Shaw and Brando even appeared collectively for a televised interview with CBS correspondent David Schoenbrun and, during a bombastic trade, Shaw charged that, like most actors, Brando was incapable of playing flat-out villainy; Brando responded by stating "Nobody creates a character however an actor. I play the position; now he exists. He is my creation." The Young Lions additionally features Brando's solely look in a film with good friend and rival Montgomery Clift (although they shared no scenes collectively). The film went on to win 4 Academy Awards. When initially supplied the role, Brando-still stung by Kazan's testimony to HUAC-demurred and the part of Terry Malloy nearly went to Frank Sinatra. Brando's penchant for a number of retakes and character exploration as an actor carried over into his directing, nonetheless, and the movie quickly went over finances; Paramount expected the movie to take three months to complete but taking pictures stretched to six and the price doubled to greater than six million dollars. In response to biographer Stefan Kanfer, the director believed that Sinatra, who grew up in Hoboken (where the movie takes place and was shot), would work as Malloy, however ultimately producer Sam Spiegel wooed Brando to the part, signing him for $100,000.
