Question re. Leaming book

[chrissie]

Apologies if this is obvious or already answered.

In Leaming's book, sometime around early '85 if I read the timeline right, she mentions OW going to Rome to make a film where he plays God (in a white suit). It's very specific in detailing his situation re. Cradle, etc. (i.e. not good) upon his return from this shoot.

Er, so... what IS this?! A weird bit of imagination? Orson lying about where he was/what he was doing? OW appears to have been quite busy at this time -- tons of voice work, readings, crime TV show, etc. -- but no acting roles as such mentioned anywhere. If we discount the Jaglom thing (yes, please, let's discount that), which is more an interview anyway, the last on-screen acting gig seems to have been Where is Parsifal? in '83. (Which I've never seen, and something tells me I shouldn't lose any sleep...)

Any clarification on this?