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Claudia Cardinale being laced up by her dresser

Claudia Cardinale being laced up by her dresser on the set of Il gattopardo

1963. Claudia Cardinale, preparing to shoot a scene for Il gattopardo, puts on a brave face as her dresser laces her up. To get that period hourglass figure requires a viciously constrictive corset and the experience sticks in Claudia’s mind: “When I finished the movie, I had blood all round my waist.”

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