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* FrienshipOnTheSet: Creator/ElizabethTaylor formed a lifelong friendship with Creator/RockHudson. She also befriended Creator/JamesDean and was devastated by his tragic death. Some nights they would sit up late as he vented his frustrations with his life as an actor, the restrictions of Hollywood life, and past traumas. Dean also befriended Creator/DennisHopper.

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* RomanceOnTheSet: {{Averted}}. There were rumours at the time that Creator/ElizabethTaylor was having an affair with one or both of her leading men. Turns out she was just good friends with them.

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** Creator/GeorgeStevens wanted to cast fading star Creator/AlanLadd, whom he'd previously cast in ''Film/{{Shane}}'', as Jett Rink, but his wife advised against it. Other choices included Creator/MarlonBrando, Creator/RichardBoone, Creator/RichardBurton, Creator/MontgomeryClift, Creator/JoseFerrer, Creator/JohnIreland, Creator/RobertMitchum, Creator/JackPalance, Creator/AnthonyQuinn and Music/FrankSinatra.

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* OldShame: To a lesser extent, Elizabeth Taylor wrote that while the makeup aging her in the film was exemplary, she felt she didn't look aged enough to play Leslie in her middle-age. This was her motivation to gain weight for roles like Martha in ''Film/WhosAfraidOfVirginiaWoolf'' and in ''The Sandpiper''.

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* OldShame: To a lesser extent, ~~Elizabeth Taylor~~ Creator/ElizabethTaylor wrote that while the makeup aging her in the film was exemplary, she felt she didn't look aged enough to play Leslie in her middle-age. This was her motivation to gain weight for roles like Martha in ''Film/WhosAfraidOfVirginiaWoolf'' and in ''The Sandpiper''.

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* PlayingGertrude: Creator/ElizabethTaylor plays the mother of Carroll Baker - who was a year ''older'' than Taylor in real life.

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* RomanceOnTheSet: Averted. There were rumours at the time that Creator/ElizabethTaylor was having an affair with one or both of her leading men. Turns out she was just good friends with them.

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* RomanceOnTheSet: ~~Averted.~~{{Averted}}. There were rumours at the time that Creator/ElizabethTaylor was having an affair with one or both of her leading men. Turns out she was just good friends with them.

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** Creator/GeorgeStevens wanted to cast fading star Creator/AlanLadd, whom he'd previously cast in ''Film/{{Shane}}'', as Jett Rink, but his wife advised against it. Other choices included Creator/MarlonBrando, Creator/RichardBurton, Creator/MontgomeryClift, Creator/JoseFerrer, Creator/JohnIreland, Creator/RobertMitchum, Creator/JackPalance, Creator/AnthonyQuinn and Music/FrankSinatra.

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** Creator/CharlesBronson and Creator/JackLord were considered for Bob Dace.

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** ~~Creator/CharlesBronson and~~ Creator/CharlesBronson, Creator/JackLord and Creator/RussTamblyn were considered for Bob Dace.

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** Creator/GeorgeStevens wanted to cast fading star Creator/AlanLadd, whom he'd previously cast in ''Film/{{Shane}}'', as Jett Rink, but his wife advised against it. Other choices included Creator/MarlonBrando, Creator/RichardBurton, Creator/MontgomeryClift, Creator/JoseFerrer, Creator/RobertMitchum, Creator/JackPalance, Creator/AnthonyQuinn and Music/FrankSinatra.

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** Creator/GeorgeStevens wanted to cast fading star Creator/AlanLadd, whom he'd previously cast in ''Film/{{Shane}}'', as Jett Rink, but his wife advised against it. Other choices included Creator/MarlonBrando, Creator/RichardBurton, Creator/MontgomeryClift, Creator/JoseFerrer, Creator/JohnIreland, Creator/RobertMitchum, Creator/JackPalance, Creator/AnthonyQuinn and Music/FrankSinatra.

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* AFIS100Years100Movies: #82

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** Creator/ShelleyWinters tried out for the role of Vashti Snythe.

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** Creator/RockHudson was given a choice of leading lady - Creator/GraceKelly or Creator/ElizabethTaylor. Creator/AudreyHepburn was deemed "too sophisticated" for the part. Other potential Leslies included Creator/AnneBaxter, Creator/OliviaDeHavilland, Creator/MarleneDietrich, Creator/IreneDunne, Creator/JoanFontaine, Creator/AvaGardner,[[note]]She was unable to leave Pakistan, where she was filming ''Film/BhowaniJunction''[[/note]] Creator/RitaHayworth, Creator/KatharineHepburn, Creator/JenniferJones, Creator/DeborahKerr, Creator/JanetLeigh, Creator/VivienLeigh, Creator/PatriciaNeal, Creator/MaureenOHara, Creator/DonnaReed, Creator/JeanSimmons, Creator/GeneTierney and Creator/JaneWyman.

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** Creator/RockHudson was given a choice of leading lady - Creator/GraceKelly or Creator/ElizabethTaylor. Creator/AudreyHepburn was deemed "too sophisticated" for the part. Other potential Leslies included Creator/AnneBaxter, Creator/OliviaDeHavilland, Creator/MarleneDietrich, Creator/IreneDunne, Creator/JoanFontaine, Creator/AvaGardner,[[note]]She was unable to leave Pakistan, where she was filming ''Film/BhowaniJunction''[[/note]] Creator/SusanHayward, Creator/RitaHayworth, Creator/KatharineHepburn, Creator/JenniferJones, Creator/DeborahKerr, Creator/JanetLeigh, Creator/VivienLeigh, Creator/PatriciaNeal, Creator/MaureenOHara, Creator/DonnaReed, Creator/JeanSimmons, Creator/GeneTierney and Creator/JaneWyman.

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* AuthorExistenceFailure: Creator/JamesDean died before the film was edited so his speech (called the Last Supper) was dubbed by another actor.

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* DiedDuringProduction: Creator/JamesDean died before the film was edited so his speech (called the Last Supper) was dubbed by Nick Adams.

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** Rock Hudson didn't get on with Creator/JamesDean at all. Although later rumors would suggest that Dean had rejected a pass from the actor, most sources reported that each had little respect for the other's approach to acting, and Hudson resented what he considered Dean's unprofessional behavior.

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** ~~Rock Hudson~~ Creator/RockHudson didn't get on with Creator/JamesDean at all. Although later rumors would suggest that Dean had rejected a pass from the actor, most sources reported that each had little respect for the other's approach to acting, and Hudson resented what he considered Dean's unprofessional behavior.

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* [[AuthorExistenceFailure Actor Existence Failure]]: Creator/JamesDean died before the film was edited so his speech (called the Last Supper) was dubbed by another actor.

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* HostilityOnTheSet: Rock Hudson didn't get on with Creator/JamesDean at all. Although later rumors would suggest that Dean had rejected a pass from the actor, most sources reported that each had little respect for the other's approach to acting, and Hudson resented what he considered Dean's unprofessional behavior.

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** Rock Hudson didn't get on with Creator/JamesDean at all. Although later rumors would suggest that Dean had rejected a pass from the actor, most sources reported that each had little respect for the other's approach to acting, and Hudson resented what he considered Dean's unprofessional ~~behavior.~~behavior.
--->'''Rock Hudson:''' I don't mean to speak ill of the dead, but he was a prick.

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