Oh, and he seemed really hung up about not getting Steve McQueen in the lead role - he was supposed to do it but then wouldn't come because they had no role for his then grlfriend and McQueen didn't want to spend all that time away from her. So they ended up with Roy Scheider instead. i for one, am glad they did, I think Roy is just right for the role, but Friedkin was of the opinion that the movie would have done much better at the box office if they'd had McQueen.
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Date: 2011-01-15 01:29 pm (UTC)