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
Scout Taylor-Compton In 2009, Taylor-Compton starred alongside Helen Mirren and Joe Pesci in "Love Ranch". Then she appeared in the film "Obsessed" alongside Beyoncé Knowles. Taylor-Compton respised her role as Laurie Strode in "Halloween II" (2009), a sequel to the Rob Zombie's 2007 film. In 2010, she appeared in "The Runaways", where she played Lita Ford, alongside Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning and Stella Maeve. In 2001, Taylor-Compton provided voice overs for "I Am Sam", and continued with voice over work with appearances in "The Core" (2003) and "" (2004). The following year, she provided voice over work for the teen hero comedy