[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

Ann Coulter as Dagny, smart, self reliant and pretty but not overly drop dead gorgeous.
That is my idea of Dagny.

[SAJ]

Yah, that sounds right.

I'm firmly convinced that Rand had Gary Cooper in mind for Reardon. He had already played Roark some years earlier, and the Cooper mythos is nearly identical to Rearden's philosophy: hard work, straight dealing, self-reliance, never say quit, etc.