[BradyLS]

There’s a famous sketch of Rand by the artist “Ilona” that appears on the back of the old Signet paper-packs of her books. There are times when the actress playing Dagny looked like that sketch. Possibly her resemblance to that sketch figured in her casting. Myself, I always thought that Dagny was Rand’s idealized self.

I wonder of the actor playing Hank might not have been selected for a resemblance to Frank O’Connor (Rand’s husband) since he looks nothing like the description of Reardon from the books?

[rlmorel]

"...I always thought that Dagny was Rand’s idealized self..."

LOL! Ya think?

Ayn Rand was one strange chick, no doubt. She was no dummy, and her emphasis on self-reliance is worth gold, but her attitudes towards sex, her appearance and such were very odd, to say the least. Sounds like she was into S&M or other such stuff.