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Joan should have starred in this movie instead. The role was meant for an older woman in the first place and Joan could easily have netted a 4th Oscar nomination. I've heard so many rumors about why she left the role, ranging from wanting a different wardrobe to wanting her own cameraman.
Is it true she left the role when they wouldn't give her top billing and wouldn't increase her part by cutting out the military stuff?
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | February 19, 2022 2:51 AM |
OP, you may find this thread of interest in that it discusses the recast.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | February 18, 2022 9:05 PM |
The ingénue fucks the director, the star fucks the cinematographer.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | February 18, 2022 9:05 PM |
R2 Thank you for the links.
I've also read that Rita Hayworth was considered a replacement. I guess we got to see the Hayworth/Lancaster pairing a few years later in Separate Tables.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | February 18, 2022 9:11 PM |
Double my fee and I'll think about it.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | February 18, 2022 9:14 PM |
[quote] I've also read that Rita Hayworth was considered a replacement.
The thread I linked at R2 has a few posts about the potential Hayworth replacement.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | February 18, 2022 9:24 PM |
Maybe Rita Hayworth could have played Lorene the hooker, Donna Reed seemed a bit off to me.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | February 18, 2022 9:29 PM |
Donna Reed always seemed like such a bland actress to me. I have no idea how she won an Oscar for this movie. Not convincing at all.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | February 18, 2022 11:17 PM |
R6 Thanks, I saw that afterwards. Rita of course ended up remaking Joan's Rain as Miss Sadie Thompson.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | February 18, 2022 11:18 PM |
Holy shit, I had no idea it starred both Deborah Kerr and Donna Reed. All these years I thought I was just getting one confused with the other.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | February 19, 2022 12:27 AM |
R8, She dyed her hair black and used a swear word. I guess that was pretty radical for the time.
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | February 19, 2022 12:52 AM |
Joan should've campaigned to play Burt Lancaster's role.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | February 19, 2022 2:51 AM |
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