"Lolita" 100% Kubrick stamp, controversial work that still causes debate

Sue Leung's acting career went downhill

Casting the role of Lolita was even more difficult than the role of Humbert. Sandra Dee, who was popular at the time for her work ``It Happened at the Summer Resort '' (1959), was nominated, but her mother was reluctant because of the subject matter, and Joey Heatherton, who was also an active singer, was nominated for the nomination. However, he refused and said, ``I won't allow you to play such a role!'' Brigitte Bardot, also known as "BB", was once proposed, but Nabokov, the original author, rejected the role, saying it was "far from her image."

In the end, Sue Lyon, who appeared on the American television series ``The Loretta Young Show,'' won this difficult role. Kubrick noticed her mature eyes and serious expression, which made it hard to believe she was 13 years old. Su Leong lived up to the director's expectations and played the role of an innocent 14-year-old girl (the original setting of 12 years old was changed from 12 years old to 14 years old because the censorship at the time did not allow expressions that suggested pedophilia). , she plays the role of a 17-year-old young wife who gets married and becomes pregnant. There is no doubt that her nymph-like charm greatly contributes to this work.

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However, after that, Su Leung's acting career went on a downward spiral. At the age of 17, she married Hampton Fancher, known as the screenwriter for `` Blade Runner ,'' as if to imitate the role of Lolita , who was in love with screenwriter Quilty. Afterwards, she divorced and remarried football player Roland Harrison, but divorced again due to her cheating. This time, she falls in love at first sight with Cotton Adamson, who was in prison for robbery and second-degree murder, and marries him, receiving great criticism from the media.

After that, she never appeared on the stage, got married and divorced repeatedly (5 times in total), and quietly faded out from her acting life. In her filmography, which cannot be described as brilliant, ``Lolita'' stands out as a shining light.

Peter Sellers, a genius comedic actor, a talent that Kubrick admired.