Original sentence: Goldwyn offered Sidney Poitier $75,000 to portray Porgy, but the actor had serious reservations about the role and turned it down.Only when he learned his refusal to star in Porgy might jeopardize his appearance in the Stanley Kramer film The Defiant Ones did he reconsider and grudgingly accept, assuring Goldwyn he would "do the part to the best of my ability - under the circumstances
Edited sentence: Goldwyn offered Sidney Poitier $75,000 to portray Porgy.She proved to be unsuccessful, and Goldwyn threatened to sue the actor for breaching an oral contract.The actor had serious reservations about the role and turned it down, but his agent led Goldwyn to believe she could persuade her client to star in the film.When Poitier realized his refusal to star in Porgy might jeopardize his appearance in the Stanley Kramer film The Defiant Ones, he reconsidered and grudgingly accepted, assuring Goldwyn he would "do the part to the best of my ability - under the circumstances