![]() ![]() "He is less of a visionary like he was with "Eraserhead.' He is becoming more of an artist. "David is gradually becoming more and more in love with characters in his films the emotional side of movies," Dern says. Having worked with Lynch twice now, Dern has seen a change in him and his movies. "With Lula, I could act like I was coming from Jupiter not like I was stationed here on Earth." There wasn't as much freedom to do things with her. "I was completely held within the confines of Sandy (in "Blue Velvet"), in my acting. "In "Blue Velvet,' my character had a level of innocence. "Even from "Blue Velvet' (another Lynch film), it was a different experience. He knew he wanted my mother to play Lula's mom. "He knew he wanted Nicolas (Cage) to play Sailor. I said, "No way.' "By July, we were going strong. He said he wanted to go (start filming) by the end of the summer. Nobody but you can be Lula.' "This was like in April or May of 1989. Lula's role in "Wild at Heart," which opens today, is no "bit part," that's for sure. "Before that it was just a bit part here and a bit part there." "I don't consider my acting career to really have started until I got the part in "Foxes,' " she says. ![]() Her theater work includes "Hamlet" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream" during her studies at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. Dern's other films include "Teachers," "Mask," "Smooth Talk," "Blue Velvet," "Haunted Summer" and "Fat Man and Little Boy." Her first full role came in "Foxes," when she was 11. She then appeared in "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore." Ladd also is in "Wild at Heart," playing Lula's mother, Marietta Fortune.ĭern's first role was a walk-on in the 1973 film "White Lightning," with Burt Reynolds. ![]() "If they had only seen me in "Mask' or "Blue Velvet,' then they had no idea what they were about to see in "Wild at Heart.' " Dern is the daughter of actors Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd. "The thing I liked the most about Lula was there were no boundaries," Dern says. In "Wild at Heart," her latest movie, Dern is as "hot as Georgia asphalt" and is in love (or lust) with Nicolas Cage.ĭern, 23, plays Lula in director David Lynch's Follow-the-Yellow-Brick-Road picture. IN "Mask," her first big film, Laura Dern was the shy blind girl who befriended Eric Stoltz. ![]()
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