 Marlon Brando (qv) was reportedly involved in a string of stunts  during filming. On location in Texas, he shot off a string of  firecrackers in a hotel lobby, serenaded Jean Peters (qv) from a  treetop at three in the morning, horrified cast and crew by playing  dead for several minutes following the hail of gunfire that ends  Zapatas life, and told visiting reporters that he once ate  grasshoppers and gazelle eyes.