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TIL Cary Grant turned down The Bridge on the River Kwai just to work with Marlon Brando in The Pride and the Passion. But Brando, calling the script “mediocre at best,” bailed. Grant filmed it wit... (faroutmagazine.co.uk)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/PaleontologistRude74 on 2025-02-16 14:52:17.

Original Title: TIL Cary Grant turned down The Bridge on the River Kwai just to work with Marlon Brando in The Pride and the Passion. But Brando, calling the script “mediocre at best,” bailed. Grant filmed it with Sinatra instead, and it flopped, while The Bridge on the River Kwai became an Oscar-winning classic.

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