On Thu, 20 Jan 2000, Jim Beaver wrote:
> A follow-up to my own post, above: by coincidence
I'm reading Heston's
> autobiography at present, and last night I read the
section on TOUCH OF
> EVIL. Heston makes clear that although he did indeed
get Welles the
> directing position after Heston was cast in the
lead, Welles did
> nevertheless completely re-write the script
subsequently, and IN THE PROCESS
> OF DOING SO, changed Heston's character to a
Harvard-educated son of wealthy
> Mexican parents, from the Anglo the character had
been in the original novel
> and script.
This is good to know. It would've been rather strange that
Heston would himself chosen to act as a Mexican. But it was
very brave of Heston that he got Welles the job, since Welles
hadn't done anything in the US for at least a decade and his
European works hadn't been commercially successful.
Juri
jurnum@utu.fi
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