Robert Wagner tried to kill love rival
London, Aug 15 (IANS) Actor Robert Wagner considered killing his love rival Warren Beatty after he stole his girlfriend Natalie Wood, reveals his new autobiography. In the book “Pieces of My Heart”, Wagner talks about his plans to kill Beatty, reports contactmusic.com.
Wood and Beatty met on the set of the 1961 movie “Splendor In The Grass” and got involved. Their closeness left Wagner hurt and distraught.
A source said: “Wagner was ready to kill Beatty. He describes hanging around his house with a gun, hoping he would walk out so he could take a shot.”
“Wracked with despair, Wagner started drinking heavily and considered suicide. He wondered if he couldn’t kill Beatty, maybe he should kill himself. But an old friend pulled him out of his desolation and got him into analysis.”
Wagner did win Wood back, but she died in 1981 after disappearing from his yacht off the California coast. The book is schedule to hit the stalls in September.
August 17th, 2008 at 4:52 pm
Wagner is putting some serious spin on what really happened. He’s got his timing all wrong and with this version he is contradicting his late wife Natalie’s own story! It’s no secret that Natalie and Beatty did not even like each other during the making of “Splendor in the grass”. That fact is already in many books by and about Elia Kazan, Natalie Wood and Beatty. At the time that the Wood-Wagner marriage broke up, Beatty was in Europe with his fiancee Joan Collins making a movie with Vivien Leigh. Splendor was released almost a year after it was in the can and during their promotional tour in late 1961/early 1962, so AFTER Wood and Wagner separated, Natalie and Warren became an item. She even called Beatty her “life saver” because she felt so horrible after what Wagner had put her through. Everybody around Natalie at that time, including some good friends from within the industry as well as her sister, were very happy with the way Beatty restored Wood’s self esteem after it had been broken down by Wagner. I think Wagner may be trying to whitewash himself before he kicks the bucket!