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<blockquote data-quote="Snarky Oracle!" data-source="post: 431906" data-attributes="member: 57984">She refused to return the phonecall when they asked her to replace Joan Crawford in HUSH... HUSH, SWEET CHARLOTTE. Later snorting, &quot;I don&#039;t have to do the things that Bette does.&quot;Hepburn&#039;s puritanical image was such that rumors swirled for years that Kate had no idea homosexuality even existed and was aghast when the crew explained it to her... An apocryphal tale, of course, as Hepburn was well-aware of the lesbian gossip which had followed her all her career.Kate once asserted that, &quot;I&#039;m too healthy&quot; (for the characters in SUDDENLY, LAST SUMMER). To which Gore Vidal, the screenwriter, later snickered that Kate had Parkinsons Disease. (She obviously meant psychologically healthy).&nbsp; I think she got an Oscar nomination, along with Hepburn in the same category. Why might it have destroyed Taylor&#039;s career?... Sure, she gets a little fish-wifey shrill in the final scene, but the girl has to soliloquize for several minutes!Hepburn told her biographer that she thought Taylor was &quot;more interested in being a movie star than an actress,&quot; adding, &quot;But make no mistake -- Elizabeth Taylor is a brilliant actress!&quot; (Kate dismissed that talents of Streep &amp; Close, while praising Julia Roberts -- so Hepburn may not have seen Taylor or Roberts as being a threat).Hepburn also said director Joe Mankiewicz (one of Hollywood&#039;s best writers ever) was a bully to Clift and Taylor, &quot;and it wasn&#039;t constructive.&quot; Taylor&#039;s husband had died in a plane crash and Clift had just been in a face-altering car wreck and &quot;was a basket case.&quot; So, once the film was completed, Kate went to the editing room and spat in Mankiewicz&#039; eye. (Mank says the event happened, but that she spat at his feet -- on balance, I assumed she hit him in the crotch).But Elizabeth got her revenge. She had director&#039;s approval for CLEOPATRA, citing only George Stevens and Joe Mankiewicz as acceptable. Stevens was making THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD, so FOX had to get Mank for CLEOPATRA --- a film that almost killed him and damaged his reputation and tormented him the rest of his life.Clever Liz.&nbsp;&nbsp; Were they Spanish?It&#039;s a studio set, and it is awesome.Month Clift only got the part because of Taylor (like Roddy McDowall in CLEOPATRA). It&#039;s miscasting.<img src="https://images3.static-bluray.com/reviews/14195_3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 737px" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Snarky Oracle!, post: 431906, member: 57984"] She refused to return the phonecall when they asked her to replace Joan Crawford in HUSH... HUSH, SWEET CHARLOTTE. Later snorting, "I don't have to do the things that Bette does." Hepburn's puritanical image was such that rumors swirled for years that Kate had no idea homosexuality even existed and was aghast when the crew explained it to her... An apocryphal tale, of course, as Hepburn was well-aware of the lesbian gossip which had followed her all her career. Kate once asserted that, "I'm too healthy" (for the characters in SUDDENLY, LAST SUMMER). To which Gore Vidal, the screenwriter, later snickered that Kate had Parkinsons Disease. (She obviously meant [I]psychologically [/I]healthy). I think she got an Oscar nomination, along with Hepburn in the same category. Why might it have destroyed Taylor's career?... Sure, she gets a little fish-wifey shrill in the final scene, but the girl has to soliloquize for [I]several minutes![/I] Hepburn told her biographer that she thought Taylor was "more interested in being a movie star than an actress," adding, "But make no mistake -- Elizabeth Taylor is a [I]brilliant[/I] actress!" (Kate dismissed that talents of Streep & Close, while praising Julia Roberts -- so Hepburn may not have seen Taylor or Roberts as being a threat). Hepburn also said director Joe Mankiewicz (one of Hollywood's best writers ever) was a bully to Clift and Taylor, "and it wasn't constructive." Taylor's husband had died in a plane crash and Clift had just been in a face-altering car wreck and "was a basket case." So, once the film was completed, Kate went to the editing room and spat in Mankiewicz' eye. (Mank says the event happened, but that she spat at his feet -- on balance, I assumed she hit him in the crotch). But Elizabeth got her revenge. She had director's approval for CLEOPATRA, citing only George Stevens and Joe Mankiewicz as acceptable. Stevens was making THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD, so FOX [B][I]had [/I][/B]to get Mank for CLEOPATRA --- a film that almost killed him and damaged his reputation and tormented him the rest of his life. Clever Liz. Were they Spanish? It's a studio set, and it is awesome. Month Clift only got the part because of Taylor (like Roddy McDowall in CLEOPATRA). It's miscasting. [IMG width="737px"]https://images3.static-bluray.com/reviews/14195_3.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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