[Charlton] Heston has eight profiles, and he showed all eight of his profiles, and Stephen Boyd is looking at him like a hungry man waiting for dinner, and it’s a wonderful scene.
Writer Gore Vidal, explaining how he wrote a gay subtext into the relationship between the two lead characters in his script for “Ben-Hur.” Listen to excerpts from two interviews Terry Gross did with Vidal on “Fresh Air” for more. He’ll probably say something to offend you.