Interestingly, Ginger Rogers tried out for the part of Elizabeth under the pseudonym "Lady Ainsley," much to the annoyance of Katherine Hepburn, who detested her (and actually kicked her at one point during the screen test). Nevertheless, Rogers was strongly considered for the part, until RKO decided that high drama would not be suitable to the screen image they were crafting for her. At one point Hepburn is said to have lamented the fact that she could not play both queens, on hearing which, Deadpan Snarker John Carradine remarked: "If you did, how would you know which one to upstage?" The part eventually went to Fredric March's wife, Florence Eldridge.