The book started out talking about Edward Albee's play, and then the journey to film it. Surprisingly, no one really thought Elizabeth would do a great job as Martha. She was too young (32, to Martha's nearly 50), too slim (poor thing had to gain 20 pounds and wear padding), and too pretty to pull off the boozy, flouncy, shrewish Martha. She ended up doing an amazing job, however, and won an Oscar for her performance (Richard was totally cheated, he was also fantastic in this film).
The film was a commercial and critical success, and it seems like the troubles on the set were kept to a minimum somewhat. It was very interesting, I enjoyed the behind the scenes look.
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