Claim: Natasha Richardson was incapable of starring in Patty Hearst.
Evidence: Early in her career , she portrayed Mary Shelley in Ken Russell 's Gothic -LRB- 1986 -RRB- , and Patty Hearst in the eponymous 1988 film directed by Paul Schrader , and later received critical acclaim and a Theatre World Award for her Broadway debut in the 1993 revival of Anna Christie.