A Streetcar with
(Possibly) Naked Desire
by Alex Andy Phuong
Vivien Leigh won two
Academy Awards for playing two of the most iconic
Southern belles in cinematic history. She played
the tempestuous Scarlett O’Hara in Gone
with the Wind (1939), and portrayed the
fragile and delusional Southern English teacher
Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951).
Even though Tennessee Williams wrote the original
stage play, one has to wonder what had happened
behind the scenes during the making of that
famous film adaptation. After all, Vivien Leigh
co-starred with Marlon Brando, and he was a major
sex symbol during the production and theatrical
release of A Streetcar Named Desire.
Filled with drama, passion, and desire, who knows
if Marlon Brando and Vivien Leigh “did it”
when they collaborated with each other during the
filming of that prestigious film. After all,
“desire” could have led to “destiny”…who
knows?
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