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Do you think Audrey knew about the kinky...

posted 13 years ago by SiggieHolmes
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...subplot when she agreed to do this film?

Now put that gun down Heidi! You’re not solving anything by massacring people!

[–] lorddeseiz 12 years ago

I doubt it, never seen this movie untill today, found it cheap in DVD store and because of Audrey i bought it. She does try her best and all that but it didnt help much.
The sex parts didnt even have anything to do with the story apart that it gave the inspector a target, wich could have easily been done without having to revert to cheap naked scenes. Meh, another bad buy, but oh well.
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[–] enfilmigult 11 years ago

Reportedly she was unaware of that and tried to get out of this movie when she found out, but was unable to. I have no idea how reliable that account is, however.

[–] cookiela2001 9 years ago

Reportedly she was unaware of that and tried to get out of this movie when she found out, but was unable to. I have no idea how reliable that account is, however.

The million dollar salary would have been a powerful inducement...but I can't imagine she didn't read the script OR the novel before agreeing to appear in it. I mean, please...she was an intelligent woman who was notorious for turning down many scripts.

We're supposed to believe she said, "Sure I'll do your movie! Woooooo! No need to show me the script, just tell me when and where AND I'M THERE!"

I imagine that story's bogus...and she just made up that excuse/defense when the movie tanked.

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[–] persistenceofvision 9 years ago

This is the article which is mentioned in the Trivia section, which says she didn't know:

http://www.slantmagazine.com/house/article/the-secret-bloodline-of-audrey-hepburn

Not sure how much faith to put in this. However, the same year Caligula came out, and the original script that Gielgud and the rest of the cast signed up for was entirely rewritten and hardcore footage was spliced in, so it may not be impossible.

[–] enfilmigult 8 years ago

I can see how that would be hard to believe. Purportedly though, she signed up without reading it as a favor to Terence Young, whose own career wasn't doing very well at the time (they'd worked together before). So, misplaced trust I guess.

[–] ElizabethJoestar (930) 2 years ago

From what I've read, she was not aware of the kinky subplot. She had apparently read the book and was put off by all the sex scenes, but was assured by either the film's producers or by Terence Young (who was a long time friend of hers) that these scenes would be cut. They might have not planned to use the snuff film subplot but changed their minds while filming in order to add shock value.