Trivia of Laurence Olivier
Trivia of Laurence Olivier *He is considered by many people to be the greatest English-speaking actor of the twentieth century. *He was chosen to play Antonio in Queen Christina (1933) but was rejected by Greta Garbo after an initial meeting at the studio. The role later went to Garbo's former lover John Gilbert, whose career had hit bottom after the advent of sound. In his autobiography "Confessions of an Actor", Olivier says that he understands why she behaved the way she did, but in Felix Barker's 1953 "The Oliviers - A Biography", it was plain that Olivier and his career were hurt by being rejected by the biggest star in Hollywood. Olivier had had to sail from England to America, and then sail back, all under the harsh glare of the Hollywood publicity machine. *He was the first person to direct himself to a Best Actor Academy Award (in Hamlet (1948)). *Laurence Olivier was married three times, but his best-known marriage was to actress Vivien Leigh (Gond...