What do you know today that you didn't know yesterday?

[Rev. Rye]

In Eyes Wide Shut, for years, I assumed the mysterious woman who sacrifices herself to save Tom Cruise was just some random woman. I didn’t put too much stock in the theory that it was Mandy (due in no small part to her being played by a separate actress), at least until I saw this interview with Julienne Davis:





Apparently, the woman was supposed to be Mandy all along. Her actress just explained she couldn’t do it (due in no small part to an on-set injury involving her stiletto heels), so Kubrick just had Abigail Good go in her place. And He even had Cate Blanchett dub over her voice.

And, yes, with Kubrick, I do capitalize His pronouns.