“By the time she was given the role (of Ilsa Lund) in April, Bergman would have accepted a script much worse than Casablanca. She had been stuck in Rochester, New York, where her husband was in medical school, since August, and she despaired of ever making another movie.” DespairIsolationSecond Chances Book:Round Up the Usual Suspects: The Making of Casablanca--Bogart, Bergman, and World War II Source: Round Up the Usual Suspects: The Making of Casablanca--Bogart, Bergman, and World War II