Jack Nicholson had no choice but to cast Faye Dunaway for the film.
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1974. It was the year Hollywood was about to create masterpieces, and the year Jack Nicholson starred in Roman Polanski's iconic film Chinatown.
Starring alongside veteran actress Faye Dunaway, Nicholson (who would later find fame with The Shining) had a complicated relationship with his co-star and director Polanski's workplace behavior added fuel to the fire.
Roman Polanski was not a gentle director. Of the many controversies that happened on the sets of Chinatown, one seemed to hit veteran Faye Dunaway hard during the filming of the movie.