History Trivia / Marnie

** After Kelly dropped out of the film, Creator/MarilynMonroe expressed interest in playing the part. According to Hollywood columnist Army Archard, when Creator/AlfredHitchcock was asked about this possible casting, his reply was, "It's an interesting idea". Creator/EvaMarieSaint was also considered.

* BigNameFan: Creator/CatherineDeneuve has said she would have loved to play Marnie.

** The writers of Hitchcock's two previous films both worked on the script during development. Joseph Stefano (''Film/{{Psycho}}'') did the initial adaptation when Kelly was supposed to star. Stefano's adaptation was much truer to the original book, and would have included two important characters from the novel that never made it into the final version of the film. One was a psychotherapist that Marnie was seeing at Mark's insistence, whose role ended up being merged into Mark's. The other was a man named Terry who was a co-worker of Mark's and also in love with Marnie. The part of Terry was massively reworked and ended up becoming Lil. Stefano's work on ''[[Series/TheOuterLimits1963 The Outer Limits]]'' forced him to quit. Creator/EvanHunter (''Film/TheBirds'') took over, but objected to the rape scene, feeling that there was no way for Mark to stay sympathetic after it happened. Hitchcock thought that scene was crucial, and fired Hunter over the CreativeDifferences. Jay Presson Allen finally got the job, making ''Marnie'' the only Hitchcock film with a screenplay written solely by a woman.

* AwesomeDearBoy: Sean Connery was asked what he wanted to do after several ''Bond'' films. He replied that he wanted to work with Alfred Hitchcock.
* BigNameFan: Catherine Deneuve has said she would have loved to play Marnie.
* ContractualPurity: Grace Kelly couldn't take the role of Marnie because as the Princess of Monaco, her citizens objected to her playing a sexually charged thief. Additionally they were not pleased at the idea that she would be filmed kissing another man.

** After Kelly dropped out of the film, Creator/MarilynMonroe expressed interest in playing the part. According to Hollywood columnist Army Archard, when Creator/AlfredHitchcock was asked about this possible casting, his reply was, "It's an interesting idea".

* MagnumOpusDissonance: Creator/TippiHedren prefers this movie to ''Film/TheBirds'', since she believes Marnie has more depth and complexity than Melanie Daniels.

** Creator/GraceKelly would have played Marnie opposite Creator/CaryGrant if not for her subjects in UsefulNotes/{{Monaco}} protesting the casting of her as a thief. The Pope even reportedly urged her not to do the film, since she was of the few Catholic royals in the world and he was worried it would harm the church. Another sticking point apparently was confusion over how she should be billed in the credits: Grace Kelly was still a famous name, but her name was now technically Grace Grimaldi. They could've used her title, but saying a film starred Her Serene Highness Princess Grace of Monaco would just sound weird.

** Creator/GraceKelly would have played Marnie opposite Creator/CaryGrant if not for her subjects in UsefulNotes/{{Monaco}} protesting the casting of her as a thief. The Pope even reportedly urged her not to do the film, since she was one of the most prominent Catholic women in the world at the time and it would set a bad example.

** Creator/GraceKelly would have played Marnie opposite Creator/CaryGrant if not for her subjects in Monaco protesting the casting of her as a thief.

** Candidates for Mark Rutland included Creator/MarlonBrando, Creator/PaulNewman, Creator/PeterOToole and Rock Hudson.

** The writers of Hitchcock's two previous films both worked on the script during development. Joseph Stefano (''Film/{{Psycho}}'') did the initial adaptation when Kelly was supposed to star. Stefano's adaptation was much truer to the original book, and would have included two important characters from the novel that never made it into the final version of the film. One was a psychotherapist that Marnie was seeing at Mark's insistence, whose role ended up being merged into Mark's. The other was a man named Terry who was a co-worker of Mark's and also in love with Marnie. The part of Terry was massively reworked and ended up becoming Lil. Stefano's work on ''[[Series/TheOuterLimits1963 The Outer Limits]]'' forced him to quit. Evan Hunter (''Film/TheBirds'') took over, but objected to the rape scene, feeling that there was no way for Mark to stay sympathetic after it happened. Hitchcock thought that scene was crucial, and fired Hunter over the CreativeDifferences. Jay Presson Allen finally got the job, making ''Marnie'' the only Hitchcock film with a screenplay written solely by a woman.

