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<blockquote data-quote="Snarky Oracle!" data-source="post: 434908" data-attributes="member: 57984">I do think Hepburn was more suited, however, for heavy drama than Grant.I also agree that Grant should have been Number 1 on that AFI list but, due to obvious political bias, they pushed John Wayne out of the Top 10! (Not that I&#039;m a huge Wayne fan, necessarily, but every picture he ever made -- except for one -- made money across a stretch of half-a-century).Warren Beatty tried to tap Grant for the James Mason role in HEAVEN CAN WAIT (1978) and Spelling-Shapiro offered Grant the part of Blake Carrington for DYNASTY in 1980. But Cary had resolutely retired, apparently displeased with his own (deliberately) shabby appearance in FATHER GOOSE (1964) and, like his former co-star Doris Day, simply could not be shaken loose on his grip on that retirement. Preferring to focus on his Faberge line of men&#039;s products, capitalizing on his well-earned sophisticated and &quot;classy&quot; image.And good on him.For some reason, I was somewhat surprised to learn late in life (hers and certainly mine) that my mother didn&#039;t care much for Cary Grant (Dad loved NORTH BY NORTHWEST, and so they watched it often), she finding Grant&#039;s his persona too thin or effete somehow (and preferring Charles Boyer). Kate Hepburn once said she liked the young, skinny Cary Grant better than the greying, seasoned one --- but some might say the same about Kate herself (but not me, as I like the aging Kate the best). Everybody gets older, and Cary Grant did it quite gracefully.<img src="http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b78/Marky888/almostdynasty_1_zpswkwodpjv.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 904px" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Snarky Oracle!, post: 434908, member: 57984"] I do think Hepburn was more suited, however, for heavy drama than Grant. I also agree that Grant should have been Number 1 on that AFI list but, due to obvious political bias, they pushed John Wayne out of the Top 10! (Not that I'm a huge Wayne fan, necessarily, but every picture he ever made -- except for one -- made money across a stretch of half-a-century). Warren Beatty tried to tap Grant for the James Mason role in HEAVEN CAN WAIT (1978) and Spelling-Shapiro offered Grant the part of Blake Carrington for DYNASTY in 1980. But Cary had resolutely retired, apparently displeased with his own (deliberately) shabby appearance in FATHER GOOSE (1964) and, like his former co-star Doris Day, simply could not be shaken loose on his grip on that retirement. Preferring to focus on his Faberge line of men's products, capitalizing on his well-earned sophisticated and "classy" image. And good on him. For some reason, I was somewhat surprised to learn late in life (hers and certainly mine) that my mother didn't care much for Cary Grant (Dad loved NORTH BY NORTHWEST, and so they watched it often), she finding Grant's his persona too thin or effete somehow (and preferring Charles Boyer). Kate Hepburn once said she liked the young, skinny Cary Grant better than the greying, seasoned one --- but some might say the same about Kate herself (but not me, as I like the aging Kate the best). Everybody gets older, and Cary Grant did it quite gracefully. [IMG width="904px"]http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b78/Marky888/almostdynasty_1_zpswkwodpjv.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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