 Lean had difficulty casting the role of the British military officer  who has an affair with the eponymous heroine. Lean wanted to work  with Marlon Brando (qv), but he was not offered the role. Lean  cast Christopher Jones after seeing him in  _Looking Glass War, The (1969)_ (qv), not knowing that Joness voice  had been dubbed. Jones proved a disaster during filming, which  explains the monosyllabism of his character and the loquaciousness  of his aide