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Who did Ayn Rand want to play "Atlas Shrugged" heroine, Dagny Taggert?

Green-eyed goddess Alida Valli played Ayn Rand's alter ego, Kira, in the 1942 adaptation of the autobiographical novel We the Living. Kentucky filly Patricia Neal played Rand alter ego Dominique Francon in the 1950 adaptation of The Fountainhead. Over the years many actresses, notably Angelina Jolie, craved the part of Dagny Taggert, invincible heroine of Rand's magnum opus, Atlas Shrugged. Rand's choice to play the railroad magnate?