| When Richie went to Paris to star as Louis XVIin a new film about the French Revolution, hehad every reason to expect adulation and con-trol of the final picture. He had, after all, beena Hollywood star for decades. He was knownthroughout the world for his romantic leadingroles, played with charm and elegance and thebest English high-style. Even in his fifties he wasthe actor women swooned over, the man withthe come-hither smile, "The King."And besides, his co-stars were Kate, his wife,who would play Louis s mistress, and their closefriend, Annie Logan, cast as Marie Antoinette.There was no doubt whom they would look tofor authority, was there? And then Sigler arrives: Doug Sigler, the direc- tor, a savage young new-wave filmmaker who believes in total realism in his movies and total command on his sets. The company holds its breath waiting for the explosion that is sure to come--and they are not disappointed. But even they cannot predict the ferocity of the war that is about to erupt. And meanwhile the film rolls on, inexorable, gathering speed and momentum. The story of the revolution becomes daily more obsessive for the actors, and we, too, are drawn into its power. So real does the King and his entourage become that almost before we know it, we are |
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