![]() ![]() "Some people think I don't like watermelons. However, Ermey actually plays with the trope in an episode of Lock and Load.Does Not Like Spam: Mail Call has the host note that watermelons are his "sworn enemy", and hence uses them as target practice.It's the exact same one that the MythBusters Build Team constructed, as shown by the mismatched wheels, though this fact is not mentioned in the show. The Cameo: On the Artillery episode of Lock and Load, the hwacha, an ancient Korean multiple rocket launcher, is mentioned and shown being fired.Bullet Time: What did you expect with all of the guns on Lock n' Load?.The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) & The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006) - Charlie Hewitt / Sheriff Hoyt.Switchback (1997) - Sheriff Buck Olmstead.Space: Above and Beyond Pilot Movie (1995) - Sgt.Leaving Las Vegas (1995) - Conventioneer.Murder in the First (1995) - Judge Clawson.The Siege of Firebase Gloria (1989) - Sgt.Mississippi Burning (1988) - Mayor Tilman.Full Metal Jacket (1987) - Gunnery Sgt.Notably, Ermey had only signed on as a technical advisor, but the instructional tape he put together (that featured him yelling for 15 minutes while being pelted with rotten produce) convinced Kubrick to just make him the sergeant instead.Įrmey passed away from pneumonia complications in April of 2018. Incidentally, his scenes are one of the few times Kubrick ever allowed improvisation in any of his films. Probably one of the most iconic examples of Cast the Expert, as he drew on his military experience for his acting roles.Īfter appearing in The Boys in Company C (playing-what else?-a Marine drill instructor) and serving as a technical advisor to Francis Ford Coppola for Apocalypse Now and Taylor Hackford for An Officer and a Gentleman, Ermey became a pop culture icon with his role in Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket, which had him play a foul-mouthed drill instructor whose sadistic training methods end up driving one recruit insane and leading to both of their deaths. Marine Corps drill instructor and Vietnam War veteran who later found fame as a character actor and media personality. Gunnery Sergeant Ronald Lee Ermey (Ma April 15, 2018) was a U.S. ![]()
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