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Kathy Bates says Garry Marshall declined to cast her in movie because her kissing a man 'would not be romantic'

Kathy Bates says Garry Marshall declined to cast her in the film adaptation of 'Frankie and Johnny,' in a role she originated on the stage, because of her looks: 'Me actually kissing a man onscreen — that would not be romantic.'

Kathy Bates claims the late Garry Marshall declined to cast her in the film adaptation of Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, in a role she originated on the stage, because of her looks. As for how she reacted: "Well, I’ve always had that," Bates said, recalling the time she learned that her father had told her acting teacher in her hometown of Tennessee, "You know, she’s not conventionally attractive.” Michelle Pfeiffer was cast opposite Al Pacino in the film adaptation, centered on a short-order cook at a New York diner fresh from prison who begins a romance with a waitress.

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