Winnipeg Free Press
August 19, 1985
Nick Nolte is heavily into method acting, so much so that he nauseated fellow cast members during the filming of Down and Out in Beverly Hills.
Nolte, 44, plays a bum who wanders into Beverly Hills and the life of a wealthy family. To get the feel of the role, he spent a few days hanging around with real bums at a mission in downtown Los Angeles. And he stopped bathing for a month.
“The situation is what makes the movie funny,” says Nolte. “To make it work, you have to play it real.” It was so real Bette Midler and Richard Dreyfuss kept a healthy distance from him, until the script called for him to clean up.
“I smelled so bad,” says Nolte, “I think 1 frightened them a bit.”
A month without showering! That must be a PR quote. I always found some of The Method techniques ridiculous. I trust Miss M is not a Method actress, am I right?
She’s not! xx