Alfred Hitchcock Hitchcock had intended to film "Marnie" first, and in March 1962 it was announced that Grace Kelly, Princess Grace of Monaco since 1956, would come out of retirement to star in it. When Kelly asked Hitchcock to postpone "Marnie" until 1963 or 1964, he recruited Evan Hunter, author of "The Blackboard Jungle" (1954), to develop a screenplay based on a Daphne du Maurier short story, "The Birds" (1952), which Hitchcock had republished in his "My Favorites in Suspense" (1959). He hired Tippi Hedren to play the lead role. It was her first role; she had been a model in New
Rod Taylor (American football) Rod Taylor (American football) Rod Taylor (born October 26, 1994) is a guard for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Ole Miss, where he started every game at right tackle in 2017. Taylor was drafted by the Bengals in the seventh round with the 252th overall pick in the 2018 NFL Draft. Taylor was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the seventh round, 252nd overall, of the 2018 NFL Draft. On the first day of training camp on July 27, 2018, Taylor was carted off the field with an apparent knee injury.