Marlon Brando Refused QVC Job

[Graham]

<img src="/images/Marlon_Brando.jpg" border="1" hspace="4" width="107" height="112" align="right" />Godfather Marlon Brando reportedly tried to land a job as a daytime TV presenter shortly before his death in a bid to boost his bank balance.<br /><br />According to the actor's former assistant, Brando contemplated selling goods on US home shopping channel QVC in 2000 - because he had only $9,000 to his name.<br /><br />And the star was so desperate to work for QVC, he allegedly held discussions with a network executive just a year before his death.<br /><br />In a new book, Brando's aide Alice Marchak writes: "Marlon was serious about QVC. He had a meeting with a woman from the channel."<br /><br />Brando died of respiratory failure in 2004 at the age of 80.<br /><br />Source: <a href="http://www.waveguide.co.uk">www.waveguide.co.uk</a>

 

[sunshine]

Must have been hard up.

 

[Moth]

I wonder if he would have made offers we couldn't refuse!!

 

[Roxy]

omg- so sad for such a great actor and perfectionist to contemplate QVC.cant quite get my head round that!!!!:40:

 

[rosey]

He would have been better than most of the presenters we have at the moment!

 

[yazrose]

That is so sad for a great man like that to sink to such depths.