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a professional actor...
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for nine years,
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when lo and behold, l get a call
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from John Houseman.
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John Houseman was under contract
in 1941 to David o Selznick,
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who also had Mr Hitchcock
under contract.
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And Hitch spoke with Houseman
about finding an actor...
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who was unknown
for the part of the saboteur.
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He wanted a young actor.
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In 1941, I was young.
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And he wanted
a certain kind of actor.
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He described it
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and did Houseman
know anyone who might
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be suitable for this part.
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Houseman was good enough
to recommend me
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and then
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called me, and told me that
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Mr Hitchcock would be expecting
my call at the St. Regis
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and would I go up and meet with him.
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l did that.
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He was charming, set me at my ease
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and then set up a test.
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He told me
what the character was like,
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and I selected a scene
from a play called Blind Alley,
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where I played a mad killer.
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And I did the scene.
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l was a very hyper theatre actor
at the time.
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And l understand that the test
was very melodramatic
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and overplayed, and big,
and the whole thing,
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but he saw something he wanted,
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and he cast me.
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(Whistle Blows)
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Here come the wolves.
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l remember the opening scene
of Saboteur.
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lt was, l think,
the first scene l played,