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Roberts’s pay dialogue; press profile; blue door; longer cut; Anna’s inspirations; Istanbul author
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- Roberts reportedly increased Anna’s earnings from 10 million to 12 million to 15 million across takes, explaining she was tired of lowballing; the anecdote’s truth is explicitly uncertain. — Amanda Dobbins
- A Vanity Fair profile describes nervous colleagues and Roberts’s objections to being called difficult; the hosts question whether intimidation or abruptness explains the reactions. — Amanda Dobbins
- The profile reportedly says Grant’s voice rose around Roberts and her fee was 15 million; the hosts doubt the voice story and compare star compensation with later streaming economics. — Amanda Dobbins
- Curtis once owned the blue-door house; after a sale the original door was reportedly auctioned, its replacement painted black and the wall marked by a visitor. — Amanda Dobbins
- The original door is reportedly now in Hope Cove, Devon. — Amanda Dobbins
- A supposed three-and-a-half-hour version is doubted, although the hosts would pay to see the extra material and feel the released length works. — Amanda Dobbins
- Curtis reportedly modeled Anna partly on Grace Kelly and Audrey Hepburn; her distance, privacy and power are contrasted with Roberts’s familiar persona. — Amanda Dobbins
- The real Istanbul-book author reportedly teaches there and has written nine books on the city, unlike the movie’s joke about never visiting Turkey. — Amanda Dobbins