 Stanley Kubrick (qv) hired Tim Colceri (qv) to play the Drill  Instructor Gunnery Sgt. Hartman after discarding his original idea  of casting Bill McKinney (qv) in the role. Colceri never got to  play the role, as Kubrick decided to use former D.I.  R. Lee Ermey (qv), who had been hired as a technical adviser,  instead. Colceri was bitter but accepted Kubricks consolation prize  of a small role as a helicopter doorgunner.