J-C or anyone in the know - question:
were Grayson and Ava Gardner good friends beyond "Night Of The Iguana"? I can imagine while filming in Mexico, the two divas swapped stories, bummed cigarettes from each other, and commiserated on the off-camera goings-on with Liz & Dick et al. Any true anecdotes known to support this fantasy? They were so dicey in their scenes together...
Just caught Ava Gardner in an old episode of "Knots Landing" from 1985 - right around the time our beloved Grayson passed away.
"Squeezing more scathing irony out of a simple line reading than just about any actress alive, Gardner wraps her tongue around every syllable and tilts her head back to savor the flavor. On 'Knots Landing' she makes the innocent question, "Doesn't anybody carry cigarettes anymore?" sound like the most insinuating of inquiries."
Hall & Gardner: soul sisters? Get ready, Norfolk!