Complex sentence: This is one of only a handful of English-language roles for Swiss-German actress Dorothea Wieck, who was assigned to the project after Carole Lombard declined the role.
Split into simpler sentences: This is one of only a handful of English-language roles for Swiss-German actress Dorothea Wieck. Wieck was assigned to the project after the original choice for the lead, Carole Lombard, refused to take the role.