From the memoirs of Jacques Feyder who directed her in "Carmen": "This
talented spanish artist was perfect as Carmen but.......because of her
moral principles she wanted to play only parts of pure and kind-hearted
women. I was worried because I saw the passionate and capricious gypsy
becoming more and more like a dull and virtuous young girl whose love
for don José was strictly platonic. One morning, while turning in the
Plaza de Toros of Ronda, miss Meller and I began an argument about a
scene where she did not want to be kissed. It was a very hot day, six
hundred extras were waiting and sweating under the burning sun, so I
lost my patience and cried her that it was impossible to change the
story written by Mérimée. She raised her arms in a tinkling of all her
bracelets and screamed: I don't care of this mr. Mérimée! Wher does
this Mérimée live? I'll call him by phone!"
