Michael Powell, film director, wanted a dancer for The Red Shoes (1948), who suggested he take a look at Moira Shearer?

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Michael Powell discovered Moira Shearer, second to Margot Fonteyn at Sadler's Wells Ballet Much to his surprise, Michael Powell had great difficulty persuading Moira Shearer to be in the film. She held out for a year before giving in to him. Shearer herself, however, did not particularly care for Powell.In later years, she described the making of the film as being a terrible ordeal: Powell was distant and aloof and never really gave her much direction; and having to dance for hours on end on concrete floors also physically took its toll on all the dancers, making their legs swell up.

Casting the role of Vicky Page was a tough call for Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. Ideally they wanted a ballerina who could act and who also had to be ravishingly beautiful. They were thrilled when they discovered Moira Shearer who was second to Margot Fonteyn at the famous Sadler's Wells Ballet, but she initially rebuffed them.

In the year it took to persuade her to come round, the directors were forced to consider casting actresses like Ann Todd and Hazel Court, and cheating with a real ballerina in the ballet sequences. Sources: http://imdb.com/title/tt0040725/trivia .

That would answer my question. 1948 version .

That would answer my question. 1948 version.

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