Weintraub, who died last July, was going way back into Tarzan lore in thinking about Phelps as the leading man — Johnny Weissmuller was plucked from the pool to play Tarzan in 13 films from 1932-48. The Bronx-bred producer's thoughts about Phelps were published in Vanity Fair's August profile of Margo Robbie, the star of the latest Tarzan flick; Cohen profiled Weintraub for the glossy in 2008 and also assisted on the producer's memoir.