'I was sickeningly awful'


An interesting letter from Alec Guinness to David Lean.

http://www.lettersofnote.com/2011/07/i-was-sickeningly-awful.html




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thanks for this...i read about the difficulties on set through the boards and trivia section...sad that lean chose to retire permanently...

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He didn't retire. He died before making his next film.

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It was a weird casting decision in an overall very good film. Guinness was being honest.🐭

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Somewhat miscast, yes.

But not sickeningly awful. I think he is mildly amusing as that excentric old man.

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Funny you say that. I found Guinness's accent less cringy than Victor Banerjee's. xD

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