Faye Dunaway had proved to be difficult and many actresses had been considered for the role, including Jane Fonda, Tuesday Weld, Ann-Margret, Carol Lynley, Leslie Caron, and Natalie Wood. Penn loved Dunaway and managed to convince actor and producer, Warren Beatty, who played Clyde Barrow in the film, that she was right for the part. Besides her relative anonymity, Beatty's concern was her "extraordinary bone structure", which he thought might be inappropriate for Bonnie Parker, a local girl trying to look innocent while she held up smalltown Texas banks. However, he changed his mind after seeing some photographs of Dunaway taken by
Faye Dunaway O'Neill, was born in 1980. In 2003, despite Dunaway's earlier indications that she had given birth to Liam, Terry O'Neill revealed that their son was adopted. Dunaway is a devout Roman Catholic and has said that she attends morning Mass regularly. In a rare interview for "Harper's Bazaar" in 2016, Dunaway said she felt "it's important to have a partner, probably", but she described herself as a "loner", and added, "I kind of like to be alone and do my work and, you know, be focused on my own things." Select filmography: Select theatre roles: Faye Dunaway Dorothy Faye Dunaway