“To Brando or not to Brando,” the actor quipped.

It’s not hard to see the parallels between Brando’s Kurtz and Miller there.

“Michael Jordan on the court, and that need to win.

Butcher’s Crossing Nicolas Cage

Nicolas Cage in Butcher’s Crossing.Courtesy of TIFF

Isn’t that in Miller?

The need to score, to win.

I started thinking about it.”

“It sort of works.

It could be both.

It could be Michael Jordan meets Marlon Brando inApocalypse Now.”

You know that, right?'"

“‘We could call it homage, but maybe you want to take that out.’

“And then he chose ‘to Brando,’ so it’s in the movie.”