 It was a refreshingly different role for Davis as she played a kind, sympathetic character.William Wyler directed Davis for the third time in Lillian Hellman's "The Little Foxes" (1941), but they clashed over the character of Regina Giddens, a role originally played on Broadway by Tallulah Bankhead (Davis had portrayed in film a role initiated by Bankhead on the stage once before– in "Dark Victory").Wyler encouraged Davis to emulate Bankhead's interpretation of the role, but Davis wanted to make the role her own.