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<blockquote data-quote="Crimson" data-source="post: 268420" data-attributes="member: 5079"><p>I find the tidbits about Mae possibly being cast as Belle Watling or Norma Desmond to be odd. I've read them often enough from reputable sources that I don't dispute the stories, I just find it weird that Selznick and Wilder would consider her. There's nothing in her filmography to indicate she had acting ability. She had created a comic persona and embodied it, but "acting" -- in the conventional sense of the word -- was simply not a skill she demonstrated. (Mind you, I'm not saying she couldn't act but since she never did, who could say?) It's weird thinking of either GWTW or SUNSET BOULEVARD being overshadowed by a comic.</p><p></p><p>And, as much as I like him, I think WC Fields was distracting in DAVID COPPERFIELD and I'm glad he wasn't cast as the Wizard.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Crimson, post: 268420, member: 5079"] I find the tidbits about Mae possibly being cast as Belle Watling or Norma Desmond to be odd. I've read them often enough from reputable sources that I don't dispute the stories, I just find it weird that Selznick and Wilder would consider her. There's nothing in her filmography to indicate she had acting ability. She had created a comic persona and embodied it, but "acting" -- in the conventional sense of the word -- was simply not a skill she demonstrated. (Mind you, I'm not saying she couldn't act but since she never did, who could say?) It's weird thinking of either GWTW or SUNSET BOULEVARD being overshadowed by a comic. And, as much as I like him, I think WC Fields was distracting in DAVID COPPERFIELD and I'm glad he wasn't cast as the Wizard. [/QUOTE]
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