OTL, Taylor had a cold, so she didn't take the trip with him. Suppose she had gone anyhow?
To start, it means they'd need to reshoot "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (she was 2wk into shooting). It also means she doesn't do "Butterfield 8" (which earned her an Oscar) or the notorious fiasco "Cleopatra".
So who gets "Butterfield 8", instead? Personally, I'd love it going to Marilyn.
(I doubt the studio would love it...) It's a role that would let her show she actually can act--& getting her an Oscar could only help prevent depression later on, not least with better roles. (Her death could have been a suicide; it might also have been accidental... Either way, I like the idea of her being an Oscar winner.
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"Cleopatra"? How about Ann-Margaret? Ava Gardner? Ursula Andress?
"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"? (This earned Taylor her best reviews.) So what about Joanne Woodward? Or Candy Bergen? (The thought of it going to Raquel Welch or Sharon Tate makes me smile.
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Any other thoughts? Career effects on the substitues?
To start, it means they'd need to reshoot "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (she was 2wk into shooting). It also means she doesn't do "Butterfield 8" (which earned her an Oscar) or the notorious fiasco "Cleopatra".
So who gets "Butterfield 8", instead? Personally, I'd love it going to Marilyn.
"Cleopatra"? How about Ann-Margaret? Ava Gardner? Ursula Andress?
"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"? (This earned Taylor her best reviews.) So what about Joanne Woodward? Or Candy Bergen? (The thought of it going to Raquel Welch or Sharon Tate makes me smile.
Any other thoughts? Career effects on the substitues?