Я всегда восхищалась парой Ричарда Бартона и Элизабет Тейлор.
Мало того что они харизматичные люди, но и актеры черт возьми просто невероятные!
Edward Albee said he came up with the title when he saw the phrase written on a men's room wall in a New York tavern.
The play "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" takes place entirely in George's and Martha's living room.
The fourth of eleven films that Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton starred in together.
читать дальшеIn her A&E Biography special, Elizabeth Taylor remarked that her performance as Martha remains her personal best.
According to director Mike Nichols, actress Marlene Dietrich visited the set and completely ignored Elizabeth Taylor, only speaking with Richard Burton and Nichols.
Elizabeth later commented "It's a very strange thing to be ignored on your own movie set."
The first film in which the BBFC allowed use of the word "bugger" in its dialogue.
Elizabeth Taylor gained nearly 30 pounds to play the role of a middle-aged wife just for this film.
According a 2005 interview with Edward Albee, the original writer of the play which the film is based, producer Ernest Lehman hired himself to write the screenplay for $250,000.
Also, Albee says that when director Mike Nichols and stars Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor read the sсript,
they hated it so much that, unknown to Lehman, they changed all of the dialog back to Albee's play save two lines:
"Hey, let's go to the roadhouse!" and "Hey, let's come back from the roadhouse!"
Albee said, "Two lines for $250,000, $125,000 a piece. That's pretty good."
Early candidates for the role of Martha included Bette Davis, Ingrid Bergman, Rosalind Russell and Patricia Neal.
Early candidates for the role of George included James Mason, Cary Grant, Henry Fonda, Arthur Hill, Jack Lemmon and Peter O'Toole.
Jack Lemmon was the only actor to be offered the role of George in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? before Richard Burton was cast.
He accepted the role but quickly changed his mind the next day without offering any explanation.
Other sources claim that Lemmon's asking price was too high for Warner.
Robert Redford turned down the role of Nick.
Sandy Dennis, who was pregnant at the time of filming, suffered a miscarriage on the set.
Every credited member of the cast received an Academy Award nomination.
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