WI Doris Day played Mrs. Robinson?

Along with her support for the the dying Rock Hudson and her work for animals, turning down that role is one of the things for which I most respect Doris Day.
 
As has already been mentioned Julie Andrews managed to change her screen image / range with SOB and Victor / Victoria, so why couldn't Doris Day. In her personal life she was married four times, was described as having a voracious sexual appetite and being an accomplished sexual partner. She had many affairs, including with Ronald Reagan, and the Hollywood machine kept this way from the general public. I'm sure she could use her personal experiences to play Mrs Robinson.
 
In honor of her death, today.:teary:

Day was offered the role, but turned it down, allegedly because it was "immoral". Suppose she'd accepted? What effect would it have had on her later career? On Anne Baxter's?:eek:

Might not have wanted to be upstaged by Will, Doctor Smith and the Robot.
 
I'm fascinated by the thought of her playing the role. I think she would have played it differently. In the original DH was confronted with the up-front Bancroft 'laying her cards' face up on the table. Day, I think may have played it more seductive, slowly revealing the 'cards' - he's half-way seduced when suddenly his look changes with the sudden realisation of what's happening.
I think it's inspired if that had come off like that, it would still be acclaimed. She could have explained that it was a challenging role, and she looked forward in the future to different challenges
 
I'm fascinated by the thought of her playing the role. I think she would have played it differently. In the original DH was confronted with the up-front Bancroft 'laying her cards' face up on the table. Day, I think may have played it more seductive, slowly revealing the 'cards' - he's half-way seduced when suddenly his look changes with the sudden realisation of what's happening.
I think it's inspired if that had come off like that, it would still be acclaimed. She could have explained that it was a challenging role, and she looked forward in the future to different challenges
That's my thinking exactly. It would've given her the chance to do the kinds of things she'd never have been offered, otherwise. (I can't name any, offhand...:oops: ) The obsessed fan in "Play Misty for Me" comes to mind, tho. (She might be thought too old.:teary: )
 
As has already been mentioned Julie Andrews managed to change her screen image / range with SOB and Victor / Victoria

I'm not sure if it's accurate to say that Andrews managed to "change her screen image", so much as it is to say that she managed to take those roles without any significant alterations to her already-existing image.

At least where I lived, S.O.B. didn't seem to make much impression on the public consciousness. The local critics mentioned, somewhat dismissively, that Andrews was topless in it, but it attracted scant general interest and discussion, and was gone from theatres in a matter of weeks, if that. And when the next Easter-time showings of The Sound Of Music came along, I don't think too many people were like "OMG, that's the chick who showed her tits in that movie last year!"

Same thing, more or less, with Victor/Victoria. Even for people looking to be titilated or scandalized by gender-bending, a story about a woman impersonating a man impersonating a woman, against a campy background of 1930s Paris, was just gonna be a little too off-the-beaten path to make much of an impact.
 
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