Breakfast at Tiffany's

2022 - 12 - 26

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Patricia Neal 'hated' her Breakfast at Tiffany's co-star and had to ... (Fortnite)

Patricia Neal confessed her Breakfast at Tiffany's co-star was 'so cold and conceited' to the point that director Blake Edwards almost punched them on set.

We were trying to block a scene and George wanted to change everything that Blake had planned, and George got so terrible that Blake almost hit him. In retrospect, the director said: “Looking back, I wish I had never done it ... The 2E star said: “I had done scenes with George at the Actors Studio. Despite its critical and commercial success, Breakfast at Tiffany’s has been criticised for Mickey Rooney’s yellow-face portrayal of Mr Yunioshi in the decades since. Initially, the actress said she had initially enjoyed working with him but after a near-violent moment on set her mind was entirely changed. However, The Magnificent Seven star was under contract elsewhere and it would be his replacement that both leading ladies could not stand on set.

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Patricia Neal reveals she started 'hating' George Peppard on the ... (Economic Times)

Patricia Neal, who featured in Breakfast at Tiffany's, started 'hating her co-star George Peppard while shooting the film and heres the reason why.

The views expressed here are that of the respective authors/ entities and do not represent the views of Economic Times (ET). [George](/topic/george)would be in it together, but it didn't take her long to realise that since she last saw him, he had become so aloof and egotistical. The author of Fifth Avenue, 5 AM: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the Dawn of the Modern Woman, Sam Wasson, quotes that Neal was an extremely vocal person and talked about her experience of working with the leading man in the film. Initially, the actress explained that she enjoyed working with the male co-star. The Magnificent Seven star, however, was under contract somewhere else, and both leading ladies would be unable to work without him. [Patricia Neal](/topic/patricia-neal)featured in Breakfast at Tiffany’s in 1961 as Mrs Emily Eustace “2E” Failensen opposite Audrey Hepburn’s café society girl Holly Golightly.

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