Gregory Peck was later told by a Warner Brothers insider that John Huston had "conned" him into playing Captain Ahab. Huston had originally approached Peck telling him, "Nobody could do this part except you." Peck was so flattered by the director's confidence in him that he accepted a role he felt he was ill-suited for. Peck subsequently learned that Huston had never really wanted him to play Ahab at all, but was forced to by Warner Brothers executives, the Mirisch brothers, who told Huston they would not finance his dream project without a "bankable" star.

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