According to long-circulated but unverified set stories, while filming Rio Bravo in 1959, Dean Martin was playing a sheriff’s deputy famous for always seeming drunk. During one take, John Wayne reportedly teased him, saying he was supposed to act drunk, not actually be drunk. Without missing a beat, Martin is said to have smiled and replied that he was simply staying in character between scenes. The crew supposedly burst into laughter, briefly stopping the shoot. Then, as the story goes, Martin