
A more likely companion was the late actor Christian Marquand. In 1966, 25-year-old British critic Michael Thornton was dispatched to interview Brando at the Savoy Hotel. According to Britain’s Daily Mail, the Q&A was done in a bed shared by Brando and Marquand, who were “in various state of undress, with alcohol [and] marijuana … being liberally consumed. Says Thornton today: “I can only say that I was left in no doubt about Marlon’s interest in men.”