Josh Brolin's role as Eddie Mannix is based on the real life MGM studios 'fixer' (for forty years from 1920s til death in '63); 'fixing', for example, 'to cover up almost anything, including Judy Garland's drug use, Greta Garbo's bisexuality, and Lupe Vélez's love life and eventual suicide'*, and as opposed to the 'jovial rascal' portrayed by the directors' Cohen Brother's script, in real life was known as almost 'gangster'* like fearsome, as for example in private life, 'during one tantrum he broke his wife's back, and an ex-mistress, actress Mary Nolan, endured 15 abdominal surgeries after his beatings.' ** [Sources: *Alex von Tunzelmaan 'Reel History'; Guardian: '16 / ** David Steen, Vanity Fair: 1.03.]

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