Editing Don't Look Now (section)

=== Casting ===
''Don't Look Now'' was Roeg's third film as director, following ''[[Performance (film)|Performance]]'' (1970) and ''[[Walkabout (film)|Walkabout]]'' (1971). Although real-life couple [[Natalie Wood]] and [[Robert Wagner]] were suggested for the parts of Laura and John Baxter, Roeg was eager to cast Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland from the very start. Initially engaged by other projects, both actors unexpectedly became available.  Christie liked the script and was keen to work with Roeg, who had served as cinematographer on ''[[Fahrenheit 451 (1966 film)|Fahrenheit 451]]'', ''[[Far from the Madding Crowd (1967 film)|Far from the Madding Crowd]]'' and ''[[Petulia]]'' in which she had starred. Sutherland also wanted to make the film but had some reservations about the depiction of [[clairvoyance]] in the script. He felt it was handled too negatively and believed that ''Don't Look Now'' should be a more "educative film", and that the "characters should in some way benefit from [[Extrasensory perception|ESP]] and not be destroyed by it". Roeg was resistant to any changes and issued Sutherland an ultimatum.{{sfn|Sanderson|1996|pp=17–19}}

Roeg wanted Julie Christie to attend a [[séance]] prior to filming. [[Leslie Flint]], a [[Mediumship#Direct voice|direct voice]] [[Mediumship|medium]] based in Notting Hill, invited them to attend a session which he was holding for some American [[parapsychologist]]s, who were coming over to observe him.  Roeg and Christie went along and sat in a circle in the pitch dark and joined hands. Flint instructed his guests to "uncross" their legs, which Roeg subsequently incorporated into the film.{{sfn|Sanderson|1996|pp=76–78}}

Adelina Poerio was cast as the fleeting red-coated figure after Roeg saw her photo at a casting session in Rome. Standing at only 4'2" tall, she had a career as a singer.{{sfn|Sanderson|1996|pp=74–75}} [[Renato Scarpa]] was cast as Inspector Longhi, despite not being able to speak English and so he had no idea what he was saying in the film.{{sfn|Sanderson|1996|p=49}}