Details about Estelle Getty brought to mind Alec Baldwin’s quote highlighted in @Caitlin_D’s review of his memoir Nevertheless (2017): “I realized then that the movies really do enhance certain actors, making them seem like something they really aren’t at all.” In this case, Estelle Getty was made to seem more with it than she actually was: She was just terrible at remembering her lines, causing many re-shoots and delaying production. It’s a wonder she ever considered carrying on by starring in The Golden Palace (1992).
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