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R. Lee Ermey was hired to be technical advisor on "Full Metal Jacket." He wanted to play the drill instructor. Stanley Kubrick said no.

So while auditioning extras Ermey got into full wardrobe and BECAME the drill instructor. Kubrick changed his mind.

Life is what you make it.
Here is @MatthewModine on how #RLeeErmey took the "Full Metal Jacket" role from the original actor.

"Lee would step in and take over. Full speed. Balls out. ... Lee was. Tim wasn’t. So Tim is on a plane home."

From @FMJDiary: readjack.wordpress.com/2010/12/16/fro…
.@MatthewModine summed up #RLeeErmey thusly:

"Let it be a lesson. Don’t play, Matthew. Balls out. It’s not too late to be stuck on a plane and sent the fuck home!"

s/o @AdamRackoff

@FMJDiary: readjack.wordpress.com/2010/12/16/fro…

My interview with Modine: readjack.wordpress.com/2011/04/26/a-p…
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