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No Debra Winger in the blu-ray extras?

posted 8 years ago by jane_bront
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An amazon reviewer said just about all the main players took part in the "Making of" feature except Debra Winger, Lisa Blount and Robert Loggia. All three of them would have been great to hear from, but the absence of DW in the extras lessens my enthusiasm for the Blu-ray. Was she featured in the extras of a DVD version? Was she too busy, not asked, not interested, or what? Because her absence is a glaring omission since she's the female lead and gave a great performance.

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[–] drjeff21 8 years ago

Debra Winger has stated that she hates this movie. She also did not get along at all with Richard Gere.

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[–] jane_bront 8 years ago

I've heard that she just didn't get along with him but she hated the movie as a whole as well? But she willingly took a role in the film so I'm thinking she had to have read the script first. Sooo...what did she hate about it after the fact? Not just Richard Gere?

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[–] drjeff21 8 years ago

I believe her hatred developed from the experience of making the movie, not the script. Here is a portion of an article regarding how she felt about the movie: "She hated every minute of making it, and she famously, and hilariously, likened her co-star Richard Gere to 'a brick wall' and labelled the film's director Taylor Hackford (Mr.Helen Mirren) 'an animal'."

It was noted that Richard Gere did not react well to the fact that although he had top billing, she was the scene-stealer and then received the Oscar nomination.

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[–] jane_bront 8 years ago

Thanks for answering. Oh well...too bad she didn't like the experience because it doesn't show at all onscreen. Fine acting on her part. I do think Richard Gere deserved a nomination for playing Mayo though.