 After nearly a year of negotiations, Garbo agreed to renew her contract with MGM on the condition that she would star in "Queen Christina" (1933), and her salary would be increased to per film.The film's screenplay had been written by Salka Viertel; although reluctant to make the movie, MGM relented at Garbo's insistence.For her leading man, MGM suggested Charles Boyer or Laurence Olivier, but Garbo rejected both, preferring her former co-star and lover John Gilbert.