The Simpsons Had To Inform Elizabeth Taylor To Tone Down The Sexiness

In his e book, Mike Reiss presents decades-worth of insights, together with his tackle Elizabeth Taylor’s transient however important cameo because the voice of Maggie all the best way again in 1992. Taylor was introduced in to file one line. Truly, to be extra particular, she was introduced in to file one phrase: “Daddy.” This, after all, was within the context of a child chatting with her father for the primary time, and due to this fact wanted to be as candy and heartwarming as attainable. Sadly, Taylor wasn’t initially capable of distinguish between this extra healthful method as a extra, let’s assume, alluring model. As Reiss writes:

“Liz created the most important stir of any visitor we have had on the present. 300 individuals packed our tiny studio to listen to her file her one-word half: ‘Daddy.’ She needed to do six takes as a result of, as you’ll be able to think about, it saved popping out too attractive. We needed to remind her she was a child speaking to her father, not hitting on him.”

In fact, Taylor being a professional, and “The Simpsons” writers clearly not being prepared to waste their one Liz Taylor line by having Maggie come throughout as inappropriately attractive, the road was ultimately recorded to the manufacturing groups’ satisfaction — however not earlier than Taylor took the chance to really hit on one of many 300 individuals within the studio that day …