Emilio Estevez shared insights into his father Martin Sheen's infamous breakdown during the filming of 'Apocalypse Now' on the 'Happy Sad Confused' podcast. Estevez clarified that the breakdown occurred earlier in the filming schedule than portrayed in the documentary 'Hearts of Darkness', coinciding with Sheen's birthday celebration. Martin Sheen's intoxicated state during the incident was not scripted and escalated to a public outburst, witnessed by Estevez. The chaotic scene involved Sheen demanding to enter a courtroom while screaming, illustrating the intense pressures the cast faced during production.
In the documentary 'Hearts of Darkness,' they collapsed time and portrayed his breakdown, sort of, toward the end of the schedule, when in fact it was early in the schedule when my dad was celebrating his birthday in August.
So, it was August 3, and we had come, I had gotten there in July, so he has this meltdown on set because he was celebrating his birthday and he was drinking.
Francis had him isolated in his room, and I was there. I watched it happen. And I was there when they carted him out, and he was ranting and raging and screaming.
He demanded to go into the courtroom because he says, 'If I don't go in there' - and he's screaming at my mom - 'I need to go into that courtroom because if I don't go in there, some poor son of a bitch is gonna go to jail.'
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