Pansy O’Hara

Little known factoid!

When Margaret Mitchell first wrote Gone With The Wind, her MC was called Pansy.

It was her agent/editor who suggested a name change. Pansy was….urrrrm…too fluffy for THIS heroine.

Think again, MM. Think about Mars – the God of War.

Hence – today WE know her as Scarlett.

Frankly, my dear etc :o)

P.S. Vivien Leigh was married (tortuously and with bad vibes) to SIR Laurence Olivier. One of our finest ever Shakespeare actors.

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