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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 affair with mel gibson would ta...

Him to attend australia's national institute of dramatic art where an addiction to acting was born. >> yeah, there was a moment where it clicked. it wasn't on stage. it was during the middle of an exercise. it was like being drunk or high. >> reporter: by the age of 20, gibson signed on to play the role of a surfer in his first flick "summer city". >> i might sound stupid but more a way of life, don't you think? >> reporter: on screen mel's acting ability easily surpassed his surfing skills. >> hopeless, absolutely hopeless. >> reporter: phil avalon wrote and produced the movie. >> uncoordinat...