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Gene Hackman began acting in 1956 at the Pasadena Playhouse in California, where he met another aspiring actor, Dustin Hoffman. The duo struggled during their stint at the Pasadena Playhouse, where they were voted “Least Likely To Succeed,” and Hackman received the lowest score ever given to their players.
This frequently happens with superstars, they are unlike what people are accustomed to seeing. This unconventional aspect causes people to reject them initially, but it eventually catapults them to stardom.
Hackman said that the rejection he received initially helped him as an actor; they gave him the edge and the danger that informed many of his on-screen portrayals.
Hackman moved to New York to pursue theater, where he had success on stage and television.
His big break came as Buck Barrow, the explosive brother of the gangster Clyde Barrow in Arthur Penn’s Bonnie and Clyde (1967). Despite his limited on-screen time, Hackman’s performance created such an impact that earned him admiration from critics and audiences and his first Oscar nomination.
Hackman’s first leading role was in I Never Sang for My Father (1970) as a man struggling to deal with…
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