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During the filming of 'The Shining' (1980), whose real on-set exhaustion did Stanley Kubrick want captured for the typewriter scene?
Answer
Shelley Duvall
Kubrick pushed Shelley Duvall through dozens of retakes, believing her genuine fatigue and distress would make her performance as Wendy more convincing.
💡 Did you know?
Stanley Kubrick made The Shining's typewriter scene 148 times because he believed the actor's visible frustration—real after many takes—would sell the madness better.
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- Sissy Spacek
- Piper Laurie
- Julie Christie
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