'He wanted to win in whatever way he could win.'
Lewis, a Newark native and renowned comedian, actor and director, started his career as one half of a comedy duo with Dean Martin in the 1950s. He went on to find great success in comedy films including “The Nutty Professor” and “The Bellboy” . He was 91 when he died in 2017.
“He wanted to win in whatever way he could win,” Sharpe says. “Win the girl, win the moment, put me in my place to let him know, ‘I’m the boss here, you’ll do as I say, and if you don’t, this is how I punish you.’” Sharpe says she told Lewis off, and let him know the experience had been “the most unprofessional leading man/leading lady relationship I’ve ever had in my 20 years as an actor.”When she worked with Lewis on the film “” , which he also directed, she says he asked her to come to his dressing room on the first day. As she sat down in the dressing room, he pressed a button that locked the door, she says, and began praising her body, telling her she should wear skirts instead of pants.
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