In Tim Burton's movie ED WOOD, there's a great scene towards
the end where Wood finally meets his hero, Orson Welles.
(This is all fiction, of course.) They talk about their
problems making movies, and Welles says something like:
"Can you believe it! They want me to cast Charlton Heston. As
a Mexican!"
And Ed Wood winces and shakes his head.
doug
--- Jim Beaver <
JUMBLEJIM@prodigy.net> wrote:
>
> But Heston as Vargas and Leigh as the WASP wife
were
> in place when Welles
> came aboard as director. Until Heston used
his
> influence as star of the
> film, Welles was merely another actor in it, with
no
> say over the casting or
> the script. Heston got him the directing job.
So
> it seems that Welles's
> participation in the writing of the script must
have
> come AFTER the
> nationalities were switched.
===== Doug Bassett
dj_bassett@yahoo.com
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