:05:03
in which I had a great director,
a great master to guide me through.
:05:09
I walked in the door and...
:05:10
now this is what he said,
because I don't use this language.
:05:13
He said, "Jane, you're going
to make a hell of a Vashti Snythe."
:05:18
I said, "I beg your pardon?"
:05:21
He said, "You're going to be Vashti Snythe
in Giant."
:05:24
I said, "Oh, my land alive! "
:05:27
I said, "No, Mr. Stevens.
:05:29
"When I said I wanted
to share thoughts with you...
:05:31
"I meant about the book
and the different characters."
:05:34
He said,
"You'll get a good chance to find out...
:05:37
"because we're going to be
on the picture for quite a while."
:05:40
I said, "No! I'm a mama now,
and I take care of three kids.
:05:43
"I haven't worked in a long time."
:05:45
He said, "We'll have to do something
about changing that."
:05:48
It's an interesting story,
how he came to this cast.
:05:51
I don't know all of the details...
:05:54
because I was apart from it
when the casting was going on.
:05:57
I know
that he talked with Audrey Hepburn.
:06:00
I understand he talked with Grace Kelly.
:06:02
There was talk of Bill Holden.
:06:05
Why those didn't work out,
or whether they did...
:06:08
those two parts
were very sought-after parts.
:06:13
But what I think is fascinating
about the film, when you think ofit...
:06:18
is that he chose to go forward with...
:06:22
Rock Hudson, who was 28,
Elizabeth Taylor, who was 23...
:06:26
and James Dean, who was 23...
:06:28
to play a story that covers 30 years.
:06:32
Let's see, 1955?
:06:34
I was 29, I think.
:06:40
29, yeah.
:06:43
And I had to be....
:06:45
In the movie I had to be in the young 20s,
23 or 24 or 25.
:06:51
And then middle age, I guess 45 to 50.
:06:55
And then older age,
I guess 65 to 70, about.