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Emilio Estevez Recalls Dad Martin Sheen’s ‘Meltdown’ on Set of Apocalypse Now: ‘I Watched It Happen’

Emilio Estevez is recounting his dad Martin Sheen's infamous "meltdown" on the set of the 1979 Vietnam War epic 'Apocalypse Now' — a meltdown that eventually made its way into the movie, becoming an iconic scene.

Emilio Estevez is recounting his dad Martin Sheen's infamous "meltdown" on the set of the 1979 Vietnam War epic Apocalypse Now, which eventually made its way into the movie, becoming an iconic scene. During the Happy Sad Confused podcast released on Thursday, April 17, Estevez said he spent "six months in the Philippines" as a teenager watching Francis Ford Coppola direct the film. "So we were filming in a building that was used for night court," Estevez said, adding that the scene was meant to take place in an upstairs apartment where Sheen's character, Captain Willard, is carried out.

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