Hollywood's most famous and infamous casting decisions come alive in this exuberant, witty chronicle of the fateful choices that have altered the course of movie history. Contains over 100 amazing casting tidbits, such as Ronald Reagan being first choice for the part of Rick in Casablanca 50 black-and-white photographs.
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Some of these stories are now legendary, including the notion that Ronald Reagan was considered to play Rick in Casablanca before Humphrey Bogart secured the role. Burkhart and Stuart straightforwardly, almost simplistically, describe the original casting choices and then the eventual impacts final casting made on films as diverse as All about Eve, Apocalypse Now, and The Graduate. Much of this will be familiar to movie buffs because the movies discussed are well-documented, popular films. Some of the most interesting material concerns such stars as William Holden, whose career took off after producers took a chance on him for Sunset Boulevard, and, most notably, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, whose marriage dissolved because, they said, they came to mirror in real life the characters they were finally chosen to play in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Great casting choices, the authors conclude, are not all judiciously made; often, they just happen. Joe Collins
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Excellent informative anecdotal source for casting errors.,
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This review is from: Hollywood's First Choices: How the Greatest Casting Decisions Were Made (Or Why Groucho Marx Never Played Rhett Butler : How the Greatest Casting Decisions Were Made) (Paperback)
Easy to read, this informative book provides many anecdotes about Hollywood's bizarre casting decisions. Enjoyable to the cinema buff as well as grandma and grandpa; a great gift for anyone who loves the movies. Many of the tales involve classic movies, with which most are familiar. A real conversation provoker.
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