Q 01/05
A) Fatal Attraction
B) Single White Female
C) Basic Instinct
D) Sleeping with the Enemy
Answer · why
Single White Female won Leigh the MTV Movie Award for Best Villain, after her character copied her roommate's haircut and wardrobe.
Q 02/05
A) A guitar
B) A banjo
C) A fiddle
D) A harmonica
Answer · why
A guitar made in the 1870s, on loan from the Martin museum, was smashed by a co-star who was never told to swap it for a copy. Leigh's shock on screen...
Q 03/05
A) Full Metal Jacket
B) The Shining
C) Eyes Wide Shut
D) Barry Lyndon
Answer · why
Eyes Wide Shut lost Leigh's turn as Marion, the grieving daughter of a dead patient, when she was busy on another film, so Marie Richardson replaced h...
Q 04/05
A) Jason Miller
B) Jason Evers
C) Jason Wingreen
D) Jason Robards
Answer · why
Jason Robards, a two-time Oscar winner and a friend of her parents, gave Leigh the name she adopted when she dropped Morrow early in her career.
Q 05/05
A) Cabaret
B) Chicago
C) Gypsy
D) Evita
Answer · why
Cabaret was playing in Sam Mendes's revival when Leigh took over Sally Bowles from Natasha Richardson, who originated the role in that production.
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