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Message: [QUOTE="Redux, post: 3943476, member: 11089"] EDIT: Not Errol Flynn. He was offered and would have killed for it but Warners wanted full distribution rights and at that point Selznik didn't want to give that up. Of course he wound up giving up even more than that to MGM. Some key points. The actor in question was not going to be[I] allowed[/I] to do the movie when he made those comments, which thus could be considered sour grapes. He would have had to break a contract with Goldwyn and he was (contrary to some outside bravado) very insecure as an actor and was not going to do that. In fact he later said his real reason for turning it down was he didn't see himself as a smooth kind of character, much more rough-hewn. Despite all that he regretted turning it down the rest of his life, though he was very complimentary of Gable's performance.. Finally, it's been years since I read the novel, but my opinion then and that of many was that this guy was closer to Rhett Butler as written than was Gable (though Gable was the public's first choice). You have to remember that he was Selznik's first choice over Gable. [/QUOTE]