Frank Sinatra's tough guy reputation was an 'exaggeration,' former co-star says
foxnews.comFrank Sinatra's former co-star Jacqueline Bisset shared insight into the musician's tough guy reputation as the two starred together in "The Detective" in the 1960s.
Bisset's role was small, but she described Sinatra as "protective" of her during the time they worked together. "He wasn’t going through an easy period in his life with the breakup with his wife, but he was very protective of me," Bisset explained to Closer Weekly. "He called me ‘The Kid’ and was quite patient because I was still very inexperienced." "[I had heard] he would only do one take.
His reputation was very tough, but it was an exaggeration. He couldn’t have been nicer." Bisset had a personal connection to Sinatra, as she recalled her father's love for the "Fly Me to the Moon" singer's music. "My father loved Sinatra.
When he was in a particularly good mood, he would play Sinatra. So, I associated Sinatra, not so much with my own feelings, but with my father’s feelings of being in this mood," she told the outlet. "I was very happy that I was working with Sinatra.
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