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American actress Shelley Duvall spoke to the BBC shortly after the release of The Shining in 1980. In this clip, she talks about her intense role and working with meticulous director Stanley Kubrick.
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American actress Shelley Duvall He died at age 75.A protégé of film director Robert Altman, she appeared in seven of his films, including Nashville and Popeye, but her best-known role was as Wendy, the hotel manager wife to Jack Nicholson’s character, in Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 horror film The Shining.
In a September 1980 interview with the BBC, Duvall spoke about her intense role and working with a meticulous director. “My stamina has improved a lot since ‘The Shining,'” she said. “The role required me to cry all day, every day. It was very difficult to be hysterical for long periods of time.”
Video: “My stamina has increased a lot since ‘The Shining.’ The role required me to cry all day, so I had to get stronger.”
After multiple takes, Duvall told the BBC, “You forget about all reality except what you’re doing. It’s like a miracle, it looks better than it did before, and it feels fresh.”
“I was so happy to be in it,” she told Film 80 host Barry Norman. “I think I learned a lot from it and it made me stronger and stretched my emotional range more than any other film I’ve done before.”
Check out the rest of the interview in the video clip above.
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