Stop me if you've heard this one. An international arms dealer, a music composer, and a Hollywood starlet walk into a bar. The bartender is tuning across the radio dial, searching for the station broadcasting the ball game.
From the very beginning, Hollywood has been fascinated with ancient cultures, repeatedly drawing from biblical stories and cultures of Greece and Rome for inspiration. Given how foundational these tales have been to Western civilization, it makes sense that the movie industry would want to tap into the audience’s awareness of them.
The star of TV’s Murder, She Wrote, Lansbury’s long list of film credits includes The Manchurian Candidate, Death on the Nile and Disney’s Beauty and the Beast.