The actors who starred in the 1963 classic remember drinks with Dirk, ridiculous beehives – and a director with a foot fetish
Sarah Miles, actor
My agent was a man called Robin Fox. I was in a relationship with his son, Willy, an officer in the Coldstream Guards, who later changed his name to James. I'd already been offered the part of Vera the maid, so I said: "I won't do it unless you audition Willy for the role of the aristocrat." Nobody could have done it better. Dirk was suggesting Willy, too. And he was brilliant.
People still come up to me and say how that scene where I'm on the kitchen table, with a tap dripping, is the sexiest scene. But I didn't see anything sexy about it. It was just a very innocent, simple scene. I got up on a table and tapped my tummy – what's sexy about that?...
Sarah Miles, actor
My agent was a man called Robin Fox. I was in a relationship with his son, Willy, an officer in the Coldstream Guards, who later changed his name to James. I'd already been offered the part of Vera the maid, so I said: "I won't do it unless you audition Willy for the role of the aristocrat." Nobody could have done it better. Dirk was suggesting Willy, too. And he was brilliant.
People still come up to me and say how that scene where I'm on the kitchen table, with a tap dripping, is the sexiest scene. But I didn't see anything sexy about it. It was just a very innocent, simple scene. I got up on a table and tapped my tummy – what's sexy about that?...
- 3/27/2013
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
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