Additional writers were brought in to help doctor the script in addition to Carrie Fisher, other contributors included Nancy Meyers and Robert Harling. When Midler backed out, script adjustments went far beyond a name change-but Disney only allowed writers two weeks to overhaul the script after the lead actress change. It was changed when Whoopi Goldberg was cast, because, according to Rudnick, “She’d always wanted to play someone named Deloris.” 4. The original name of the singer-turned-sister was Terri Van Cartier. THE NAME OF THE MAIN CHARACTER WAS CHANGED WHEN MIDLER LEFT. Why would I say such a thing? So Whoopi did it instead and, of course, she made a fortune.” 3. Though the Divine Miss M was originally onboard, she later backed out for reasons she came to regret: “I said: ‘My fans don’t want to see me in a wimple.’ I don’t know where I got that from. BETTE MIDLER WAS ORIGINALLY ATTACHED TO STAR. Though she left the industry to become a nun when she was just 24, she’s a voting member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to this day.
Hart had been a Hollywood actress, singer, and dancer, starring in movies such as Where the Boys Are and King Creole. As part of his research, screenwriter Paul Rudnick visited the Regina Laudis Abbey in Bethlehem, Connecticut, to meet Mother Dolores Hart.
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