Julie Andrews was "condescending and nasty", according to this co-star

The actors worked together on a 1966 film and, according to a biography, did not get along.


She is known for playing soft and comforting characters in films such asThe sound of music andMary Poppins, but according to one of theJulie Andrews'Co-Stars, his real personality did not always correspond to that of his famous roles. In a co-star biography, her Andrews colleague said that she was "condescending and nasty". The actor even said that he had "rarely, if never experienced such hatred for a person". Read the rest to find out who talked about Andrews in this way and to learn more about their time together.

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They played together in a 1966 film.

Richard Harris and Julie Andrews in
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In 1966, Andrews' film career was still very new, but it had already done what would be two of her greatest films. She went from theater to the cinema in 1964 with her beginnings,Mary Poppins. Then, in 1965, she played inThe sound of music. The following year, she was in the dramaHawaii, who has co-starRichard HarrisandMax von Sydow.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

Harris didn't like Andrews.

Richard Harris at the premiere of
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As indicated by theMirror,,Harris spoke of working with Andrews with its biographer,Michael Feeney Callan, for the bookRichard Harris: Biography. Harris said that he had "rarely, if never experienced such hatred for a person" as he did for Andrews.

TheGladiator The actor continued: "She was condescending and nasty. I am sure she saw how much I am having fun, and I thought it agitated him." He added: "She would say something, calm and conspirator, to the director, and I shouted" Did you say something, Jules? "Who [explained]." Harris died in 2002.

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Andrews responded to his comments from decades later.

Julie Andrews at the 2019 Venice Film Festival
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During an interview of 2015 withSydney Morning Herald,,Andrews was asked about Harris, in particular on him, saying that his "steel ambition" was "ugly to see". The journalist said he seemed that something that a man could say about a successful woman but not a successful man. Andrews laughed and replied: "I guess you are right on this subject. Indeed, you are right."

The journalist then wondered if the comment could have been fueled by jealousy, to which Andrews replied: "I think that at that time, he probably overturned the beer a lot. It could have emerged."

She also had a tension with another star.

Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews in
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Harris is not the only actor to have had a problem with Andrews at the start of his career. As indicated by theMirror,,Rex Harrison, Andrews co-star in the original production of the musicalMy beautiful lady, threatened to stop because of her. "If this [explanive] is here on Monday, I leave the show," he said, according to the bookShowstoppers !: The surprising stories behind the scenes of Broadway's most remarkable songs byGerald Nachman.

Andrews wrote on the tension between them itself in its memories,House. "He was tall and thin, his clothes extremely adapted. He was sophisticated, with a clear meaning of himself, although somewhat self-centered. He was definitely the center of attention," she wrote about Harrison (Going throughTatler). "He was rightly a stench on this silly English little girl who could not manage the role. Apparently, he said once something like:" If you don't get rid of that [explained], you n 'will not have a show. "As we know now, Harrison and Andrews have both stayed, and the show was a great success and later a film, howeverAudrey Hepburnreceived the role of film on Andrews.


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