“The only problem we had with her was she’s Italian,” he said.

And they would be flying across her face."

To hear Ward tell it, Russo’s hands were particularly troublesome in the first scene she shot.

Rene Russo in ‘Major League’

Rene Russo in ‘Major League’.Paramount/Everett

“I said, ‘Rene, you’ve got to keep the hands down,'” Ward said.

“And finally what I did is, I tied them down.

And then I untied them and she was fine.

“I’m forever grateful to David for taking a chance on me.”

“Most people when they read, they stand up, they walk around she stood in a corner.

Listen to Ward’s full interview above.

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