JACK LEMMON TALKS TO MICHAEL PARKINSON ABOUT MARILYN MONROE MARCH 28 1987 SOME LIKE IT HOT

[@MoonColouredDemon]

I love that Jack saw Marilyn as she was: brilliant, funny, intelligent

[@jenniferpower981]

Jack Lemmon was a wonderful talent,and a Gentleman,showing his kind nature,empathy,and respect,when he talked about Marilyn,unlike Curtis and Olivier.

[@Revolution1117]

Yes, Jack was always a class act, unlike Tony Curtis. He was none to kind about working with Marilyn, saying after she passed that "Kissing her was like kissing Hitler". Such an ass...

[@simplytruth9729]

Thank you Jack for being so kind with Marilyn's memory. People struggle. They want to do well but it is hard being human.

[@iconslegends5230]

great Lemmon and magical Marilyn

[@normadesmond6017]

Jack Lemmon knew how great she was and respected the effort it took her to do her thing. Tony Curtis had no idea and his comments later in liife about this movie and about her were disgusting.

[@blueskygal255]

yes and then the creep tried to deny it but he made those comments in front of many ppl.

[@normadesmond6017]

@@blueskygal255 yes, he did. And when he was getting old he was in all sort of documentaries denying it and saying he was "her friend."

[@user-zc4mp5cw5n]

@@blueskygal255 please, don't stop speak so about Tony. That's his life, her life, let's rest in peace the both. Please🙏.

[@blueskygal255]

@@user-zc4mp5cw5n u just address my comments not all the others. Tony Curtis was not a nice man and I can say it if I wish. Grow up.

[@user-zc4mp5cw5n]

@@blueskygal255 Excuse me, may I ask you, did you know him personally? they are no longer there, let's remember them only well. God will forgive them everything, I'm sure. let's have mercy and remember them only well. when a person who died is badly remembered, then it is bad for him there in the next world. Please respect their memory! We still watch films with their participation and enjoy their work in these films.

[@guitarman6742]

Tony Curtis was short. He had the attitude that goes along with it, for many people.

[@bravesoul5743]

Short?! Hes not!

[@TheRealBookofJoshua]

@Spam Houston The standard height for men in the USA and UK is still 5,9". It's a normal height.

[@rickrick5041]

He said he was 5’ 11”

[@watching..........6494]

Marilyn Monroe is very unconventional ,that's why she so wonderful .

[@Vincent50]

Tony and Olivier spoke truth of how they felt about Marilyn. She was a mess and that worked on many folks nerves as it would’ve worked on mine. Yes she was beautiful and all and the finished movies were good but good grief having to deal with her mental state was too much for many. Jack said it nicely but he too had to deal with her weirdness. She wanted to be this actress who was taken seriously and wanted meaty parts but she couldn’t keep her life together having mental illness, dependence on coaches and psychiatrist who pumped her with pills, and her love for booze. Her time ran out because the movie she got fired from then rehired looking at the takes she just couldn’t remember her lines regardless how beautiful she looked. She had the IT thing but didn’t know how to embrace it and love it better yet Marilyn didn’t love Marilyn.

[@soxnation1000]

I'm sure she was not the easiest to deal with given her mental illnesses. Saying she was difficult to work with would have been one thing. But the condescending, cowardly comments from Olivier that Marilyn was a "dumb blonde" who didn't know anything about acting and was only happy showing off her body showed how he only knew how to detest her, and had no understanding of all the suffering she was dealing with. I find it interesting that Marilyn's female costars like Jane Russell and Betty Grable were often more understanding...I think women could more easily empathize with all the suffering Marilyn had to endure as a woman all alone in a tough business with no family or anyone she could trust.

[@badpuppy09]

They were JEALOUS!

[@badpuppy09]

Love Jack Lemmon! He didn't mention here that long train scene was done in one take. Marilyn seemed to have more trouble w 2 word dialog, then longer bits. Tony Curtis had a big ego. I think he liked and disliked Marilyn. He later said things that weren't true to enhance hus friendship with her. I love Tony aside from that. He was great. All three were wonderfully talented!

[@m.lymann2185]

That generation of actors are all gone. Today's actor are just pitifully narcissistic and rude

[@TheRealBookofJoshua]

Why Billy Wilder didn't have Monroe dub "Where's that bourbon?" in the studio later, l have no idea. Was he enjoying watching her struggle???

[@denisferrara5298]

If you watch the film that's exactly what he does. And there was no need for forty takes. She walks into the room, turns her back and looks through a chest of drawers, then says "where's that bourbon?" Lemmon and Curtis are not even seen in that particular moment--so for that bit of business there was no need for them to be standing around in high heels. I think MM and Wilder were in the midst of some sort of power play.

[@TheRealBookofJoshua]

@@denisferrara5298 l think you might be right.

[@oscarfun100]

@@denisferrara5298 In that scene, that moment, when Marilyn turns back and says something about Shell oil, you can even see a clear editing cut. I guess they just couldn't shoot the whole scene at once with her.

[@giangvo7555]

I don’t think Marilyn would want that, Marilyn loved acting and took acting very serious but her psychological problems made it very difficult for her to focus on set, despite that she still tried hard to make the best out of it. So telling her “hey you can’t even say two lines properly so let us just dub you” would be insulting to her (although they eventually did dub her in that scene). Remember she was the one who stopped the scene and insisted on refilming it again and again, she really wanted to do well.

[@Portrait-in-Black]

@@giangvo7555 The fact that they redubbed the scene in the end anyway says it all - they should have done that to begin with, even without Monroe knowing that that would be the final outcome. But maybe Wilder was humoring Monroe and letting her "get her way" because she was unstable and he didn't want to rock the boat. I think you might be right in her insisting on doing take after take though Wilder has never said that specifically.

[@kellythomas90]

She was a KOOK !!!