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Originally Posted by Chalet
Was Julie Christie before or after Michelle? That pic is just, well, you know......so civilized.
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Warren and Julie were together off and on from about
1966/1967 until the fall of 1974.
Shampoo was filmed from March 1974 until June 1974
on lots of "in crowd" locations and, being a member of
the in crowd, Michelle had a cameo in the after party scene.
But then, so did Howard Hesseman from WKRP Cincinnati
and Warren didn't start an affair with him, either
Anyway, right before shooting was over Warren had
bought them a home with several rooms designated
to be nurseries(.....) that really was the last straw for
Julie who was adamant about not wanting to start a
family.
She'd already gotten the jitters when he'd introduced her
to Shirley and his parents long before he'd bought the house.
She ended their relationship by phone in the fall of 1974.
Apparently, Beatty had really intended to marry and start
a family with Julie, yearning to have kids of his own.
He was so disillusioned by the break-up, even though he
was as much to blame as Julie, that he became quite
bitter about the institution of marriage when asked about
it by the media, claiming it was overrated and that one
could easily have a committed relationship without a
ceremony. Not long after the call from Julie, Michelle -
who'd broken up with Jack Nicholson that summer -
moved into the house he'd bought for Julie and him.
And you're right, little Chynna adored him, like Leslie
Caron's daughter had done many years earlier.
The weird part of the Julie/Warren relationship was that
when they first got together it was kind of an understanding
between them that they had a lot in common, including
the need for variety as far as romantic partners went.
Both had affairs during their years together, but they
always got back together. In some early publications it
was even hinted that Beatty had found his female match.
But he spoiled it, or at least disturbed the balance by all
of a sudden proposing to her and wanting to start a family,
while he'd known all along that she was not interested in
having children. He tried to change her mind and buying
the house and already starting nurseries before she'd even
seen the place was too much for her, for the relationship.
Not his smartest move.
