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Tim Colceri was originally cast as Sgt. Hartman, but ended up being replaced with military consultant R. Lee Ermey, who successfully lobbied with director Stanley Kubrick to play the part himself; Colceri accepted the role of a helicopter door-gunner in the Vietnam segment of the film instead. Actor Michael Biehn, who was in England to shoot Aliens - Scontro finale (1986) at the time and shared a house with Colceri, placed a story on his Facebook page in 2019 that chronicled his memories of Colceri working with the notoriously perfectionist and unpredictable Kubrick. Apparently, Colceri, who didn't have an agent at the time, received written instructions from Kubrick on the day he arrived in England, asking him to learn the first 28 pages of his dialogue by heart before they even met. Afterwards, Colceri had to rehearse his role with Kubrick's assistant Leon Vitali, while separated from the other actors, in anticipation of his scheduled shooting days. He spent many weeks rehearsing several revised scripts for six days-a-week, twelve hours-a-day, where no deviation from the written lines was allowed. When it was time to shoot his scenes, he showed up on set fully prepared, only to learn time after time that his scenes had been postponed. Colceri would often visit the Aliens - Scontro finale (1986) set after hearing that he wasn't required, spending more time with their cast and crew than on the set of his own movie. Finally, after ten weeks of rehearsing and waiting, Vitali came to Colceri's house and handed him a letter from Kubrick, notifying him of how he was replaced by Ermey (Biehn actually threw Vitali out of the house upon learning what the letter said). After preparing for his new role less than a week, Colceri learned from Vitali that he had been rehired, as Ermey had been involved in a near-fatal accident. However, several days later, Vitali told him that Kubrick had changed his mind, and was shutting down production to give Ermey time to recover. Colceri had been back in the USA for 6 months when he learned that shooting would resume, but after rehearsing the new part, he learned via his newly acquired agency that the role was dropped from the film entirely; it was only through intervention of the agency that the part was reinstated. He went back to England and discussed the role with Kubrick, who wrote new dialogue for him. The next day, Colceri did ten filmed rehearsals before Kubrick arrived, who made him do 16 more takes, telling him to "lose the laugh, just give me that everyday killer Marine look". After the movie's release, Colceri noted that Kubrick had used a shot of him laughing anyway. Despite the torment, Colceri still remains proud of his participation in the movie.

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