Noah Baumbach’s “Marriage Story” is full of wonderful performances from stars Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson among others, but one of the most memorable is Laura Dern’s. No surprise; the actress was born into Hollywood royalty via dad Bruce Dern and mom Diane Ladd, and routinely turns in firecracker performances. But as bulldog divorce lawyer Nora, Dern is clearly having a blast — and could scoop up a third Oscar nomination, if not her first win.
I’ve walked through it in so many different ways with so many people — as a child, best friend, ex-wife. It’s a romance. It’s a tragedy. At times it’s a horror film. You have a marriage until you sign that paper. It’s a really messed up system. I could have done it better for my kids, made it more amicable.The bravery of thinking of marrying again — I don’t know. I have not remarried. [Divorce is] not something I’d want to do again.
As a young actress there was only one other woman even on the movie — the script supervisor. I never saw another [on set]. There was no gender diversity, and no comfort zone as a child. It was such a man’s world. It has changed immensely, which is exciting — but there’s still a long way to go.What’s scary is, I’m like, “I’m 13, I can take an elevator downstairs” and the person in the elevator is attempting to be inappropriate — and the doors opened and my guardian was there.
Tell that to Sigourney Weaver and literally kiss my.....
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