![]() ![]() Out of all of the editors Kasdan met for Body Heat, Littleton was the only one who used the term "film noir" in their discussion. KASDAN HIRED EDITOR CAROL LITTLETON BECAUSE HE WANTED A STRONG FEMALE PERSPECTIVE. ![]() When Rourke got the one-day gig, he was able to quit his job as a bouncer at a transvestite nightclub. Mickey Rourke had already appeared in 1941 (1979) and Heaven's Gate (1980), but told Larry King that his breakthrough came from playing Teddy Lewis in Body Heat. So I’m much more careful not to allow myself to be in that kind of position anymore. I’ll never forgive this person for breaking my bubble. It really hurt, because every time the three of us went off to talk and to rehearse, I’d be thinking, Who’s seeing this? You know-what are they thinking? It was rotten. "I thought, Jesus Christ, this is what people are saying?" she said. One day while shooting, Turner was told by her agent that he heard she was having an affair with both Hurt and Kasdan. RUMORS FLEW ABOUT TURNER, HURT, AND KASDAN. But she also admitted that she would shake and cry in her dressing room after shooting almost every "heavy" scene. When the tension got to be too much, Turner said that she and Hurt would have races up and down the lawn and/or jump into the water. THEY TRIED TO BREAK THE TENSION ON SET, BUT IT WAS SOMETIMES TOO MUCH. When the two shot their sex scene, the crew was dressed in duffel coats and scarves. Turner and Hurt had to put ice cubes in their mouths before each take so their breath wouldn't show. The film was shot during a cold Florida winter. IT WAS SHOT IN FLORIDA-AND IT WAS VERY, VERY COLD. Kasdan once again showed gumption and stood up to an executive, despite his greenness in the industry. ALAN LADD DEMANDED THAT WILLIAM HURT SHAVE HIS MUSTACHE. I swear to God that turned them around." 4. I got down on my hands and knees and started picking them up-'This is the most embarrassed I’ve ever been in my life.' And they laughed. The butts went all over this white rug, scattered. I was standing there with the script and one of the vice-presidents said, 'Do drunk.' So I was doing drunk and I threw the script onto the table and it knocked into the ashtray and I watched it fly across the room. "It was all white on white on white-white sofa, white rug, blonde wood-and there was this huge ashtray in the middle of the table that was filled with cigarette butts-it was as if they had been sitting there all day, smoking and talking about the girl. ![]() ![]() "I went into this room at The Ladd Company," Turner recalled. When Turner came back the next day to read a new scene, Kasdan admitted to her that he never thought he would ever hear the scene as he heard it in his head until just then.Īfter 20th Century Fox gave up on Kasdan and dropped the project because he wouldn't cast known stars, The Ladd Company wasn't convinced that Turner could handle the "lightness" of the movie. "I was able to see her and read for her and she got quite excited." to read for some female mud-wrestling film-thank God I was not right for that part at all-and there was a woman casting Body Heat there," Turner explained. INITIALLY, KATHLEEN TURNER WAS NOT ALLOWED TO AUDITION FOR IT.Īs Turner remembered it later to Playboy, the filmmakers refused to let her audition for the role of Matty. "I didn't think I'd be convincing as a seedy lawyer." Reeve later regretted the decision, but was happy that his friend, William Hurt, was cast in the role instead. "I put myself down too much," Reeve told The Washington Post of the missed opportunity. CHRISTOPHER REEVE TURNED DOWN THE ROLE OF NED. "It has everything to do with what kind of person you are." Kasdan said it was the most important thing anyone ever told him about directing. "Making movies has nothing to do with the technical stuff," Lucas told Kasdan. Lucas also helped Kasdan by spending one day in the editing room and giving him "the most useful" pep talk. Lucas gave Alan Ladd, Jr.-whose The Ladd Company was producing the film-$250,000 to use if Kasdan went over budget. So George Lucas agreed to sponsor Kasdan, but he wouldn't put the Lucasfilm name on Kasdan's movie because it was too dirty. Though Lawrence Kasdan had made a name for himself as a writer, he was an untested director. In true femme fatale tradition, she convinces Ned to murder her husband, Edmund, and make him think it was his idea. The 1981 neo-noir classic that's celebrating its 35th anniversary starred Kathleen Turner in her feature film debut as Matty Walker, a woman who has an affair with weak-willed lawyer Ned Racine (William Hurt). After penning The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Lawrence Kasdan took advantage of his newfound fame by asking for-and receiving-the opportunity to make his directorial debut with Body Heat. ![]()
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