The Girl (2012 TV film) Hitchcock), John Russell Taylor – author of the 1978 biography "Hitch" – said the film is "totally absurd". In an interview with London's "Evening Standard" in January 2013, Anthony Hopkins (who played the eponymous role in the 2012 Alfred Hitchcock biopic "Hitchcock") questioned "The Girl"s portrayal of the director and the need for a film about that period of Hitchcock's career: "I talked to Tippi Hedren one day ... and she never mentioned that ... Whatever his obsession was, she didn't want to dwell on it ... I don't think it's necessary to put all that into a movie." Speaking
Rod Lauren Rod Lauren Rod Lawrence Strunk (March 20, 1940 – July 11, 2007), popularly known as Rod Lauren, was an American actor and singer. As an actor, he worked mostly in television, appearing in single episodes of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" and "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C." amongst others during the 1960s. Lauren's most notable film is "The Crawling Hand" (1963) which achieved latter-day notoriety when it was featured on "Mystery Science Theater 3000". As a singer, Lauren is a one-hit wonder who hit #31 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart with the song "If I Had a Girl" in 1960 and performed twice