Ho Yay: With Laurence Olivier and many others. The Ho Yay was real -- Marlon Brando admitted having homosexual affairs and said he was "not ashamed". In response to reports that he and Jack Nicholson were lovers, he reportedly said "may they continue to do so. I find it amusing."
Jerkass Woobie: He was undoubtedly a very difficult person but his last few years were not at all happy. His son murdered his daughter's husband, said daughter later committed suicide, and his son was getting in more and more trouble before dying in 2005.