The look, the voice
“The AVIATOR” brings to mind an audition in 1977. An actor, not well known, came into the production office seeking the title role in a long-form television special of Howard Hughes. We told him that Hughes came from Texas. Could he manage a Texas accent? His reply was one not easily forgotten.
“Which part of Texas?”
Tommy Lee Jones left the office with the part secure. He not only sounded like Hughes from film clips, he even looked like him.
He was, critics agreed, quite wonderful in “The Amazing Howard Hughes.”
John Gay
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John Gay was the writer for the teleplay “The Amazing Howard Hughes.”
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