Lawrence Fishburne lied about his age to be in Apocalypse Now!
Lawrence Fishburne’s most famous role is Morpheus in the Matrix Trilogy, yet had he never lied about his age for Apocalypse Now he would most likely never have had to opportunity!
In the 1970’s Fishburne began acting and when the legendary war epic Apocalypse Now was casting, he immediately wanted a role. At the age of fourteen he auditioned, yet knew that they would never hire such a young actor for a war movie.
Instead he said that he was 17, which was the age of the character he was hoping to play and was cast in the movie! Producers found out, yet kept him anyway and strangely the filming took so long he was actually 17 by the release of the movie!