Zsa Zsa Finds It’s Not Sheik to Slur

It seemed an unlikely role--Zsa Zsa Gabor as Saudi Arabian royalty--and the sharp-tongued Hungarian lost the job Sunday because of a tiff with the sheik who’s bankrolling the $50-million movie.

Sheik Mohammad Fassi fired Gabor before the pair even met because of disparaging remarks she made about him in a dispute over travel expenses, said Chris Christenson, producer of the planned epic on Saudi history.

The actress-socialite--recently in the news for slapping a Beverly Hills police officer--demanded travel expenses and in the course of discussions with an aide, said she had reservations about the sheik’s character, Christenson said.

Gabor, who was to have portrayed the king’s mother, denied making disparaging remarks.