Tuesday Weld

She was director Roman Polanski's first choice for the leading role in O Bebê de Rosemary (1968) because he thought her pure American looks would contrast well with the film's dark undertones. The studio preferred Mia Farrow, however, who had become a star on the enormously popular nighttime soap opera A Caldeira do Diabo (1964). A few years later Polanski wanted her to star in his film version of Macbeth (1971). She lost the part when she refused to do a nude sleepwalking scene. The role was eventually played by Francesca Annis.

I do not ever want to be a huge star. Do you think I want a success? I refused Bonnie e Clyde: Uma Rajada de Balas (1967) because I was nursing at the time but also because deep down I knew that it was going to be a huge success. The same was true of "Bob and Carol and Fred and Sue" or whatever it was called [Bob, Carol, Ted E Alice (1969)]. It reeked of success.