Where Are They Now?
She’s A He? Snakkle Catches Up With The Academy Award-Winning Cast Of Tootsie, 31 Years Later!
"I was a better man with you as a woman than I ever was with a woman as a man.” No truer words have ever been spoken by… well, a man dressed as a woman to the woman he loves. When the detail-oriented Dorsey hears of a casting call for the soap opera Southwest General, he goes for it… but as “Dorothy Michaels.” Chaos (and comedy) ensues as Michael dressed as “Dorothy” falls for his lovely costar, becomes a TV sensation, and his life gets soapy in more ways than one. Tootsie and its all-star cast were nominated for a whopping ten Academy Awards! Read on to find out where they are now. By Brittany Carson
Columbia Pictures
Sydney Pollack as George Stein in Tootsie (1982)
Not only was acclaimed director Sydney Pollack both the producer and director for the successful film Tootsie he also played the role of Dustin Hoffman’s agent, George Fields. According to a Wall Street Journal article commemorating the film’s 25th anniversary and DVD release in 2008, Pollack admits he didn’t want to act in the film. He explains that Hoffman convinced him to play unemployable Michael’s agent, George, because Hoffman wanted “a real authority figure.” The scene where Michael sits down next to his agent in the Russian Tea Room in NYC dressed and acting convincingly as “Dorothy” before quietly revealing his real identity is a classic.
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