"Back when I was filming Taps in '81, there was a guy on the set who thought he was a real comedian. Ronny Cox. You probably know him as the bad guy in Robocop and Total Recall, or maybe even as Lieutenant Bogermill from the Beverly Hills Cop franchise.
Well before this illustrious string of hits, ol' Ronny was convinced he was the funniest thing since the notion that the US is a functioning democracy. Now that's a joke.
He would often prance around the shoot like some deranged cabaret act, telling knock knock jokes and making god awful puns. 'Am I a piece of string? No, I'm a frayed knot! Ha! Ha! That was ropey.' Ronny was simply oblivious to the fact that the rest of us were cringing harder than the first time I did peyote with Eric Roberts.
One time he asked Tom Cruise what a ninja's favourite drink was, then answered his own question with 'Kara-TEA'.
I took Ronny Cox to one side and told him that in this game called life, you gotta play the cards you're dealt. The guy was a lean, mean character acting machine. Why was he trying his hand at some clapped out Vegas schtick?
Thankfully, Ronny took my advice and went on to play Dick Jones in Robocop. You know that whole 'bitches leave' thing? That was actually meant to be his line. Originally the scene had both him and Boddicker rolling up to Miguel Ferrer's place, turfing out the hookers and blowing shit up. But Ronny was laid up with food poisoning that day.
They say success is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration. Maybe. But it's definitely 100% not being an unfunny douchebag."
One time he asked Tom Cruise what a ninja's favourite drink was, then answered his own question with 'Kara-TEA'.
I took Ronny Cox to one side and told him that in this game called life, you gotta play the cards you're dealt. The guy was a lean, mean character acting machine. Why was he trying his hand at some clapped out Vegas schtick?
Thankfully, Ronny took my advice and went on to play Dick Jones in Robocop. You know that whole 'bitches leave' thing? That was actually meant to be his line. Originally the scene had both him and Boddicker rolling up to Miguel Ferrer's place, turfing out the hookers and blowing shit up. But Ronny was laid up with food poisoning that day.
They say success is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration. Maybe. But it's definitely 100% not being an unfunny douchebag."
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