469 Pink Panther, The (1963)
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This article is from the Movie Trivia, by Murray Chapman muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au with numerous contributions by others.
469 Pink Panther, The (1963)
- The role of Inspector Clouseau was originally offered to
'Peter Ustinov' (qv). Despite being relatively unknown internationally,
'Peter Sellers' (qv) was offered the part, and was paid 90000 pounds.
- Sellers modeled the character of Clouseau on the trademark of a box
of matches which includes an image of Captain Matthew Webb, who in 1875
became the first person to swim the channel (his heroic moustache and
proud stance are both mimicked). To lose weight, Sellers took dieting pills
for a year.
- In the bath scene with Capucine and 'Robert Wagner' (qv), an industrial
strength foaming agent is used which burnt both of the stars' skin. Wagner,
who was completely immersed at one point, became blind for four weeks.
- The ``sequel'', "A Shot in the Dark (1964)" (qv) actually premiered before
"The Pink Panther (1964)" (qv).
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