The notion today that having made your début, you are a star in your first film is for most both absurd and ridiculous to the point of madness. Wakefield Poole used Casey Donovan as he had come with impeccable credentials as a mainstream actor and model … and was genuinely gay man about town in New York despite having been born a country boy. You do not drift, sleep with the director and say to the case, “Hey, Darlings, I have arrived” and have the dust of stardom sprinkled on you. You have to earn your stripes to become a star.
