Albee Reveals What He Thinks About The Virginia Woolf? Movie
Categories: Celebs  Edward Albee loves the blisteringly good
current Broadway revival of his landmark play Who's Afraid of
Virginia Woolf?, but I had always heard he didn't care for the
1966 movie version starring Richard Burton and Liz Taylor as the
bickering campus marrieds George and Martha.  You know, the
flick that was nominated for 12 Oscars and won four.  Well, The
Gay & Lesbian Review asked Albee about it and he replied:  "I
originally wanted Bette Davis and they promised me James Mason,
for the parts."  The interviewer, Michael Ehrhardt, points how
how meta that casting would have been, since the very first
scene has Martha quoting Bette Davis's line "What a dump!" and
then discussing it with hubby.  Ehrhardt then asks if it's true
that James Mason lost the role because he wanted too much money.
Replies Albee: "No, that's bullshit.  "The perfectly simple
reason is that Richard and Liz were getting married at the time,
and the studio thoug