Julie Christie random trivia

In an April 29, 1966 Life Magazine cover story, Christie named Sidney Lumet as the only American among a list of directors she'd like to work with. Twenty years later, she got her wish, appearing in the Lumet-directed "Power" (1986). The infamous dinner-party scene in "Shampoo" was completely improvised by Julie and Warren Beatty, much to the surprise of the rest of the cast and director Hal Ashby Was Charlton Heston's first choice as co-star "The War Lord" (1965), according to Heston's published diaries "Charlton Heston: The Actor's Life; Journals 1956-1976. She was vetoed by the studio.