Bergman 'regretted turning down part in Apes movie'

It may be hard to believe but the greatest career regret the illustrious actress Ingrid Bergman had at the end of her life was turning down the opportunity to appear in Planet Of The Apes.

The Casablanca star was offered a role in the 1968 movie opposite Charlton Heston and, according to her daughter Isabella Rossellini, was eager to take it so she could “disregard her regal bearing”.