Micki & Maude (1984)

Wissenswertes

Micki & Maude is a 1984 American romantic comedy film directed by Blake Edwards and starring Dudley Moore. It co-stars actress and dancer Ann Reinking as Micki Salinger and Amy Irving as Maude Guillory Salinger.

Production

The script was written by playwright Jonathan Reynolds. "I initially thought that the guy would be perceived as terrible," said Reynolds. "The biggest trick was to make him not be a swine. If you'd had Errol Flynn or Warren Beatty in that role you would've been in big trouble." So Reynolds stressed the protagonist Rob Salinger's devotion to children and to make it clear he was very much in love with both wives.

Blake Edwards was not originally available to direct. When Edwards left City Heat, he moved on to Micki and Maude. "I feel I do my best work with him," said Dudley Moore. "He lets me go. He doesn't force me to feel that I'm not doing the right thing."

The original version was set in New York and Reynolds says it was "sort of a slam-bang farce, with a very zippy pace." The director, said Reynolds, made it "much sweeter", slowed the pace and introduced the idea of one wife, Maude Guillory Salinger (Amy Irving), having a wrestler father. Hard Boiled Haggerty, a professional wrestler, was subsequently cast as Maude's father and Rob's father-in-law, Barkhas Guillory.

Along with Haggerty, the film features cameos from professional wrestlers Gene LeBell, Chief Jay Strongbow, Big John Studd, and André the Giant. Although the main cast also includes Wallace Shawn, it would not be until The Princess Bride in which he and André would work together onscreen.

Amy Irving later stated, "The role was difficult for me. It's not my forte to do comedy. You feel so exposed when you first try to do it, afraid that you'll appear ridiculous."

Auf Wikipedia weiterlesen · Text aus Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Daten aus Wikidata.