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Jack Lemmon made a slight change to the script

posted 14 years ago by MissSugarKane
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Only very slight but as classic film fans would know, Billy Wilder/I.A.L. Diamond scripts couldn't be changed as they were always perfection. Jack Lemmon said you couldn't add or take away a word. It would be like trying to ad-lib Shakespeare.

But the line to which Jack Lemmon says in Sig Poliakoff's office "Now you're talking" was originally in the script to be said once but Jack wanted to say it twice, with the emphasis on the word 'now'. Billy agreed and allowed him to say it twice. And it works so well! I love the way he says it.

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[–] heyuactor 14 years ago

Interesting. Jack always knew what he was doing, creatively. It fits the character.

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[–] muppetmollystargleek 11 years ago

The two obviously trusted each other immensely. Together, Jack and Wilder made a number of wonderful films, and though Wilder thought that Lemmon was prone to overdoing it a bit, he was definitely one of his favorite actors.

Lucky for us, huh? Generous of those two giving us such great films. ♥

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