David Snell (journalist) Wild" was fired upon by Soviet Yak-3 fighters. Snell's "Atlanta Constitution" article speculates that the plane was forced down to prevent its crew from spotting a Japanese atomic bomb facility in what is now Hŭngnam, now the third largest city in North Korea. His discovery of the atom bomb story had been outside his official line of duty and was not any part of his official assignment. Snell became the "Life" assistant editor on February 1, 1955. Late in 1956, he was assigned to the Paris bureau. In 1967, Snell reviewed the Warren Beatty-Faye Dunaway film "Bonnie and Clyde". As
Faye Dunaway wanted Polanski to consider Jane Fonda for the role, arguing that Dunaway had a reputation for temperament, Polanski insisted on using Dunaway. She accepted the challenging and complex role of Mulwray, a shadowy femme fatale who knows more than she is willing to let Detective J.J. Gittes (played by Jack Nicholson) know. Dunaway got along well with Nicholson, describing him later as a "soul mate", but she clashed with Polanski, who had a reputation for being dictatorial and controlling on a set. "Roman was very much an autocrat, always forcing things. It ranged from the physical to the mental. He