The following is an excerpt from the book, ‘Celebrity Diss And Tell: Stars Talk About Each Other’, by Boze Hadleigh. Madeline Kahn on the part of Agnes Gooch. “She wanted to be the sole star of the thing...besides my age threatened her. I was funny and young. She was really too old to play Mame Dennis, by 20 years or so. She had cast approval— I was released. Replaced by an actress who is funny and not young.”—Madeline Kahn “Madeline didn’t want to play the character. She did see to it that her contract insured she got paid whether she stayed in the picture or not.” —Lucille Ball #lucilleball #mame #madelinekahn #agnesgooch #whatsthereason #staroftheshow #differenceofopinion #tooold #contract #gotpaid #whoknows #lucyball #myfavoriteredhead #bitter https://www.instagram.com/p/CByctVDnuLr/?igshid=uk27044ko3zm