When Yoda and the Godfather clashed

If any of the high drama that played out behind the scenes of the upcoming The Score was captured by set photographers, the ensuing “making of” feature ought to make the DVD a best seller. As reported in the current issue of Time, feuding between costar Marlon Brando and director Frank Oz began shortly after Brando, who plays a homosexual crook, arrived on set made up, in Time‘s words, “like Barbara Bush doing her best Truman Capote impression.” Oz told Time that he repeatedly asked Brando to tone down his performance. Although Brando obliged, Time reported, he often responded with a curt “F*** you” and sometimes referred to Oz on set as “Miss Piggy,” one of the many characters the director performed in his younger days as Jim Henson’s closest Muppet collaborator. In a separate interview with Monday’s Los Angeles Times, Oz remarked, “We had a difference in creative interpretation of the role … and the producers backed me, which I’m grateful for. But that caused a rift between us. … I think it was as much my fault as his fault.”