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Director. >> i feel like, you know -- that's my wildest expectations come true for this evening. >> reporter: offscreen, gibson's part boy images, a rowdy reputation, due in large part to his drinking, was changing as his wife, robin, pressured him to stop. the gibsons now had seven children who are kept out of the public eye. >> i'm kind of a household hitler, i suppose. if i can use that word. and, you know, it's our decision they stay away from it until they're old enough. and if they want to be part of it, yeah, okay. but for now, they got to go to school. >> reporter: schooling that could...

>> "people" magazine was doing a cover story on mel gibson and they just sort of suddenly said, wait a minute, let's bill it, sectioniest man alive. and a franchise was born. >> the sexiest man alive, hey. well, it's true, of course. i was just very relieved to read that i wasn't the sexiest man dead. i don't know. that's ridiculous notion, isn't it? is there such a thing? >> reporter: he may have been sexy, he but he wasn't available. before success and fame would find him, mel gibson had married robin moore and started a family. a husband, a father and leading man good looks, mel gibson was ...

He landed on the cover of "playgirl" magazine and then "people" magazine. >> "people" magazine was doing a cover story on mel gibson and they just sort of suddenly said, wait a minute, let's bill it, sexiest man alive. and a franchise was born. >> the sexiest man alive, hey. well, it's true, of course. i was just very relieved to read that i wasn't the sexiest man dead. i don't know. that's ridiculous notion, isn't it? is there such a thing? >> reporter: he may have been sexy, he but he wasn't available. before success and fame would find him, mel gibson had married robin moore and started a f...

>> an actor and academy award winning director and producer whose films have taken in billions at the box office. >> i feel like a hundred bucks. >> mel gibson is probably the most complicated, fascinating, infewerating, talented star hollywood has ever produced. >> reporter: from "mad max" -- >> don't get mad at me. >> reporter: "to maverick." >> do you really want to jump? >> reporter: "lethal weapon" to "braveheart" he was "what women want" and what men want to be. >> you're like a genius, you know that. >> can i tell you, buddy, i'm blessed. >> reporter: but the audience's love a...

>> mel gibson is probably the most complicated, infuriating, talented star hollywood has ever produced. >> reporter: from "mad max" -- >> don't get mad at me. >> reporter: -- to "maverick," "lethal weapon" to "braveheart" he was "what women want" and what men want to be. >> you're like a genius, you know that. >> can i tell you, buddy, i'm blessed. >> reporter: but the audience's love affair with mel gibson would take a turn for the worse on this highway. caught driving drunk, he mouthed off to police. now upstaged by his profanity-laced telephone rant. >> you like a [ bleep ] on hea...