When Twentieth Century Fox decided to salvage the production of this movie following the resignation of original director Rouben Mamoulian, the studio gave Dame Elizabeth Taylor another demand in her contract which no other actor or actress had up until that time: director approval. The studio gave her that demand so that she could work well with a director of her choice, rework the entire movie to make it better, and help get the production on a good track. Taylor would only approve two possible replacements: George Stevens or Joseph L. Mankiewicz. With Stevens busy directing the big-budget epic La più grande storia mai raccontata (1965), Fox executives turned to Mankiewicz. He only agreed to direct the movie after rejecting the offer a couple of times before.

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