stratten is with us this morning.ich make her into what paul couldn't make her into. >> i'm in the middle of another movie right now that i'm shooting in new york, called "they all laughed." with peter bogdanovich is directing, audrey hepburn, and ben gazzara starring. >> do you have some talking parts? >> oh, i have a co-starring role. >> oh, good, good. >> he's valuing her in a different way than just, "let's get more of these nude photographs." >> she had a kind of glow and the way she talked. the way she moved. her laugh. >> i remember driving her to the airport to start filming and she was very excited. >> director peter bogdanovich is in new york city to shoot his new comedy, "they all laughed." >> peter wanted to make a love story in new york about how falling in love could be a mistake. >> the john ritter character in the movie is modeled on bogdanovich and he cast dorothy stratten as the object of his desire. >> being in love with dorothy is what inspired the picture and i think it has the feeling of being in

[ cheers and applause ] >>> we have a look back now at dorothy stratten.years ago. amy has that story. hey, amy. >> reporter: good morning, george. it's been nearly four decades since her now infamous murder, and some friends of hers that knew her best are speaking out about dorothy stratten and her journey from a dairy queen in canada to international stardom. dorothy stratten, playboy play mate, actress, a living fantasy for millions of men in 1980. >> dorothy stratten in many ways was almost like a fantasy of what the "playboy" reader or fan would want. >> she was just a sweet, effervescent angel. >> reporter: when the canadian beauty was still in high school, paul snider, a local pimp and local small time promoter, approached her while she was working at a dairy queen in vancouver. >> he was a predator. you think of him and you think of a wolf. >> he sees a sexy girl at a dairy queen. hmm, what can happen for me through her. that's of interest to . >> reporter: snider and stratten start dating and he convinces dorothy to pose nude for "playboy's" submi

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