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Jul 28, 2021 · “But ultimately, we got our revenge.” Read on for Warren’s detailed memories of filming Clue, fitting into that dress, the rumor of a “lost” ending, and her thoughts on a reboot.
Apr 20, 2022 · Clips featuring the lovely Ms Warren in the 1985 comedy who-done-it starring Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn, Christopher Lloyd, Michael McKean, Martin Mull, and Colleen Camp.
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Similar to the mischievous storyline of Clue, many of the inner-workings behind the scenes were also not as they appeared, including her memorable dress. Designed by Michael Kaplan, Warren says...
Miss Scarlet : Maybe there is life after death. Mrs. White : Life after death is as improbable as sex after marriage! Wadsworth : The key is gone! Professor Plum : Never mind about the key, unlock the door!
- John Landis Was The Original Director.
- Landis Wanted Tom Stoppard to Write The script.
- Carrie Fisher Was The Original Miss Scarlet.
- Tim Curry Was The Third Choice For Wadsworth The Butler.
- Colleen Camp Had to Fight Hard For The Role of Yvette.
- Mrs. White’s Role Got Larger When Madeline Kahn Came aboard.
- The Dialogue Pacing Was Inspired by His Girl Friday.
- The Characters' Cars Match Their Names.
- Lesley Ann Warren’s Corset Was So Tight, She Couldn’T Sit down.
- The Film’S Most Famous Speech Was Improvised.
An American Werewolf in London director John Landis crafted the original premise for Clue—a group of strangers, all being blackmailed, stuck in a mansion as a murder mystery unfolds around them—and initially planned to direct it himself. After commissioning Jonathan Lynn—at the time a Hollywood unknown best known for British TV work like Yes Minist...
Though Landis had the initial framework for the film in place, what he didn’t have was an actual solution to the mystery, so he set out to get a “real writer,” and approached famed playwright Tom Stoppard. Stoppard worked for a year on the script before giving up and returning his paycheck, so Landis went to the great Stephen Sondheim (Into the Woo...
In the film’s original cast, its biggest star was Carrie Fisher. Days before she was supposed to show up for rehearsals, though, Fisher entered rehab. At the time, Lynn and Fisher both hoped she could work out a schedule that would allow her to receive treatment and do the film at the same time, but Clue’s insurers were having none of that, so the ...
When considering who would play the butler at the center of the story, Lynn initially wanted Leonard Rossiter (Barry Lyndon), who at the time was starring in a London production of Loot that Lynn was also involved in. Unfortunately, Rossiter died on October 5, 1984 (he passed away in his dressing room while preparing to go on stage for a performanc...
According to Colleen Camp, the role of Yvette the maid was a coveted one in Hollywood, and everyone from Jennifer Jason Leigh to Madonna was interested in the part. Determined to win it for herself, Camp showed up to her audition in a rented maid’s outfit and won the role.
According to Lynn, the role of Mrs. White was “underwritten” in the first draft of the script. When comedy legend Madeline Kahn—famous for the duel triumphs of Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles—became interesting in the part, Lynn went back and expanded the role.
Lynn set the film in New England in 1954, deliberately recalling tones of old Hollywood, and he wanted his cast to keep that in mind. Before they started shooting, Lynn screened for his cast the classic Cary Grant/Rosalind Russell film His Girl Friday, a film famous for its rapid-fire dialogue. “He wanted us all to have that cadence, that very clip...
Each of the main characters’ classic cars reflects the color given in their name. So when we first see Miss Scarlet, she’s by the side of the road next to a red car, then Professor Plum gets a plum-colored car, Colonel Mustard’s car is yellow, Mrs. Peacock’s is blue, and so on.
Because Miss Scarlet’s dress was so tight, and costume designer Michael Kaplan dressed her in boned corsets, Lesley Ann Warren had difficulty sitting down while in costume, or really moving much at all. While the rest of the cast was enjoying games of pool in the billiard room, she was leaning against a board. "To rest in that dress was a challenge...
Lynn was not a fan of improvisation, and wanted his actors to stick to his script. One star in particular wasn’t a big fan of that, though: Madeline Kahn. So when Mrs. White is supposed to talk about how much she hated Yvette, Kahn lets loose a riff involving “flames” on the side of her face, and it was so good it just had to stay in the movie. “Al...
It's all in the construction. The bodice (everything above the waist) has boning from the waist to just under the bust, and there's a bra built-in for the bust itself. These work together to keep everything upright. A well-constructed dress that's fitted properly doesn't need anything else.
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She also played Miss Scarlet in the movie version of the board game Clue (1985). Award-worthy TV roles for Lesley with a Golden Globe performance as a successful madam in the miniseries Harold Robbins' 79 Park Avenue (1977).
