Christopher Plummer On Why He Actually Hated ‘The Sound Of Music’

Although he appeared to enjoy filming the famous classic The Sound of Music, Christopher Plummer was highly critical of the movie, and considered it “so awful and sentimental and gooey.” Plummer would also nickname the film Sound of Mucus, and refer to how he added a “minuscule bit of humor” to his role.

The late actor was expressive about his thoughts on several occasions, including a 2011 interview with The Hollywood Reporter, where he admitted that playing Baron Von Trapp was the “toughest” of his many roles in his career.

Christopher Plummer struggled with playing his ‘Sound of Music’ character

With a background in stage acting, Plummer struggled with his character and “got so ‘fat’ from all the pastries” that his costumes had to be resized. He had to come out of his rigid serious mode of acting, to embody the light-hearted cheerful demeanor The Sound of Music required.

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He likened playing Captain von Trapp as “boring” and “flogging a dead horse, however, he accepted to play the character even though he was a bit “bored with the character.”

Over the years, Plummer came around and confessed to Sound of Music’s impact and changed their perspective on his role. The actor’s view of the movie evolved over the years and he came to fully embrace it and had a “sudden surge of pride,” that he played the role.

He also commended the recent violent nature of modern cinema, revealing that it gives him relief to see the excessive “gunfire” and other gory scenes which makes The Sound of Music “sort of wonderfully, old-fashionedly universal,” that maintained a balance.