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The Assam Garden (1986)

Deborah Kerr: “I always wanted to look not in the least like me or the character I’ve played so many times. People always expect me to be the same - pretty - pretty, charming, and gentle… That is the awful reign that’s put on you if you have a certain look. The audience doesn’t want you in old gum boots and sloppy hair and an old scarf, slopping around the garden”
Producer Nigel Stafford-Clark: “I could hardly believe that she would take on such a demanding part and one that put years on her, rather than glamorizes her”
Director Mary McMurray: “I always thought she’d be good in it, not because of those rather “English rose” pieces she tends to be associated with, but because of her grittiness”

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