Winona Ryder is an icon of the 1990s thanks to her many film successes. But her growing fame also cost her the lead role in a film that mixed science fiction and romance.
Winona Ryder marked the 1990s by building an impressive career marked by prestigious collaborations. After a first role in Square Dance by Daniel Petrie, the public discovered her in the fantasy comedy Beetlejuice, whose long-awaited sequel is released on September 11 in France. The role of the charismatic Lydia Deetz opened the doors of Hollywood to her and allowed her to appear in many feature films, including Edward Scissorhands alongside Johnny Depp, Dracula, The Age of Innocence or even A Stolen Life. Despite her remarkable filmography, this did not prevent the actress from seeing the lead role in this masterpiece of the 2000s escape her.
Winona Ryder: the main role ofEternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind passed under his nose because of the paparazzi
This was during an interview given to the magazine Esquire than Winona Ryder, who will return in season 5 of Stranger Thingsrecounted how the paparazzi prevented her from landing the lead role in the film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mindwhich is to be (re)seen on Canal+. “It was such a brilliant script and Michel Gondry [le réalisateur, ndlr] and I was in this little restaurant and people kept coming up to me and there was a paparazzi outside, which was kind of unusual for me, but I remember Gondry’s face and I was trying to convince him that this wasn’t normal, and I know it wasn’t.“The 52-year-old actress added that the attention surrounding her personal life, including her love life and her arrest for shoplifting, had led her to miss out on many opportunities.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind : Winona Ryder has given way to another actress in Michel Gondry’s masterpiece
Exit Winona Ryder, Michel Gondry gave the role of Clementine Kruczynski to Kate Winslet. The actress, revealed thanks to Titanicgave the reply to Jim Carrey, with whom she had the impression of having reversed the roles. “Actually, I’m the one playing ‘the-Jim-Carrey-role’ as it’s generally understood, while Jim plays the one I’m most often offered. He does things here that we’ve never seen him do on screen, embodying the more sober, more rational of the two characters, while I play the totally chaotic girl who grimaces and gestures. In this film, each is used against type, which is generally a good thing.”she explained. Her performance in the feature film earned her an Oscar nomination for best actress in 2005.
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