Kubrick's Countess

Kubrick's CountessMarisa Berenson had made three films when Stanley Kubrick telephoned her out of the blue and asked her if she'd like to be in his next project. "I couldn't believe it was he. He said, 'I can't tell you anything about it--I can't tell you its name or even what it's about, but it's a period piece, you'd play an English countess and the lead will be Ryan O'Neal. I'll send you a copy of the book eventually.' And eventually he did."The book was Barry Lyndon, Thackeray's st...