The only reason I’m here is beause I don’t yet have the moral strength to turn down the money. 
- Marlon Brando on Hollywood
Source: Fifty Years of Movie Gossip, The Sydney Morning Herald, Feb 3 1963, Page 32
Marlon Brando did not always get along with his female costars. In at least two cases egos clashed over matters of top billing. A 1957 newspaper reported:
Marlon Brando’s hostility to Elizabeth Taylor during filming of Reflections in a Golden Eye is because even a Brando must take second billing to the 34 going on 35 actress. One of the reasons for the frictions between Sophia Loren and Marlon in the Chaplin picture, A Countess From Hong Kong, was because Sophia was taking second billing to her costar.
Source: Liz Sophia Share Brando’s Hostility, Edmonton Journal, Jan 6 1967, Page 30
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In 1958 newspapers complied a list of the 12 most powerful actors in Hollywood. These men were not under constrictive studio contracts. They demanded the best best roles and highest salaries, and they got them! They were named, the “Golden Dozen”.
From L-R: Marlon Brando, Gary Cooper, Tony Curtis, Kirk Douglas, Clark Gable, Cary Grant, William Holden, Burt Lancaster, Gregory Peck, Frank Sinatra, James Stewart, John Wayne
Source: 12 Kings Rule Hollywood, The Miami News, Oct 6, 1958, Page 89
Rock Hudson and Audrey Hepburn were originally cast in 1957s Sayonara. The parts eventually went to Marlon Brando and Miiko Taka.
Photo: Argentic Photo Collection
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