- Rosanna Podesta, Helen of Troy, US-Italy, 1955. Actor George Cole’s first wife, 1954-1962, tested for “the face that launched a thousand ships.” So did Anne Gunning – biggest moment of her short career of four films, but just a single credit on-screen. The perfect Helen was lower down in the cast on the say-so of Robert Wise’s assistant director – Sergio Leone, no less. She was… Brigitte Bardot! Earlier that year, he had picked her for another film he was assisting on: Tradita… aka Night of Love during the American BBoom years.
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