Cary Grant: 10 Facts About Characters and Roles

1. #009

   In his later years, Cary Grant said that the character he played in Father Goose (1964) came closest to his real personality.

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2. #057

   Alfred Hitchcock briefly considered Cary Grant for the role of Mitch Brenner in The Birds (1963), but decided against using the actor, who was too expensive, believing that the birds and Hitchcock's name were the biggest draws.

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3. #060

   In June 1968, after the assassination of his friend Robert F. Kennedy, Cary Grant made a public call for gun control.

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4. #061

   Cary Grant was director Howard Hawks's first choice to star in Man's Favorite Sport? (1964), but he turned it down because he was 59 years old and his co-star Paula Prentiss was 25.

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5. #080

   Alfred Hitchcock wanted Cary Grant for the lead in Foreign Correspondent (1940), but Grant was busy with Only Angels Have Wings (1939).

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6. #081

   Alfred Hitchcock initially planned for Cary Grant to play the publisher and Montgomery Clift to play Brandon in Rope (1948). However, the implicit acknowledgment of the homosexual relationship between Leopold and Loeb and a similar bond between Hamilton's killers persuaded Grant and Clift to stay away from the project to avoid long-term commercial repercussions.

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7. #085

   Alfred Hitchcock initially wanted Cary Grant to star in Torn Curtain (1966), but Grant told him he was too old.

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8. #087

   Cary Grant was the original choice to play Rupert Cadell in Rope (1948), but he was unavailable, so the role went to James Stewart instead (Grant would later take Stewart's place as the lead in North by Northwest (1959)). Rope (1948) contains references to Grant and to the earlier Hitchcock film Notorious (1946), in which he starred with Ingrid Bergman.

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9. #097

   Alfred Hitchcock wanted him for the lead role in Spellbound (1945).

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10. #122

    He was considered for the lead role in Bicycle Thieves (1948).

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