Darling (1965) on Netflix
Diana Scott is a young model in London, married to Tony Bridges and restless. Spotted by a television crew, she meets interviewer Robert Gold, and the two begin an affair.
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Plot summary
A television crew stops Diana Scott on a London street and Robert Gold, who conducts literary interviews for arts programs, asks the young model about her views on convention. She is married to Tony Bridges. He invites her to the studio to watch the final edit, and their affair starts there. After meetings in hotel rooms, both leave their marriages, Robert parting from his children as well, and the pair move into one apartment. London's fashionable media and arts circles take them in. Robert, bookish, wants a quiet life; Diana is drawn to the advertising and television men around them, among them Miles Brand, a powerful executive at the Glass Corporation.
Cast
- Peter Baylissas Lord Alex Grant
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Darling (1965)
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- Shirley MacLaine was originally cast as Diana Scott in Darling, but she was replaced in the part by Julie Christie.
- Darling was shot on location in London, Paris and Rome, and the Romita palazzo in the film was portrayed by the Medici villa.
- The character of Diana Scott played by Julie Christie in Darling was reportedly inspired by the exploits of actress Beth Rogan.
