Anne of the Thousand Days
After the success of "Romeo and Juliet", Hollywood producer, Hal B. Wallis, offered her the title role in "Anne of the Thousand Days" (1969), and to co-star with John Wayne in "True Grit" (1969). In her 2018 memoir Hussey stated that she had “mumbled something about being interested in Anne of the Thousand Days” but added that she “couldn’t see herself with Wayne”. She claims that this “adolescent and opinionated” remark inevitably ended her professional relationship with Wallis and he immediately withdrew his offer from her. “It had taken me less than a minute to talk my way out of it” Hussey stated.