incredible 350 pounds at one point.
Towards the end of his life, when his life was obviously in danger from his over-eating, Marlon did make a last-ditch attempt to drop some excess weight by going on a bland diet. At one point he did drop 70 pounds. But his heart, his liver, and his body in general were already severely damaged by his over-eating habits and frequent crash diets.
>he had some of his buddies throw bags of Burger King Whoppers over the gates of his Mulholland Drive estate.
god i wish that was me
The story goes it was Jack Nicholson which i whole heartedly believe it was.
he's literally me
you were never chad in the ifirst place though, fat
He tormented Director Frank Oz (voice of Kermit) on the set of The Score. Called him "Miss Piggy" and Bobby D had to be the go between.
Frank Oz is not the voice of kermit.
Jim Henson was Kermit. Oz was Miss Piggy.
Some men win life on such a level they just literally cease to give a single solitary fuck by the end
Marlon Brando was one of those men, I can only imagine that a choir of winged angels whisked his soul away to the afterlife as his immense body and overburdened heart finally gave way as he was face first in a bag of greasy cheeseburgers.
RIP Sweet prince
>Marlon Brando used to pay a kid from the studio to throw a bag of hamburgers over his fence at night so his wife wouldn't find out he was breaking his diet.
I heard that story but with Jack Nicholson throwing the hamburger bags over the fence
Between that and Roman Polanski ass raping a 13-year-old in his hot tub, Jack was a bad influence.
King shit
>One of Brando’s nicknames for himself was “Branflakes”
holy shit i just got that, it's brando + flakes. i thought he just really liked branflakes and i never made the connection
>The 51-year-old is said to have eaten back-to-back orders of the prawns accompanied with mayonnaise chilli sauce at the Boscolo Exedra Roma hotel’s outdoor restaurant during the 7pm meal, just hours before he suffered a heart attack. He is said to have eaten the entire meal by himself, along with two rounds of a pina colada with two rums on the side before having another two beers, according to the source.
Why did the media act like this was suicide by gluttony situation? He was on vacation with his kid eating dinner at his hotel after a day of tourist shit. That meal seems pretty ordinary, as does that much alcohol when it's the end of the day and you are back at your hotel n vacation.
If that's a normal amount of booze, you're probably an experienced drinker. If you're an experienced drinker with Ganfolfini's body mass, your organs have likely been redlined for decades.
That's not that much alcohol when you are eating food along with it. Pretty much the perfect amount if your goal is to wind down a little before bed.
>be handsome giga chad young men
>fuck all the pussy in the world
>become big fatass and gorge yourself to death in your 50s
perfect life
orson welles did the same thing. fatchads, we just can't stop winning.
The man born to play Falstaff
Honestly what this shit tells me that all the women, fame, money, is nothing compared to good food.
he's so cool
He was a man with a man's apatite. Based Branflakes.
clearly he knew how to be in shape if he wanted to be
fat fag
Brando sounds fucking awesome
Not really, it's funny reading about his escapades but he doesn't strike me as a particularly happy or relaxed human being. Were i to delve into a little armchair psychology, I'd say Brando was pillaging the bottom of Maslow's pyramid because he couldn't get what he needed from the top
>Not really, it's funny reading about his escapades but he doesn't strike me as a particularly happy or relaxed human being
Perhaps but not necessarily so. Could have been relatively carefree and just didn't want to be constrained. A lover of pleasure of all kinds
>an incredible 350 lbs
Unreal
>Carlos Fiore would be dispatched by Brando’s directors to fetch him out of local coffee shops. Kark Malden, a close friend, said that during the shooting of “One Eyed Jacks” (1961) Brando would eat “two steaks, potatoes, two apple pies a la mode, and a quart of milk” for dinner.
This was a normal meal for a working man when I was a kid. We live in fucked up times.
>This was a normal meal for a working man when I was a kid.
After doing manual labor all day, sure.
Somewhat true but it’s not two apple pie slices bro it’s two entire apple pies. 16 slices.
>His second wife, Movita, actually put a lock on the house refrigerator. But when she awoke one morning, the lock was broken and Marlon’s teeth marks were found on a round of cheese
I have the same eating habits and also crippling alcoholism. I'm 33. How much time do I have left?
Probably 20-30 years
>..Gluttony?
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