Heather O’Rourke (1975–1988) Born: December 27, 1975 in San Diego, California, USA Died: February 1, 1988 (age 12) in San Diego, California, USA I want to continue acting, but I want to be a director. I’d been thinking about it for a while. A couple of years ago, I decided it would be a different… Continue reading Died Today (February 1st): Heather O’Rourke (1975–1988)
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Died Today (Jan. 27th): John Hurt (1940–2017)
(2011, on The Elephant Man (1980)) It took 12 hours to apply the original makeup. I thought to myself, “They have actually found a way of making me not enjoy a film.” Christopher Tucker, who devised the makeup, applied it that first day and when he was done, I hobbled into the studio. I was in terror of anybody laughing, because if anybody had giggled or laughed at all, the whole house of cards would have collapsed. But there was an absolute hushed silence, which was only broken by Anthony Hopkins saying, “Let’s do the test.” So it started, and that spell lasted.
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