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As far as musicians-turned-actors go, Kris Kristofferson<\/a> is up there with one of the best and most accomplished, having proven himself almost as talented onscreen as he was onstage.<\/p>\n We say \u2018almost\u2019 because his movie career wasn\u2019t quite on a par with his efforts in the recording booth or on the road, which yielded him three competitive Grammys from 13 nominations to go along with his lifetime achievement award, not to mention a spot in virtually every country music hall of fame.<\/p>\n On the big screen, Kristofferson claimed a Golden Globe for his performance in 1976\u2019s A Star Is Born, which was arguably even more impressive when he spent almost the entire duration of the production on a collision course with Barbra Streisand<\/a>, made more complex by the fact they\u2019d previously been lovers.<\/p>\n His filmography may not have been littered with the same kind of consistent acclaim and awards recognition as his music, but that didn\u2019t prevent him from making memorable contributions to Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, Alice Doesn\u2019t Live Here Anymore, Marvel\u2019s Blade, and even Heaven\u2019s Gate, which has gradually clawed its way toward respectability<\/a> after heralding the end of \u2018New Hollywood\u2019.<\/p>\n However, A Star Is Born wasn\u2019t the only Kristofferson-starring picture to release in \u201976, and while Vigilante Force was terrible, it wasn\u2019t the one that left him with his head in his hands. Instead, that notoriety fell to writer and director Lewis John Carlino\u2019s adaptation of Yukio Mishima\u2019s The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea.<\/p>\n It was a relatively steamy affair, but it wasn\u2019t the sex scenes that filled the actor with regret. In an effort to drum up more publicity for the R-rated erotic drama, he and Miles engaged in a salacious Playboy photo spread, with the duo\u2019s poses for the publication decidedly more titillating than anything they were doing to each other in the movie.<\/p>\n \u201cMan, that is just about the worst thing I have ever done,\u201d Kristofferson lamented. \u201cMy face where it is for ten million people. Rita\u2019s fit to be tied; all her friends are calling up. People hate me for this; they say I degraded myself and my profession.\u201d Whether that\u2019s true or not, he did bury his face between Miles\u2019 legs, among other things, for the entire world to see in print and in full, vivid colour.<\/p>\n Further reading: Cutting Room Floor<\/p>\n While he maintained that he didn\u2019t really want to do it, the star also claimed that since Miles had already promised Playboy that they\u2019d do it, and the magazine\u2019s photographer kept pleading with him to do it, things reached a head one night when he happened to be blazing drunk, and he finally agreed to do it.<\/p>\n \u201cMan, I gotta learn to say no,\u201d he reflected. \u201cI didn\u2019t want to do that stuff with Sarah, but for these pictures, we were acting our roles in the movie, and I got into it, you know?\u201d If that wasn\u2019t bad enough, his then-wife Rita Coolidge\u2019s<\/a> father wasn\u2019t best pleased, either. \u201cRita\u2019s dad is a Baptist minister, for Chrissake!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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