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
Lisa Faye Beatty Lisa Faye Beatty Lisa Fay Beatty (October 15, 1964 – November 25, 2011) was best known for her involvement in the band 7 Year Bitch. She replaced the guitarist Roisin Dunne in 1997. The band later broke up the same year. She was killed in a traffic collision in November 2011. Lisa also toured with her band Mudwimin, she sound engineered for bands like The Gits, 7 Year Bitch, and Smoochknob. She is acknowledged in the thanks portion of the 2005 film The Gits as Lisa Fae Beatty ("sic"). Some list her as Lisa Faye Beatty but her own Facebook