Elia Kazan's Private Letters: Paul Newman's Masculinity 'More Actual' Than Marlon Brando's — hollywoodreporter.com

This story first appeared in the April 18 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. Kazan had a close relationship with Marlon Brando that spanned decades, but he often expressed doubts about whether the actor was right for a part, as seen in this letter to screenwriter Budd Schulberg about On the Waterfront (for which Kazan, Schulberg and Brando would win Oscars) in which he suggests possibly casting a young Paul Newman.

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