What is the unfathomable fear that lurks in everyday life that Roman Polanski captures in "Rosemary's Baby"? *Note! Contains spoilers.

Farrow became a popular actress after losing Sinatra.

Mia Farrow wasn't actually Polanski's first choice. However, Farrow's emaciated, vagrant-like appearance, which he feared was effective in playing Rosemary, who rapidly declines in the second half of the story. The previous year, in 1966, Farrow had just married Frank Sinatra (Sinatra was 50 years old and Farrow was 21 years old at the time), and Sinatra, who had asked his wife to retire from acting, was on the set of ``Rosemary''. will send you divorce papers. Robert Evans once again offers his favorite bait to Farrow, who is at a loss. He showed Farrow a rough cut of the film and declared it a surefire Oscar nominee. Although Mia Farrow ultimately missed out on being nominated, she took this opportunity to make a breakthrough. She became a popular actress representing the 1960s and 1970s.

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Also, one of the roles Polanski wanted to play Rosemary was Sharon Tate. Polanski and Tate married on January 20, 1968, shortly after the film was released in New York. However, the following summer, 1969, Tate was brutally murdered by followers of cult leader Charles Manson. At that time, she was eight months pregnant. The painfully ironic reality that struck Polanski, who ultimately touched on the themes of pregnancy and motherhood through Rosemary, who is pregnant with the devil's child. He may have been the one who physically experienced the never-ending fear that continued into everyday life.

Text: Kiyoto Kiyoto

Transitioned from the apparel industry to a movie writer. He regularly writes reviews for Eiga.com, Pia, J.COM Magazine, Tokyo Walker, Yahoo! News personal "Kiyoto Seito's Cinema Gym", etc. She has written books such as ``Learn from Audrey's Stylish Practice Book'' (published by Kindai Eigasha), which utilizes her knowledge of fashion. Currently in charge of commentary on BS10 Star Channel's movie information program "More Movies."

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