Dustin Hoffman Recalls Thinking ‘I’m Gonna Die’ After He Was Caught in Bed with Man’s Wife and Had Gun Pointed at Him
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Key Points:
- Dustin Hoffman recounted a frightening experience on Conan O'Brien's podcast where he was held at gunpoint by the husband of a married woman he was having an affair with in his youth.
- The husband discovered them in bed, pointed a gun at Hoffman, and ordered him to leave, creating a life-threatening situation that Hoffman described as terrifying.
- Hoffman reflected on the intense fear of imminent death during the encounter, emphasizing the instinct to do anything to survive when faced with a gun.
- The conversation also touched on Hoffman's difficult experience filming The Graduate, where he felt the director Mike Nichols was angry with him and believed he was miscast in the lead role.
- Dustin Hoffman's memoir, Look at Me, which details these experiences and more, was released on November 10.
