– Béatrice Romand, The Romantic Englishman, 1975. Terrified of meeting the exiled US director Joseph Losey, she walked slap-bang into his hotel door. For another meeting two months later, she fell into a mud pool and arrived 90 minutes late. She was willing to quit the elite Comédie-Française company to make a Losey film but …
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BETTY ABERLIN
– Judith O’Dea, Night of the the Living Dead, 1967. Bizarre to think of horrorsmith George A Romdero watching the kids TVshow, Mister Rogers’ Neighbourhood – but that ‘s where he fell for Aberlin and asked her to be his heroine, Barbara. Mister Fred Rogers (of the eternal cardigans, knitted by his Mom) squashed that …
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1. Andre The Giant. The Princess Bride, 1986. Back in the 70s, author William Goldman wanted the 7′ 4¼″ French wrestler André René Roussimoff as Fezzik. But he just wouldn’t read the script and so the equally unknown Arnold Schwarzenegger was nominated. The sword ‘n’ sorcery satire stalled for a dozen years by which time …
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