Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier, behind the scenes of their stage production of Romeo and Juliet, c. 1940
Which of all your leading men did you most sort of, not fall in love with, but found it possible to fall in love with them?
Well, I can say two …well, shall we go backwards in chronological order? Naturally Holden.
Bill Holden?
A wonderful actor and a wonderful man. My mother said he was the handsomest man she’d ever seen. And then I would say Olivier.
Laurence Olivier? You made a film here in Britain with him.
Yes, I’d made one of the first talking pictures here and that was a rugged experience. And Oh, I think we’re going to have a little clip from it…
Yes, we’ve got a clip from it…
Oh, it’s so beautiful…
Olivier was?
Oh…
Yeah…I wish women would look at me like that.
