<P> Trevor Howard signed to play Bligh . Brando personally selected a local Tahitian, Tarita, to play his love interest . </P> <P> Charles Lederer was brought on to work on the script . </P> <P> Filming began in Tahiti . More than 150 cast and crew arrived, and MGM took over 200 hotel rooms . </P> <P> Filming was extremely difficult, in part because the script was being rewritten and Brando was ad - libbing much of his part . Also costs were high due to the remote location . The replica of the Bounty took nine months to make rather than the scheduled six and arrived after filming had started . </P>

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