Warren Beatty of the film, he credited Hackman with giving the "most authentic performance in the movie, so textured and so moving," recalls Dunaway. He was impressed with Gene Wilder after seeing him in a play and didn't even need him to audition, in what became Wilder's screen debut. And Beatty had already known Pollard: "Michael J. Pollard was one of my oldest friends," Beatty said. "I'd known him forever; I met him the day I got my first television show. We did a play together on Broadway." "Bonnie and Clyde" went on to be a critical and commercial success, despite the
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