The distributors intended Robert Redford for the role of Casanova but Fellini refused to cast him. The sea in the film was created from cut-up black trash-bags; Fellini wanted to put high emphasis on the plasticity of Casanova's life and journey. When it was completed, Fellini thought it was his best film, and was inevitably heartbroken when it was not critically received in America. Fellini thought that Casanova was an evil character because "he did not love." The original sc ...[Read Story ]