Captain Willard suffers a severe mental breakdown in his hotel room, smashing a mirror and bleeding profusely.

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Martin Sheen was genuinely heavily intoxicated during the filming of this unscripted hotel room sequence. He unexpectedly punched a real glass mirror, severely cutting his thumb. Instead of stopping the take, Sheen continued acting, smearing his actual, real blood over his face and body while director Francis Ford Coppola kept the cameras rolling to capture the horrifyingly authentic performance.

Captain Willard suffers a severe mental breakdown in his hotel room, smashing a mirror and bleeding profusely. in Apocalypse Now

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