 According to director John Boorman (qv), Stanley Kubrick (qv)  wanted to cast Bill McKinney (qv) in the role of Gunnery Sgt.  Hartman. Howeverm Kubrick was so unsettled after viewing McKinneys  performance in _Deliverance (1972)_ (qv) that he declined to meet  with him, saying he was simply too frightened at the idea of being  in McKinneys presence.