Then, within 20 seconds, I thought of George.” As producer Allison Abate puts it: "George was born to play this part. He’s the right combination of Cary Grant and Clark Gable. He’s got the debonair, gentlemanly quality of Grant as well as the animalistic, sexy side." Then she adds, “I really believe he could steal some chickens”, which must be one of the strangest things ever said about a star by a producer.
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