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Yul Brynner stopped Charlton Heston from upstaging him in The Ten Commandments

Posted: December 29, 2023 at 9:18 pm   /   Movies

Yul Brynner was incredibly proud to star in The Ten Commandments, one of the few of his movies that he truly loved and he wasn’t going to le Charlton Heston upstage him in the biblical epic. Daily Express :: Films Feed

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Ingrid Bergman regretted turning down Charlton Heston, replacement was ‘driven to valium’

Posted: November 11, 2023 at 9:18 am   /   Movies

Ingrid Bergman may have had a lucky escape when she rejected an offer to star with Charlton Heston in Planet of the Apes – but she always believed it would have “liberated her” from her greatest prison. Daily Express :: Films Feed

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Charlton Heston knew of the mind-robbing condition ahead of him – signs of Alzheimer’s

Posted: April 9, 2023 at 10:21 am   /   Health

Charlton Heston lived alongside his Alzheimer’s diagnosis for nearly six years. Daily Express :: Health Feed

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Yul Brynner refused to let Charlton Heston upstage him in The Ten Commandments

Posted: April 8, 2023 at 10:19 am   /   Movies

Yul Brynner’s ego antagonised co-stars from Steve McQueen to Ingrid Bergman but starring opposite the towering Charlton Heston took it to a new level in Cecil B DeMille’s Ten Commandments. Daily Express :: Films Feed

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John Wayne beat Charlton Heston in incredibly controversial casting for historical epic

Posted: March 25, 2023 at 10:18 am   /   Movies

John Wayne’s controversial casting in the historic movie epic over Charlton Heston also saw Duke “punish” the film’s producer for publicly insulting him. Daily Express :: Films Feed

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Sophia Loren drove Charlton Heston so crazy he demanded a body double for many scenes

Posted: May 24, 2022 at 10:18 pm   /   Movies

SOPHIA LOREN drove most men wild with desire, but sent Charlton Heston so crazy with anger while they were filming El Cid that he refused to look at her during their love scenes and demanded a body double whenever possible. Daily Express :: Films Feed

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Yul Brynner made sure Charlton Heston didn’t upstage him in The Ten Commandments

Posted: April 17, 2022 at 10:19 am   /   Movies

YUL BRYNNER famously feuded with everyone from Steve McQueen to Ingrid Bergman and he went to great lengths not to be outshone by Charlton Heston in Cecil B DeMille’s Biblical epic The Ten Commandments. Daily Express :: Films Feed

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Charlton Heston ‘hated’ Sophia Loren ‘He couldn’t look at her during El Cid love scenes’

Posted: December 31, 2021 at 9:18 am   /   Movies

CHARLTON HESTON couldn’t bear to even look at Sophia Loren while they were filming El Cid. But it was the fiery Italian screen siren who sued the producers when the film was released. Daily Express :: Films Feed

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The Ten Commandments: How close to the Bible story is Charlton Heston film?

Posted: April 12, 2020 at 10:22 pm   /   Movies

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS is a Bible story known by many – but how close is the 1956 movie to the story? Daily Express :: Films Feed

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Hollywood’s Last Icon: The inner demons of Ben Hur star Charlton Heston

Posted: April 3, 2017 at 10:27 am   /   Books

ON A warm autumn morning in 2003 Charlton Heston slid behind the wheel of his vintage Corvette, gunned the engine, and sped from his mansion high in the Hollywood Hills down Coldwater Canyon toward Paramount Studios just 20 minutes away. Daily Express :: Books Feed

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