Rock Hudson overjoyed with role in "Send Me No Flowers"

The following pressbook discusses Rock Hudson’s role in “Send Me No Flowers” and his excitement for being “weak” in the film. Send Me No Flowers is a screen adaptation of a Broadway play that follows Rock Hudson’s character, a hypochondriac, who believes he has weeks to live, searching for a new husband for his wife. The pressbook goes into detail that Hudson’s role for “Man’s Favorite Sport?”, he is portrayed as a well-built all-powerful man. Hudson finds satisfaction playing “a weakling” and feels that his roles are based on his talent for bringing characters to life rather than simply fitting the physical mold of  a traditional hero.