Every day for eight weeks, the actor 'begged and pleaded' new love Sirin Lewendon to come to his bedroom - and every day she told him to wait because she didn't want to become 'just another notch on a Hollywood actor's bedpost'.
Richardson cast Marianne Faithfull in the film version made that same year.
She doesn't suffer fools gladly, she's ballsy and independent which is probably why Ralph likes her so much.
A friend said: 'He was chasing her for two months - they went on dates but she wouldn't give in to him.