JRT PW Interview: “ONCE UPON A TIME”

FROM PUBLISHER’S WEEKLY:

PW: What was the most surprising thing you learned while writing Once Upon a Time: Behind the Fairy Tale of Princess Grace and Prince Rainier?

J. Randy Taraborrelli: I was most surprised by how tormented Grace Kelly’s life was, both before and after she married Prince Rainier. Though many people saw her as a glamorous celebrity who got anything she wanted, she actually struggled through most of her life. When you look at what she had achieved up until the time she met the prince, it’s difficult to imagine that she decided to marry him. She was an Academy Award—winning actress at the height of her career who gave it all up for a man she thought she loved. It was a tremendous sacrifice and one that, at different times along the way, she deeply regretted.

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