Hal Holbrook Originally Turned Down One Of His Most Famous Roles: Deep Throat In ‘All The President’s Men’
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deadline.comHal Holbrook, who died last month at 95, had so many memorable character roles, not the least of which was playing Deep Throat in the 1976 classic All The President’s Men.At the time, the identity of Deep Throat was one of Washington’s best kept secrets — it wouldn’t be for another 30 years or so that Mark Felt would come forward and reveal himself.In a 2015 interview with PopPolitics on SiriusXM, Holbrook said that the anonymity of Deep Throat at first made him think that there wasn’t too much to the role, and he turned it down.Robert Redford, who had acquired the rights to the Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein book, then came to Holbrook’s house to try to convince him otherwise.Holbrook recalled, “I said, ‘Bob, there’s nothing here.
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