Mel Gibson’s son Milo Gibson is a spitting image of his father
Mel Gibson knew right away that the script would transform his life when he was offered the part of William Wallace in Braveheart. He remarked that the story remained with him for a long time after he finished reading it, calling it a “very haunting piece of work.” Despite being approached as an actor at first, Gibson was unable to let it go. After deciding to direct the movie, he remarked, “I just felt I had to tell this story.”
Gibson looked to none other than Sir Sean Connery to perfect his Scottish accent. He recalled Connery saying “goulash” in his characteristic tone as an accidental dialect lesson, adding, “You just pick up the accent from the people you’re talking to.”
Gibson’s reputation as a Hollywood legend was cemented by his portrayal of William Wallace, but his private life was…