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<blockquote data-quote="Barbara Fan" data-source="post: 97576" data-attributes="member: 21"><p><strong>From Radio Times, really enjoying her role as Bette Davis in this - hope she gets an Emmy </strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>You’re playing Bette Davis in Feud: Bette and Joan. What do you have in common? </strong></p><p></p><p>We’re both Yankees, value our gay following and we’ve got foul mouths.</p><p></p><p><strong>What was it like to play her?</strong></p><p></p><p>I met her. She actually approached me when I was really just a kid. Her daughter’s book came out and she wanted to do a film, but there wasn’t any script. I saw her interviews at festivals and on TV and that’s when I got more of a sense of the person. She was a strong performer; she did uglify herself and she didn’t mind seeming unsympathetic, which was unusual for that time.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://media.immediate.co.uk/volatile/sites/3/2017/12/14642826-high_res-feud-bette-and-joan-fd93c7c.jpg?quality=90&lb=620,413&background=white" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Susan Sarandon in Feud: Bette and Joan (BBC)</p><p><strong>Feud is about power – Joan and Bette fighting for power, as well as Hollywood’s power over them. Have things changed?</strong></p><p></p><p>Actors are disposable. Women are even more disposable and the ageism, sexism and racism that are rabid in Hollywood play into that. Early on in my career, powerful women did nothing to help other women. These days there’s a huge tower block of funny women who can green-light projects, and have been very successful.</p><p></p><p><strong>Have you been involved in a feud? </strong></p><p></p><p>When I was younger, a couple of people – who shall not be named – tried to make my life miserable. One was a TV heart-throb who wasn’t used to women challenging him. I couldn’t work in an atmosphere where there’s tension. On Feud, someone was difficult and they were gone the next day.</p><p></p><p><strong>No political feuds?</strong></p><p></p><p>Some people blame my support for Bernie Sanders for Hillary Clinton losing. Come on! Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, George Clooney, Beyoncé, Jay-Z on her side and I ruined her chances? That’s crazy.</p><p></p><p><strong>Have you got a nemesis?</strong></p><p></p><p>Not that I know of. Which isn’t bad for a long career in Hollywood.</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Feud: Bette and Joan begins Saturday 16th December at 9pm on BBC2 – and the entire series is on iPlayer straight afterwards</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Barbara Fan, post: 97576, member: 21"] [B]From Radio Times, really enjoying her role as Bette Davis in this - hope she gets an Emmy You’re playing Bette Davis in Feud: Bette and Joan. What do you have in common? [/B] We’re both Yankees, value our gay following and we’ve got foul mouths. [B]What was it like to play her?[/B] I met her. She actually approached me when I was really just a kid. Her daughter’s book came out and she wanted to do a film, but there wasn’t any script. I saw her interviews at festivals and on TV and that’s when I got more of a sense of the person. She was a strong performer; she did uglify herself and she didn’t mind seeming unsympathetic, which was unusual for that time. [IMG]http://media.immediate.co.uk/volatile/sites/3/2017/12/14642826-high_res-feud-bette-and-joan-fd93c7c.jpg?quality=90&lb=620,413&background=white[/IMG] Susan Sarandon in Feud: Bette and Joan (BBC) [B]Feud is about power – Joan and Bette fighting for power, as well as Hollywood’s power over them. Have things changed?[/B] Actors are disposable. Women are even more disposable and the ageism, sexism and racism that are rabid in Hollywood play into that. Early on in my career, powerful women did nothing to help other women. These days there’s a huge tower block of funny women who can green-light projects, and have been very successful. [B]Have you been involved in a feud? [/B] When I was younger, a couple of people – who shall not be named – tried to make my life miserable. One was a TV heart-throb who wasn’t used to women challenging him. I couldn’t work in an atmosphere where there’s tension. On Feud, someone was difficult and they were gone the next day. [B]No political feuds?[/B] Some people blame my support for Bernie Sanders for Hillary Clinton losing. Come on! Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, George Clooney, Beyoncé, Jay-Z on her side and I ruined her chances? That’s crazy. [B]Have you got a nemesis?[/B] Not that I know of. Which isn’t bad for a long career in Hollywood. [B]Feud: Bette and Joan begins Saturday 16th December at 9pm on BBC2 – and the entire series is on iPlayer straight afterwards[/B] [/QUOTE]
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