| re: “Camino Real” and Paul Newman |
| Posted by: AlanScott 05:09 pm EDT 07/28/22 |
| In reply to: “Camino Real” and Paul Newman - kieran 01:20 am EDT 07/27/22 |
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Just read your post and the ensuing discussion a couple of hours ago. I was immediately skeptical simply given where Newman was as an actor at the time that Camino Real went into rehearsal, much less when it was written and then rewritten. I went searching for more info in several places, and I think the evidence overwhelmingly suggests that Williams did not even know who Paul Newman was when he was writing the play, and that Newman was probably never even considered for the role in the original production. Maybe as understudy, but I doubt even that because I think he probably would have taken that offer over the role of Bomber in Picnic, as that was the role he was originally cast in, although it does seem that he was also the Hal understudy from the beginning.
Eli Wallach was reported in the press as being likely to play the lead in Camino Real 15 months before it opened. |
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