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As Leone began casting, Milchan rented an apartment in New York, on 48th Street between 2nd and 3rd, right next door to legendary actress Katharine Hepburn. They considered hundreds of actors for the film’s various parts, which was a long and difficult process in itself. Early in 1981, Brooke Shields was offered the role of Deborah Gelly after Sergio Leone had seen The Blue Lagoon, claiming that she had the potential to play a mature character. However, a writers’ strike delayed the project, and Shields withdrew before auditions began.
There had been more than three hundred applicants for the lead female role, including Kim Basinger, Glenn Close, Jamie Lee Curtis, Geena Davis, Jodie Foster, Carrie Fisher, Daryl Hannah, Liza Minnelli, Michelle Pfeiffer, Meg Ryan, Susan Sarandon, Meryl Streep and Debra Winger - a virtual who’s who of America’s leading ladies.
As word spread of the production, Leone personally received numerous phone calls from top talents, such as Warren Beatty. As he did with most of the others, Leone turned him down cold. “He’s a hairdresser, for Christ’s sake,” Leone said to Milchan. “But he only played the role of a hairdresser in Shampoo,” Milchan said, in hopes of changing Leone’s mind. “No, no, he is a hairdresser,” Leone insisted. A few days later he received a call from Clint Eastwood. “No, no, I have already cast him in three movies. I need something fresh.”
As Leone began casting, Milchan rented an apartment in New York, on 48th Street between 2nd and 3rd, right next door to legendary actress Katharine Hepburn. They considered hundreds of actors for the film’s various parts, which was a long and difficult process in itself. Early in 1981, Brooke Shields was offered the role of Deborah Gelly after Sergio Leone had seen The Blue Lagoon, claiming that she had the potential to play a mature character. However, a writers’ strike delayed the project, and Shields withdrew before auditions began.
There had been more than three hundred applicants for the lead female role, including Kim Basinger, Glenn Close, Jamie Lee Curtis, Geena Davis, Jodie Foster, Carrie Fisher, Daryl Hannah, Liza Minnelli, Michelle Pfeiffer, Meg Ryan, Susan Sarandon, Meryl Streep and Debra Winger - a virtual who’s who of America’s leading ladies.
As word spread of the production, Leone personally received numerous phone calls from top talents, such as Warren Beatty. As he did with most of the others, Leone turned him down cold. “He’s a hairdresser, for Christ’s sake,” Leone said to Milchan. “But he only played the role of a hairdresser in Shampoo,” Milchan said, in hopes of changing Leone’s mind. “No, no, he is a hairdresser,” Leone insisted. A few days later he received a call from Clint Eastwood. “No, no, I have already cast him in three movies. I need something fresh.”
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