R. Lee Ermey passed on.

[RJB]

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ne...was-74-1102863

The news was announced via his official twitter account by his longtime manager.
R. Lee Ermey, a Golden Globe-nominated actor best known for his role as Gunnery Sgt. Hartman in Full Metal Jacket, has died.
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The news was announced via his official twitter account by his longtime manager, Bill Rogin.The news was announced via his official twitter account by his longtime manager.
R. Lee Ermey, a Golden Globe-nominated actor best known for his role as Gunnery Sgt. Hartman in Full Metal Jacket, has died.

The news was announced via his official twitter account by his longtime manager, Bill Rogin.

[RJB]

I joined the Marines shortly after Full Metal Jacket came out. R. Lee Ermey was great. However the next few years of my enlistment sucked from hearing every other jarhead doing a poor imitation of him.


Good night, R. Lee Ermey, where ever you are.

[Dr.3D]

[Danke]

I joined the Marines shortly after Full Metal Jacket came out. R. Lee Ermey was great. However the next few years of my enlistment sucked from hearing every other jarhead doing a poor imitation of him.


Good night, R. Lee Ermey, where ever you are.

I didn't know you were an ex-marine, like Gunny, right?

[Dr.3D]

I didn't know you were an ex-marine, like Gunny, right?

I hear, there's no such thing as an ex-marine.

[RJB]

I hear, there's no such thing as an ex-marine.

That's usually the rule. Me personally, I wanted out the whole time I was in. Once my enlistment was up, I never looked back. Call me an ex, former, prior, whatever. Just as long as I am never an active duty one again lol.

[heavenlyboy34]

R.I.P., cranky ol' man. :'(

[heavenlyboy34]

[VIDEODROME]

I can't help but think of him in The Frighteners now.

[oyarde]

I didn't know you were an ex-marine, like Gunny, right?

My Uncle retired from the Corp . I told my kids they let him out on parole .

[RJB]

BTW way. No one gets left alone on a job more than the quiet fellow who everyone finds out is an "ex- marine."

[Danke]

BTW way. No one gets left alone on a job more than the quiet fellow who everyone finds out is an "ex- marine."

I know now, and I will be pestering you about it, like Gunny.

[Anti Federalist]

74 years old, caught that flu bug that caused pneumonia.

Damn shame.

Semper Fi Gunny.

[brushfire]

74 years old, caught that flu bug that caused pneumonia.

Damn shame.

Semper Fi Gunny.

Same way Carlos Hathcock went. Survive absolute hell, only to die of complications caused by the common flu.

Ermey was a very interesting guy - its a shame he had to leave so soon.

[Anti Federalist]

I joined the Marines shortly after Full Metal Jacket came out. R. Lee Ermey was great. However the next few years of my enlistment sucked from hearing every other jarhead doing a poor imitation of him.


Good night, R. Lee Ermey, where ever you are.

All ad libbed...no script...Kubrick just let him go.

[Danke]

All ad libbed...no script...Kubrick just let him go.

Wow , really, that wasn't scripted?

'It is a common misconception that much, if not all, of R. Lee Ermey's dialogue during the Parris Island sequence was improvised. In several interviews Ermey himself has stated that he worked closely with Kubrick to help mold the script so that it was more believable, all while retaining certain dialogue crucial to Kubrick's vision. While filming the opening scene, where he disciplines Pvt. Cowboy, he says Cowboy is the type of guy who would have sex with another guy "and not even have the goddamned common courtesy to give him a reach-around". Stanley Kubrick immediately yelled cut and went over to Ermey and asked, "What the hell is a reach-around?" Ermey politely explained what it meant. Kubrick laughed and re-shot the scene, telling Ermey to keep the lineAfter a little. search:

[donnay]

‘Semper Fi’ R. Lee Ermey.

RIP

[heavenlyboy34]

All ad libbed...no script...Kubrick just let him go.

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Anti Federalist again

Classic scene

[VIDEODROME]

Ermey was not hired for that role at first, but he wanted it. He was supposed to a kind of technical adviser or consultant. I think he used his position vaguely for technical consulting purposes when he had enough actors together and a camera guy, then of course did scenes as The Gunny. I think this is where he freely adlibbed while using his position to create a demo reel which sort of made it's way to Kubrick.

I think after Kubrick gave him the role officially they tried to refine some of the dialogue or kept the best bits of his adlibs.

[Anti Federalist]

Wow , really, that wasn't scripted?

'It is a common misconception that much, if not all, of R. Lee Ermey's dialogue during the Parris Island sequence was improvised. In several interviews Ermey himself has stated that he worked closely with Kubrick to help mold the script so that it was more believable, all while retaining certain dialogue crucial to Kubrick's vision. While filming the opening scene, where he disciplines Pvt. Cowboy, he says Cowboy is the type of guy who would have sex with another guy "and not even have the goddamned common courtesy to give him a reach-around". Stanley Kubrick immediately yelled cut and went over to Ermey and asked, "What the hell is a reach-around?" Ermey politely explained what it meant. Kubrick laughed and re-shot the scene, telling Ermey to keep the lineAfter a little. search:

Meh, that's what I had heard.

Just an urban legend I guess.

Still a great scene.

[Anti Federalist]

He was also "Eagle Thrust 7" in Apocalypse Now.

[Danke]