singing actors and actresses  were tested or considered for the leading roles. Among them:  Suzanne Pleshette (qv), Jill St. John (qv),  Audrey Hepburn (qv), Anna Maria Alberghetti (qv),  Elizabeth Ashley (I) (qv), Anthony Perkins (qv),  Warren Beatty (qv), Bobby Darin (qv), Burt Reynolds (I) (qv),  Richard Chamberlain (I) (qv), Troy Donahue (qv) and  Gary Lockwood (qv).