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I just watched a documentary on Ms. Leigh.... Olivier also wanted ...

her to play the Mrs. DeWinter role in Rebecca but Hitchcock prevailed as certainly Vivien was FAR too beautiful to play the "mousey" second Mrs. DeWinter. Vivien would have been better suited to Rebecca herself IF such a role existed.... As far as GWTW goes, Ms. Leigh told everyone she knew that she WOULD be cast and she was.... I can't think of anyone else in both of those key roles. I believe when the book came out, the public had already made it's voice known that the only Rhett they would accept was Gable. They both were perfection... The only weak piece of casting in the film IMO was Ashley... I have NEVER been able to understand why Scarlett would prefer Ashley to Rhett and I believe it was due to the casting of Leslie Howard. If say Randolph Scott had been cast instead, THEN you might see more of a competition between the two male characters....


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