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George Lucas discovered her

posted 14 years ago by amidalasky
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Or at least, he gave her her big break.

This information comes from Kathleen Turner herself, in an interview given circa 2004. When she auditioned for the part of Matty Walker in "Body Heat," Lucas, who produced the film uncredited for his friend Lawrence Kasdan and apparently had some say in the casting, watched Turner's audition tape and said, "No more auditions. She's Matty."

Since it is all but illegal on IMDB.com to say anything even slightly complimentary about George Lucas, I thought I'd toss that out there. Let me guess: the too-hip-for-words posters will say, "Well, that proves what a moron he is, because look where Turner is now!" Oh, I don't know. Maybe she hasn't aged well and her career has declined in recent years, but her performance in "Body Heat" made her a star and is still indelibly marked in moviegoers' minds, and she followed it up with many other fine performances.

[–] MadNotAngry 13 years ago

I am so there! I agree with every word you said.

I, too, find it odd Lucas cannot be praised.

I, too, agree, Turner is an amazing actress.

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[–] christeline1 13 years ago

I agree with you, Lucas did a good job.

It makes me very angry when I read peoples' comments about a person's looks. Some people have good genes for aging and others don't. It's not the person's fault, and plus, there is more to people than just physical appearance, like character.
Look at Mother Teresa, she's no supermodel but had saved the lives of countless people and gave unconditional love despite their appearance.

I'm not directing my rant at you Amid, but others. I just wish there was more charity in this world.

Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.

[–] Eve_of_Destruction 13 years ago

People in general suck. If Harrison Ford can still hop around doing action movies and George Clooney is up for an Oscar than women who age should have the same respect. But of course they don't. Men age better due to not having stupid hormones and cellulite etc etc. which is nothing spectacular on their part. It's luck. (Some men do have cellulite but it's not as common)

[–] jmtrc 13 years ago

Hey, Lucas had great things going on back in the day. Sure, he had a lot of dumb ideas too, but those days he wasn't surrounded by all his yes-persons, and so the dumb things wouldn't see the light of day. Unlike more recent times.

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[–] loonieloona 12 years ago

I did not know that. Cool.

Lucas has made plenty of good decisions in his life and made some pretty good movies too.