In article <0001HW.C8BC42B8002D1BB6B01AD9AF@news.eternal-september.org>,   
   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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