October 20, 2005
Johnny Cash Exposed in Walk the Line
(Filed under: Buzz)The new Johnny Cash biography Walk the Line comes out November 18. The New York Times tells the story behind the making of the movie, including the detail that the whole project didn't come together until Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash admitted their affair:
That night in Mr. Cash's bedroom, as June looked on, [James Mangold] put it to them straight."I don't believe you never touched each other in all those years," he told them, referring to their courtship. "I don't believe you never kissed."
Mr. Mangold saw the couple - devout Christians who had fallen in love while Mr. Cash was married to another woman - exchange a look. June finally said: "Vegas. The Mint."
Then, as Mr. Mangold recently recalled, "she told us about doing a show, and that one night they got together. How afterward she put an end to it, and John went downhill from there, with the drugs. And she gave up on him."
The director sighed, recalling the relief of unlocking that final door. "They'd told that story 100 times, without the part of their sleeping together," he said.
Posted by kevin at October 20, 2005 9:13 AM
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