Madeleine Stowe
Madeleine Stowe
Madeleine Marie Stowe is an American actress. She appeared mostly on television before her breakthrough role in the 1987 crime-comedy film Stakeout. She went on to star in the films Revenge, Unlawful Entry, The Last of the Mohicans, Blink, Bad Girls, 12 Monkeys, The General’s Daughter, and We Were Soldiers. For her role in the 1993 independent film Short Cuts, she won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth18 August 1958
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
I actually pretended to be a journalist, ... John's publicist was very nice, but he did say, 'John is too busy and, by the way, what publication are you from, Miss?' -- I've never told John any of this.
There came a point in time when Michael was under a great deal of pressure to alter the film in a way that was just disturbing to him. I had not seen the movie, yet. He phoned me in July of '92 to look at his version.
Because of the tension and difficulty, I remember trying to do the silliest things when we weren't rolling cameras, anything to lift the spirits. But once on set, it was important to have full concentration.
He was also very clear that the decision to cast me as Cora was all Michael's.
Working on the accent helped, enormously. I will tell you that when I brought Michael a correct 'British' accent, one that my dialect coach was happy with, he hated it.
Michael would take us on location and see how the colors worked in the forests and fields.
Michael was very specific during rehearsals. When he was pleased, he always had this charming grin.
We were all so different, temperamentally from one another, it's impossible to believe that we were together for so long. The cast and crew. How could we be more different from one another? It's difficult to imagine. But something lovely came of it.
It was treacherous. I think someone was injured. But I did love being there, we all did.
I remember nearly having a fit of the giggles during the reading because dear Daniel was SO respectful and serious and I was finding the whole situation funny because I was speaking to his profile.
I remember the day vividly and how proud Russell felt to be an actor. Something clicked in him as he gave his last speech, and he was so happy.
I know that Michael met with the studio again and drew the line. In any event, Joe Roth was very proud of the film and the studio had a happy ending.
I'm reticent to say much more, but we would like to begin in the coming year. We'd like to shoot through the seasons because of the passage of time. This project is the great love of my life.
Saving Milly was a break from this effort because I felt that it was time to be part of something that could shed light on a disease everyone feels they know, when most know so little.