If the movie studio said NO to casting Jessica Tandy in the lead of "Driving Miss Daisy"?
Helen Hayes or Katharine Hepburn or Lillian Gish? - Chose only one of the three, vote below and discuss!
Helen Hayes - Katharine Hepburn or Lillian Gish - Who Would You Cast In "Driving Miss Daisy"?
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| by Anonymous | reply 20 | August 11, 2019 1:25 AM |
Rosemary Harris.
Helen Hayes was too coy. Hepburn was too patrician and mannish. And Lillian Gish had no screen presence.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | August 11, 2019 12:02 AM |
Kris Kardashian would have been perfect.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | August 11, 2019 12:04 AM |
No screen presence, r1? She fucking INVENTED the close-up!
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | August 11, 2019 12:39 AM |
I just saw a clip of Angela Landsberry doing it, she seem pretty good
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | August 11, 2019 12:42 AM |
Sylvia Sidney. And she was actually Jewish.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | August 11, 2019 12:43 AM |
Geraldine Page
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | August 11, 2019 12:49 AM |
Gary wanted Lucy to do it, but she talked him out of it.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | August 11, 2019 12:50 AM |
Bette Davis.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | August 11, 2019 12:52 AM |
None of them OP. Any of the following would have sufficed:
Bette Davis (was under consideration for the role)
Lucille Ball (was also under consideration for the role)
Elaine Stritch
Lauren Bacall
Ann Haney
Mary Wickes
Nancy Walker
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | August 11, 2019 12:52 AM |
Only Catherine Bach has the necessary experience playing Daisies and scooting around the southland in cars.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | August 11, 2019 12:54 AM |
R9 Bette Davis was NOT under consideration for the role - in the updated book "Feud" (Story of Bette Davis & Joan Crawford) - Bette waited by her phone for a call to talk to the producers, as she thought she had an IN (because it was with The Zanuck Company. Distributed by, Warner Bros.) - but the call never came. Not even a letter. I suspect Richard had heard all of the horror stories dealing with Davis, and didn't want the hassle. Plus Davis was UN-insurable.
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | August 11, 2019 12:59 AM |
I don't think Hayes or Hepburn could have pulled off a convincing southern Jewish accent. But Gish could have probably done a great job.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | August 11, 2019 1:02 AM |
R13 you are saying a FOUR-time Oscar winner (Hepburn) and the First Lady of the American Theater (Hayes) could not do a Southern-Jewish accent?
Are you currently high?
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | August 11, 2019 1:04 AM |
If Davis had been in better shape, she probably would've been cast. She was pretty ravaged by the time of Driving Miss Daisy.
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | August 11, 2019 1:11 AM |
Rue McClanahan could have sexed up that bland role and given the title a welcome double entendre.
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | August 11, 2019 1:15 AM |
[quote] If Davis had been in better shape, she probably would've been cast. She was pretty ravaged by the time of Driving Miss Daisy.
The producer Richard Zanuck would NEVER have cast her, NEVER
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | August 11, 2019 1:16 AM |
Why not? Davis would've brought box office, if she'd not been so decrepit.
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | August 11, 2019 1:19 AM |
R19 he doesn't need the hassle when you have Jessica Tandy available.
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | August 11, 2019 1:25 AM |