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9. Lawrence Wasn’t David Lean’s First Choice

After directing the enormously successful Bridge on the River Kwai, David Lean wanted to do something biographical. His first choice wasn’t Lawrence, though, it was Gandhi. Lean planned to cast Alec Guinness in the lead role; he did a good bit of pre-production, even going so far as to do some location scouting in India, before abandoning the idea.

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