Francis Ford Coppola's Vietnam War masterpiece "Apocalypse Now" hit Blu-ray today in both two-disc and three-disc special editions, giving fans their first-ever look at the original 1979 film and 2001's 49-minutes-longer director's cut, "Apocalypse Now Redux," in 1080p high definition. As if that weren't cool enough, both editions are packed to the hilt with "lost" scenes, never-before-seen interviews (including a Coppola-Roger Ebert Cannes Q&A) and illuminating making-of featurettes.
MTV has exclusively procured one such featurette, which shows a very young Laurence Fishburne reading for the part of Tyrone "Clean" Miller. Just how young was Fishburne? So young that he had to lie to get the gig. "He told us he was 17 or 18," said the casting director. "He was really 14... but we didn't find that out until we got to the Philippines." And yet the filmmakers kept Fishburne in the movie and the future Morpheus got his big break. After seeing just how badass Larry was, even at 14, we can't really blame them. See for yourself below...
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