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Posted by: Naomi on 2008-04-06
I remember going to see this with Larry when it first came out, it may also have been the first time I'd seen Dustin Hoffman.
Did you know?
- Robert Redford screen-tested with Candice Bergen for the part of Benjamin Braddock but was finally rejected by director Mike Nichols because Nichols did not believe Redford could persuasively project the underdog qualities necessary to the role. When he told this to Redford, the actor asked Nichols what he meant. Well, let's put it this way, said Nichols, Have you ever struck out with a girl? What do you mean? asked Redford. That's precisely my point, said Nichols.
- In Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft's first encounter in the hotel room, Bancroft did not know that Hoffman was going to grab her breast. Hoffman decided offscreen to do it, because it reminded him of schoolboys trying to nonchalantly grab girls' breasts in the hall by pretending to put their jackets on. When Hoffman did it onscreen, director Mike Nichols began laughing loudly offscreen. Hoffman began to laugh as well, so rather than stop the scene, he turned away from the camera and walked to the wall. Hoffman banged his head on the wall, trying to stop laughing, and Nichols thought it was so funny, he left it in.
- In the famous promotional still for this film, Dustin Hoffman is seen in the background framed by Mrs. Robinson's shapely leg. The leg in that photo didn't belong to Anne Bancroft, however; it belonged to a then-unknown model, Linda Gray.
- According to Dustin Hoffman, his friend and former college roommate Gene Hackman was cast as Mr. Robinson but was fired after a few weeks of work.
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thanks for the info.
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