PICKING A DAISY: According to Richard Zanuck, co-producer of"Driving Miss Daisy," there were a number of actresses who wanted toplay the role of Miss Daisy. "We got calls from agents," he said."They called and suggested we see people like Katharine Hepburn andBette Davis. . . . We had a lot of volunteers, and a lot of themwere younger actresses." It was Zanuck's idea to offer the role toJessica Tandy, who was to win an Academy Award for best actress.Her age did play a part. She was 80 when production began on thefilm. "If we had hired a younger woman, we would have had to have hergo through an aging process," said Zanuck. "The film begins when MissDaisy is 72, and …
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