I was privileged to know Gene Hackman because he played tennis with another GeneGene Wilder.
He said, Do you think Mel would let me play it?
Ive always wanted to do a comedy.
Peter Boyle and Gene Hackman in ‘Young Frankenstein’ (1974)20th Century Fox Film Corp./Courtesy Everett Collection
Needless to say, I was over the moon and he was perfect.
The film earned Oscar nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Sound.
Arakawas body was discovered with an open pill bottle and pills scattered next to her.
I was privileged to know Gene Hackman because he played tennis with another GeneGene Wilder.
And that Gene told him about a little role called The Blind Hermit in our movie YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN.
He said, Do you think Mel would let me play it?
