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13 Terrifying Things You Didn’t Know About ‘Rosemary’s Baby’

11. William Castle Was Supposed to Direct the Movie

The head of Paramount, Robert Evans, wanted Roman Polanski to direct Rosemary’s Baby because he was so impressed with the up-and-coming European director’s work on Repulsion, Knife in the Water, and Cul de Sac. Evans considered Castle’s work kitsch and gimmicky horror, and was “fascinated” by Polanski’s work. The studio head commented, “He [William Castle] was good [at what he did], but the quality of the films were not what I wanted to make. I read his submission of Rosemary’s Baby and I loved it. Because it was a horror film, but brilliantly written. It was too good for Bill Castle.” William Castle was disappointed to be replace, but stayed with the project to produced the film.

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