(NCS) — Just just a few motion pictures into her now-storied profession, Glenn Close discovered herself starring reverse certainly one of the most good-looking and widespread male film stars of the time.
In “The Natural,” Robert Redford performed an getting old baseball participant who turns into a phenom. Close performed his former girlfriend with whom he reconnects in a memorable scene the place his character sees her in the stands, backlit in white, glowing like an angel. He’s mesmerized, and so seemingly have been the moviegoers who bear in mind the 1984 movie.
In sports activities phrases, their chemistry was a homerun.
“I think you work with an actor and you get the sense you can trust them… you can create together the belief in the audience that you are deeply in love with each other,” Close stated, reflecting on the movie, which earned her an Academy Award nomination for finest supporting actress, in a conversation with Brianna Keilar and Boris Sanchez on NCS News Central on Tuesday.
She added: “I also think that, personally, less is more. I think we see so much today of people ripping their clothes off and eating each other, basically, that it doesn’t mean anything anymore. I think we’ve become inured to that. What’s most powerful is sometimes the simplest.”
“The Natural” ended up being the begin of Close’s skilled relationship and deeply loving friendship with Redford – who died Tuesday at age 89 – that might span many years.
Close described Redford as “a man who put his money and his life into what he believed in.” His Sundance Institute being certainly one of them.
“He was a great friend. I learned a lot from him,” Close, who served on the board of the Institute for a number of years, added. “He had the heart and soul of an artist – a true artist.”
Close spoke to NCS from Germany the place she was making ready for a brand new movie when somebody talked about the information. She admitted that she “had to leave the room for a bit” after listening to about Redford’s dying.
“I think I’m still in a bit of shock and denial, frankly,” she stated.
She’s not alone.
Redford’s attain – as a expertise, environmentalist and champion of the arts – has positioned him in a standing and favor in Hollywood that is achieved by few and, when misplaced, acknowledged by many. That is definitely the case right here, with Redford’s friends recognizing him for the qualities named above and so many extra.
Close maybe put it finest with a fittingly easy thought: “I think we owe him a huge debt.”
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