11 June 1933 – 29 August 2016
The actor’s friend and co-star remembers a gentle man whose sensitivity was born from a tough upbringing and a constantly ailing mother
• Alan Rickman remembered by Ian Rickson
• Read the Observer’s obituaries of 2016 in full here
I’ll never forget the first time Gene walked into my house. My God, I thought, it’s Willy Wonka! Gene was working with my then husband, Victor [Drai, a film producer], adapting a French film, Pardon Mon Affaire, which became The Woman in Red (1984). It was my first film. I always say I got the role because I was sleeping with the producer! Gene was the director and the star – and a different, shyer character off camera.
He’d had a tough early life, he’d been abused, and his mother was ill throughout his childhood. He’d always been told to be quiet, sensitive, to make his mother smile. That’s where...
The actor’s friend and co-star remembers a gentle man whose sensitivity was born from a tough upbringing and a constantly ailing mother
• Alan Rickman remembered by Ian Rickson
• Read the Observer’s obituaries of 2016 in full here
I’ll never forget the first time Gene walked into my house. My God, I thought, it’s Willy Wonka! Gene was working with my then husband, Victor [Drai, a film producer], adapting a French film, Pardon Mon Affaire, which became The Woman in Red (1984). It was my first film. I always say I got the role because I was sleeping with the producer! Gene was the director and the star – and a different, shyer character off camera.
He’d had a tough early life, he’d been abused, and his mother was ill throughout his childhood. He’d always been told to be quiet, sensitive, to make his mother smile. That’s where...
- 12/11/2016
- by Guardian Staff
- The Guardian - Film News
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