>> my name is jean seberg. reporter: aative of iowa seberg got her start by chance . nt.ning a taontest beating some 18,000 hopefuls and getting cast as joan of arc into reminger's film, "saint joan." that success led columbia pictures to put her under contract, eventually casting her in roles opposite major stars like burt lancaster the film "airport." >> they had been pressuring me about that transscr to san fran reporter: so you're an actress playing another actor. what did you see in her that suggested a kind of openness, a different kindting? >> i think that she was present. when she was in a place and a time, that's where she was. and there was no amount of preparation that would make her a better actor, that would remove the experience of discover dmovieso this beautiful thing where they bring us closer together. i t sense that she, from a reallyys young age, alhampioned the underdog and did it, did it without any sort of fear. she was reckless. there was something re about her in every aspect, even her performances feel reckless. i feel like you never know what sh