I had a chance to speak to
noted character actress Lin Shaye last week one - on - one, about her work in The Signal.
Amy Adams and
the noted character actress Melissa Leo are spirited and engaging as Ward's love interest and the brothers» mother respectively.
The son of producer George Englund and
noted character actress Cloris Leachman, actor Bryan Englund appeared in two feature films, Crazy Mama (1975) and The Prowler (1981).
Not exact matches
(Side
note: yes, both
actresses bear the same names as their
characters, Vaugn has pointed out that this is mere coincidence as both
actresses were the best people for their parts, judging from the performances they may have been named specifically to inhabit these roles.)
That said, «Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On» is a briskly paced cavalcade of the singer /
actress» colorful and classic stage
characters, and certainly, as «Variety»
notes, the biggest and most glamorous revue of her career.
The
actress also
noted that it was important for her to meet with the director so that they can talk about her execution of Michelle, as she feels how a female
character is presented in a horror film is important.
Paulson's one -
note beeyotch
character doesn't do the
actress any favors, but Fassbender, in what could have been a mustache - twirling part, is utterly transfixing as the kind of guy who really does have a deeply emotional investment in manic racial sadism.
Author and screenwriter Marguerite Duras is also given a special section, where
actress Laylage Courie reads original
character and scene
notes in English, enhanced by ten selected scenes from the film.
When prodded as to whether African American
characters were given a fairer shake in earlier drafts of his screenplay, McDonagh does
note that there were other scenes with
actress Amanda Warren that didn't make the finished cut.