Mia Farrow on the first cover of PEOPLE on March 4, 1974 (L) and in New York City on April 26, 2023.Photo:PEOPLE, Taylor Hill/FilmMagic
PEOPLE, Taylor Hill/FilmMagic
Happy 79th birthday,Mia Farrow!
In honor of the actress’s milestone Friday, PEOPLE is revisiting the magazine’s first-ever cover from 50 years ago — on March 4, 1974 — which featured Farrow.
Scottie Fitzgerald, the daughter and only child of F. Scott andZelda Fitzgerald, wrote the accompanying article, in which she recalled Farrow being “not at all like” her character.
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She continued, “She is really a loving, caring person, not like those old selfish movie stars caring only about themselves.”
Scottie also recalled seeing the “ravishing” and “breathtaking” Farrow on set for the first time, writing, “The New England Summer sun was hitting her face under this lilac chiffon hat and she looked just like my father’s Daisy Buchanan should look.”
Scottie added, “I’m embarrassed to say I kept getting her confused withJane Fonda: they both come from that younger generation of famous actor-parents.”
Mia Farrow in New York City, August 2003.KMazur/WireImage
KMazur/WireImage
According to Scottie, other actresses in the running for the role of Daisy includedFaye DunawayandCandice Bergen, but director Jack Clayton saw something in Farrow — “despite the fact that she was running a 103-degree fever at the time,” Scottie wrote.
“The moment I saw the test, I knew she was more like Daisy Buchanan than the other actresses,” Clayton told Scottie for PEOPLE.
“We’re not worried,” the executive told Scottie for PEOPLE. “Even the seer Jeane Dixton predicted that in 1974 Mia Farrow would become the most famous movie star in the world.”
source: people.com
