It was only after he successfully punked Midnight Cowboy co-star Jon Voight at New York’s Russian Tea Room that Dustin Hoffman felt confident he could really pass himself off as a woman. Even so, it came as a shock how unattractive he felt when dragged up – so much so that, a quarter century on, the memory still brings him to tears. All director Sydney Pollack can remember, meanwhile, are the never-ending arguments with his temperamental star and the latter’s diva-like insistence that Pollack take the role of his character’s agent. Hang on, lads: isn’t Tootsie supposed to be a comedy?
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