Dustin Hoffman Recalls Terrible Experience Filming 'The Graduate'

• Dustin Hoffman starred as Ben Braddock in the 1967 film 'The Graduate'.
• Hoffman described the filming experience as a 'terrible experience' in a recent essay.
• Director Mike Nichols made Katharine Ross slap Hoffman 27 times for a scene that was not used in the final film.
• The essay was published in The New Yorker.
• Despite the negative experience, the film significantly boosted Hoffman's career.