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...spoke favorably on numerous occasions, when running for Governor, of both George Wallace and Lester Maddox, two of the foremost symbols of the relationship between racial hatred and political success in the pre-1970s South. More recently, Carter has bitterly attacked Maddox, now one of his most outspoken Georgia critics...
Whatever she expected was not nearly as unnerving as what she got. Accustomed to the deference and more leisurely tempo of old-style Hollywood film makers, she was unprepared for the whirlwind 36-day shooting schedule. Lester's frenetic pace permitted few concessions to star status. Even the canvas chair, that basic symbol of stardom, was not provided; Hepburn had to use an aluminum chair from her trailer...
Another of Hepburn's mishaps became a scene in the picture. She was driving a cart beside a stream. The horse refused to stop and toppled into 6 ft. of muddy water. Lester kept the cameras rolling. Then he wrote a scene in which Robin fishes Marian out and carries her lovingly to the bank...
Aiming for greater realism, Lester kept cutting down on the love story between Robin and Marian, and Hepburn fought to retain some of her best romantic lines with Connery. Says she: "With all those men, I was the one who had to defend the romance in the picture. Somebody had to take care of Marian...
...never made a film so fast and I would like to have had more time," Hepburn says now. "But he is very different-extraordinary, spontaneous. Everything has to be new, practically impromptu." Adds a studio executive, with his own brand of diplomacy: "Audrey could get along with Hitler, but Lester is not in her scrapbook of unforgettable characters...