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Dustin Hoffman says filming 'The Graduate' was 'terrible,' recalls director making Katharine Ross slap him 27 times for unused scene

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Dustin Hoffman says filming 'The Graduate' was 'terrible,' recalls director making Katharine Ross slap him 27 times for unused scene

Dustin Hoffman, who shot to fame after starring as Ben Braddock in Mike Nichols’ classic film “The Graduate,” has opened up about his experience shooting the 1967 comedy-drama in a recent essay for The New Yorker, which he described as having been a “terrible experience” despite the fact that the…

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