Coppola slams Brando`s bad reputation

London, June 09: Filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola has come out in defence of late acting legend Marlon Brando saying that he was a misunderstood eccentric. Oscar winning director who cast Brando in two of his most famous roles as mafia boss Don Vito Corleone in `The Godfather` and Colonel Kurtz in `Apocalypse Now` insists that Brando`s reputation as a difficult star was unfair, Contactmusic reported.

"Marlon was never hard to work with. His behaviour was a little eccentric on the set. He was like a bad boy and did what he wanted. But as an actor he was never hard to work with," Coppola said. Bureau Report