1. No mention that Gene was actually considered for the part of Mike Brady in TheBradyBunch TV series. Didn’t happen of course as Robert Reed got the part.
I thought this line from the article was really interesting...
Then Hackman makes his directorial debut with Thomas Harris’ best-selling novel, The Silence of the Lambs, also for Orion.
Of course he did not direct The Silence of the Lambs but interesting that he was supposed to before Demme took over.