** Jay Presson Allen considered her screenplay an OldShame, since she didn't have enough experience writing films at the time to successfully deal with the more troublesome parts of the Winston Graham novel. She also felt responsible for the bad critical reaction to the film, since Hitchcock had loved her script so much he basically filmed it with hardly any changes.

* MagnumOpusDissonance: Tippi Hedren prefers this movie to ''Film/TheBirds'', since she believes Marnie has more depth and complexity than Melanie Daniels.

* CreatorBacklash: Creator/AlfredHitchcock had mixed feelings about the finished film. He apparently felt that he miscast Creator/SeanConnery and that he should've focused the story squarely on the Mark/Marnie relationship rather than Marnie's issues.

** Joseph Stefano originally wrote a screen adaptation of the novel when Kelly was supposed to star. Stefano's adaptation was much truer to the original book, and would have included two important characters from the novel that never made it into the final version of the film. One was a psychotherapist that Marnie was seeing at Mark's insistence, whose role ended up being merged into Mark's. The other was a man named Terry who was a co-worker of Mark's and also in love with Marnie. The part of Terry was massively reworked and ended up becoming Lil.

** Creator/JaneFonda was also interested in playing either Marnie or Lil Mainwaring.

** After Kelly dropped out of the film, Creator/MarilynMonroe expressed interest in playing the part. According to Hollywood columnist Army Archard, when Creator/AlfredHitchcock was asked about this possible casting, his reply was, "It's an interesting idea". Creator/JaneFonda was also interested.

** Creator/ElizabethMontgomery turned down the role of Lil Mainwaring due to her commitment to ''Series/{{Bewitched}}''. Creator/VeraMiles was also considered, while Creator/JaneFonda was interested.

** Creator/ElizabethMontgomery turned down the role of Lil Mainwaring due to her commitment to ''Series/{{Bewitched}}''. Creator/VeraMiles was also considered.
** According to her autobiography, Creator/JaneFonda wanted to play Lil Mainwaring.

** Elizabeth Montgomery turned down the role of Lil Mainwaring due to her commitment to ''Series/{{Bewitched}}''. Creator/VeraMiles was also considered.

* HostilitOnTheSet: Creator/AlfredHitchcock and Tippi Hedren had a major falling-out during the filming and there was a rumor that by the end he directed her through intermediaries. Although Hedren admits the she and Hitchcock's friendship ended during shooting, she denies the rumor that he didn't finish directing the film.

* DoingItForTheArt / PlayingAgainstType: Creator/SeanConnery jumped at the chance to work with Creator/AlfredHitchcock to avoid being typecast as Franchise/JamesBond. He also shocked many people at the time by asking to see a script; something Connery did because he was worried about being typecast as a spy and he did not want to do a variation of ''Film/NorthByNorthwest'' or ''Film/{{Notorious}}''. When told by Hitchcock's agent that Creator/CaryGrant did not ask to see even one of Hitchcock's scripts Connery replied, "I'm not Cary Grant."

* PlayingGertrude: Louise Latham, who played Tippi Hedren's mother is in reality only 8 years older.

** Elizabeth Montgomery turned down the role of Lil Mainwaring due to her commitment to ''Series/{{Bewitched}}''.

* DoingItForTheArt / PlayingAgainstType: Creator/SeanConnery jumped at the chance to work with Creator/AlfredHitchock to avoid being typecast as Franchise/JamesBond. He also shocked many people at the time by asking to see a script; something Connery did because he was worried about being typecast as a spy and he did not want to do a variation of ''Film/NorthByNorthwest'' or ''Film/{{Notorious}}''. When told by Hitchcock's agent that Creator/CaryGrant did not ask to see even one of Hitchcock's scripts Connery replied, "I'm not Cary Grant."

* PlayingGertude: Louise Latham, who played Tippi Hedren's mother is in reality only 8 years older.

** Elizabeth Montgomery turned down the role of Lil Mainwaring due to her commitment to ''Series/{{Bewitched}}''.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/GraceKelly would have played Marnie opposite Creator/CaryGrant if not for her subjects in Monaco protesting the casting of her as a thief.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/GraceKelly would have played Marnie if not for her subjects in Monaco protesting the casting of her as a thief.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: GraceKelly would have played Marnie if not for her subjects in Monaco protesting the casting of her as a thief.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: GraceKelly would have played Marnie if not for a crisis in her kingdom of Monaco.