Do you know? Bud Spencer shoots his movie almost blindly
His congenital nearsightedness prevented Bud Spencer from paying too much attention to what was happening around him on set. Because during the time of his debut from 1968 to 1972, he had poor eyesight and bad, moreover, he could not speak English, it took a lot of effort to learn the letters, so he usually only learned the first and last parts of the book. sentence. , and somehow cut off the middle part – it can be read in the autobiography of the legendary Italian slapstick.
He was forced to improvise several times, which he insists went quite well. In his book Rounding the Earth in 80 Years, he also points out that his legendary friend Terence Hill has saved him countless times and helped him maintain his “pictured” look, as they say a lot. or today. For Terence, this is sometimes a real challenge: he has to improvise to get Bud back on track, but he’s adept at blowing out not only his own lyrics but also those of Bud Spencer.
“All in, boys! After filming, I decided to have eye surgery and cataract removal – but not because of my film career, but because I decided that I would get my degree. drive and become a pilot…”
Finally, they inserted an oxygen tube straight into his nose and began surgery on one of his eyes. Another came a few days later. After he overcame everything, his eyesight became one hundred percent. Returning home, seeing his wife and children, he said with his usual kindness:
“Oh my God, what Russian are you!”
Of course, this is not true at all, he was simply extremely happy to see me again. During the filming of the wrestling scenes, he always knew to stop instinctively so as not to hit the stuntman, but there were times when he was slapped. This problem is over.