The star was hoping to team up with Peter Bogdanovich for a drama, but he brought the Oscar winner the wacky comedy 'What's Up, Doc?': 'I didn't understand what was going on with the story half the time and just trusted Peter's vision.'
“I didn’t understand what was going on with the story half the time and just trusted Peter’s vision,” Streisand admits to50 years later. “I never knew it would become a big hit because I was always confused about which suitcase was which!”According to Bogdanovich, who died in January at 82, Streisand wanted to work with him after seeing an early screening ofand was hoping he would make another drama.
, says he cherished his time with Streisand and Bogdanovich. “I learned more about comedy from Barbara than anyone,” he tellsOne memorable scene involves Howard sitting at a dinner table with a number of other academics while Judy causes chaos. According to Pendleton, Bogdanovich opted not to shoot close-ups for it because of the rapid-fire dialogue, although that meant a flubbed line would cause everyone to start over.
Streisand, who briefly dated O’Neal in the early ’70s and praises her co-star as “so perfect” in the against-type role, delighted in working with the entire team. “Peter knew exactly what he wanted to do with the movie, and he put together a great cast,” she says. “And the supporting actors were hysterical: Madeline Kahn, Austin Pendleton and Kenneth Mars. Polly Platt, the production designer, became a good friend.
Indeed, the cast developed a close bond, and Pendleton remembers a day during production when Streisand asked his wife, Katina Commings, to help her learn to cook Greek specialties; several hours later, Pendleton, Mars and others enjoyed the feast that Streisand and Commings had prepared. “It was that kind of a shoot,” Pendleton explains.
Streisand recalls the film’s set as being “full of laughter,” with Bogdanovich laughing the hardest. “He was having such fun directing, and that was contagious.”
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