Wyler was so taken with the actor Remington Olmsted, who plays the Decurian soldier who denies Ben-Hur water on the slave drive, that when he discovered the actor had been casually replaced during the shoot, he demanded Olmstead been found and returned at whatever cost. It wasn't too hard. Claude Heater, who played Christ, was a regular at Olmstead's restaurant in Rome while on location. Wyler's instincts proved worthy of the effort.
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