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** Extremely prolific character actor Henry Jones didn't really have a specific type, but modern viewers who know him best as PsychopathicManchild CrustyCaretaker Leroy in ''[[Film/TheBadSeed1956 The Bad Seed]]'' will be shocked to see him convincingly play the very dignified, utterly serious coroner who leads the inquest into Madeleine's death.

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** Extremely prolific character actor Henry Jones Creator/HenryJones didn't really have a specific type, but modern viewers who know him best as PsychopathicManchild CrustyCaretaker Leroy in ''[[Film/TheBadSeed1956 The Bad Seed]]'' will be shocked to see him convincingly play the very dignified, utterly serious coroner who leads the inquest into Madeleine's death.
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** Just about every erotic thriller made between the late 1980s and early 1990s used the premise of ''Vertigo'' as a template (easily-manipulated protagonist coping with a past trauma, enigmatic FemmeFatale with a dual identity, and often a BigBadFriend who sets up the protagonist). ''Film/BasicInstinct'', which started the Erotic Thriller craze of the 1990s, lifted some of it's visual iconography from ''Vertigo'' due to the director, Paul Verhoeven, realizing he would be filming a movie that is similar to the Hitchcock classic in the very same town it was filmed, and used a similar visual style, such as the Femme Fatale dressing in an outfit similar to one of Madeleine's outfits in one scene, as an homage.

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** Just about every erotic thriller made between the late 1980s and early 1990s used the premise of ''Vertigo'' as a template (easily-manipulated protagonist coping with a past trauma, enigmatic FemmeFatale with a dual identity, and often a BigBadFriend who sets up the protagonist). ''Film/BasicInstinct'', which started the Erotic Thriller craze of the 1990s, lifted some of it's its visual iconography from ''Vertigo'' due to the director, Paul Verhoeven, realizing he would be filming a movie that is similar to the Hitchcock classic in the very same town it was filmed, and used a similar visual style, such as the Femme Fatale dressing in an outfit similar to one of Madeleine's outfits in one scene, as an homage.



* TheOtherMarty: Creator/AlfredHitchcock said that Creator/VeraMiles was his preferred choice as Madeleine. She performed a costume test and modelled for an early version of Carlotta's portrait, but had to leave the project after becoming pregnant. Apparently the studio wasn't really enthusiastic about Miles anyway and was eager to have Kim Novak, who had been their choice from the start, take over.

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* TheOtherMarty: Creator/AlfredHitchcock said that Creator/VeraMiles was his preferred choice as Madeleine. She performed a costume test and modelled for an early version of Carlotta's portrait, but had to leave the project after becoming pregnant. Apparently Apparently, the studio wasn't really enthusiastic about Miles anyway and was eager to have Kim Novak, who had been their choice from the start, take over.



** As noted above, Hitchcock's first choice for the role of Madeleine/Judy was Creator/VeraMiles. Hitchcock intended this to be her StarMakingRole after she had played the main lead in ''Film/TheWrongMan'', a preceding film of TheFifties. Some have theorized that he saw Miles as the SpiritualSuccessor of Creator/GraceKelly and Creator/IngridBergman. Her pregnancy meant she couldn't commit to the part at the time which Hitchcock greatly regretted and never stopped complaining about.[[note]]Hitchcock generally resented the fact that actresses he developed a strong working rapport with, such as Creator/IngridBergman and Creator/GraceKelly, would get married and become inaccessible for his later projects, many of which he had planned with roles with them in mind, which he had to give up and shelve indefinitely. ''Vertigo'' was one of the few cases [[SunkCostFallacy where he had to more or less go ahead with the project]] in less than ideal conditions[[/note]]

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** As noted above, Hitchcock's first choice for the role of Madeleine/Judy was Creator/VeraMiles. Hitchcock intended this to be her StarMakingRole after she had played the main lead in ''Film/TheWrongMan'', a preceding film of TheFifties. Some have theorized that he saw Miles as the SpiritualSuccessor of Creator/GraceKelly and Creator/IngridBergman. Her pregnancy meant she couldn't commit to the part at the time which Hitchcock greatly regretted and never stopped complaining about.[[note]]Hitchcock generally resented the fact that actresses he developed a strong working rapport with, such as Creator/IngridBergman and Creator/GraceKelly, would get married and become inaccessible for his later projects, many of which he had planned with roles with them in mind, which he had to give up and shelve indefinitely. ''Vertigo'' was one of the few cases [[SunkCostFallacy where he had to more or less go ahead with the project]] in less than ideal less-than-ideal conditions[[/note]]

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