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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Crimson" data-source="post: 279874" data-attributes="member: 5079">Based on the screen tests, I agree.   If she had gotten the part, I suspect her performance would have been different after working with Selznick & Hitchcock.  In fairness, Olivier isn't very good in that screen test either; he clearly had not yet 'found' the character.  But since the screen test was basically a job interview, I think Vivien was rightly passed over.    If the title character actually appeared on screen, Vivien would have made a great Rebecca.I'm at best indifferent to Joan Fontaine, but her skittishness works well for the unnamed character.</blockquote>