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Every actor has a few duds under their belt, but for poor Laura Dern, an embarrassing relic of a teenage role that fell far short of reaching the impressive heights of Blue velvet Or Jurassic Park was unearthed almost 40 years later.
Daughter of Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd, the actress made her debut at a very young age, even appearing as an extra in Martin Scorsese’s film. Alice no longer lives hereand in the early 1980s, she landed a role in the feminist punk film Ladies and gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains, who teased the start of a career that refused to stick to convention.
However, before being able to lend himself to big films like Speak gently And Wild at heartDern appeared in a movie that was so obviously going to be bad that it’s a wonder her parents, as veteran actors, didn’t sit her down and tell her it might not be the best idea; I guess they wanted her to make her own decisions.
So a young Dern chose to appear in Grizzly II: the predatora sequence of Grizzlywhich had already been a failure. In the footsteps of Jawsthe film’s setup is hardly original, although there is a bear causing mayhem rather than a shark, and what made her sign on, given that she had just appeared in a rather gritty indie film, is a question I’d like to know the answer to, but at least she can laugh about it now.
For some strange reason, the film, also known as Grizzly II: The concert, wasn’t released until 2020, making his recasting a pretty embarrassing moment for Dern, who also starred alongside an unknown George Clooney. At the time, both men were of course Oscar-winning Hollywood icons, so the film certainly served as a reminder that everyone has to start somewhere.
When asked about the film by AV Clubthe actor said, “Okay, first of all, man, this is fucking hysterical! I didn’t even know what it was called until you said it, and yet I know exactly what you’re talking about.”
Dern was far too busy in 2020 to watch the movie, admitting, “I’ve never seen it, I can tell you that,” continuing, “The last I heard from George Clooney, who is also one of the actors in the movie, was that the whole movie is 40 minutes, and no one has ever seen it. That’s not really even long enough to call it a movie.”
Turns out the film is actually 74 minutes long, so while it’s certainly longer than Clooney claims, it’s still only scratching the surface of being a feature film, and Dern concluded, “The only thing I can say about it…I mean, I’m 16, it’s been six weeks in Budapest, Hungary, at the exact second communism ends, and it’s me, George Clooney, and Charlie Sheen,” before also admitting to remembering of a longer film. gastronomic experience than the film.
“I won’t say anything else except that it was the craziest moment. And the paprika chicken was outstanding,” she added, and perhaps, for everyone involved, it would be better if Grizzly II: the concert is forgotten.
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