Julianne Moore turns 60 today. A good time to review, from her own voice,
(Robert Altman, 1993)
She had already attracted attention a year earlier with a small
role in Curtis Hanson's 'The Hand That Rocks the Cradle', but it was Robert
Altman, who discovered her in a performance of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya at the
of-Broadway, who revealed her talent (and pubic hair) to us with a shocking
scene in which the actress appeared ironing N-ked from the waist down.
Robert was very clear with me from the beginning, explains Moore. He told
me: I want you to think it over before accepting and that you feel
comfortable with your character. A deal like this gives you a lot of
security. I replied that I was going to give the character a bonus: I'm a
redhead. Completely red.
(George Clooney, 2017)
Moore participates in the latest film directed by George
Clooney, 'Suburbicon'. Its plot is set in the 1950s, and the themes of
intolerance and fear from that decade are very relevant and in keeping with
these difficult times, she notes. But in a way it's an opportunity to talk
about it, to change our behavior, she says. It's time to talk about racism,
Trump and the s-xual abuse of women in the industry. I think awareness and
vigilance and activism is needed. We have to keep moving forward and we have
to keep talking about it. Moore is not one to shut up. She was one of the
Hollywood voices who spoke out after the Harvey Weinstein scandal. She went
public with director James Toback approaching her in the 1980s and asking
her to audition for him at her apartment.
