 The filmmakers originally planned a sequence discussing how gay  historical figures were portrayed as heterosexual in films. They  aborted the sequence when Richard Burton (I) (qv)s estate denied  the rights to _Alexander the Great (1956)_ (qv), MGM denied use of  _Hans Christian Andersen (1952)_ (qv) (fearing that the filmmakers  were trying to "out" Danny Kaye (qv)) and Charlton Heston (qv)  declined use of _Agony and the Ecstasy, The (1965)_ (qv) (claiming  that Michaelangelo was heterosexual).