European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 29, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Pago 18 the stars and stripes tuesday. October 29. 1985 Lange As Patsy Cline in 1hf. Film Sweet dreams. Tom Singer who struts around in calf High Cowboy boor. And is in Abr Hedly Chunky. intensely private obsessed about slaying Anturo of conscious about her voice that she Doon l even Merj in the Shower says the Persona of Lirio could not to More Remote from herself. But it was just this that attracted it to Thi part. She War said i Ange in her hotel suite. There was nothing hidden or neurotic or withheld. Those Are great qualifies. Go Nething i never played a fore. Tremendous ranges in emotion that last 30 to 40 . Nothing harboured. Like a firecracker going of 1 All the time i Felt that a this time in my life it was a Good exercise As a person to play this Cline started singing in the taverns of Northern Virginia was disco void by a Nashville agent and performed such songs a cry and cheating heart Al the grand die City she was killed at age 30 in a plane crash. Al the heart of the film is come s tempestuous relationship with her second husband Charlie Dick played in the film by de Harris. Who is depicted As being alternately delighted and Defeated by his wife s mounting Success. Weighing 10 pounds More than usual and with her hair dark Brown and knotted with Spray Lange appears Bux Orn in Sweet Fearns and Lar More earthy than the ethereal blondes she has portrayed in such dims at Footsie. The postman always rings twice and trances Remote As she said she Lound the Persona of Patsy Cline in particular the Singer s absence of vanity Lange said she identified instantly with the self destructive Streak of c Ine s romantic passions. She said a quest for intensity Long plagued her romantic life. It was a trap for me. As Long As it was passionate either negative or positive then knew it was love. As Long As it was extreme. That was its Validity. As soon As anything became too settled too regular too Placid i d have to get in there with the mix master to make sure things were still Lange said that since she began living with playwright and actor Sam Shepard a that has changed. They usually alternate Between she paid s Home in new Mexico and Lange s log Cabin on a Lake in Minnesota though now they Are in new York Tor several months As Shepard mounts his latest play a let of the mind. Lange s 4-year-old daughter Alexandra whose Tather is the dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov is with them As is a perfectly clipped Standard Black poodle. Lange is expecting another child in january. Although she and Shepard have no specific plans to marry she said marriage to Shepard was an absolute an earthy Rote for Jessica Lange. Lange said Ahe Camo to the role of Chen almost by Accident. She had barely heard of the Singer when her a no sent her a copy of Robert a Mtchell s Sci pm Lange said she was instantly drawn to come s zest Lul. Childlike personality. She had also been eager to act in a love Story. Sho said she found the part liberating because among other things it forced her losing. Lango described her voice tersely As although in the soundtrack the songs Are it Cor dogs by Cline. Range would Belt out the tunes when portraying Cline on Siage. Beyond still photographs and several old television clippings of come. Who died in 1963, there was Little evidence How she behaved. Lange said she met with people who had known Cline but they Ait remember what they want to almost no one could Tell her about How Cline walked or whether she had any special quirks of expression or gesture. Fine s Mother Hilda Henc Ley played by Anne Wegworth provided Lange with the one detail around which she found she could focus Cline. It was a simple movement How Cline would gesture behind her Back to the musicians but Lange said it helped her crystallize the character s stage Persona. Lange said she regarded every part she played As a personal exercise. When she portrayed the actress Frances Farmer for example Fie role gave her an Opportunity to explore the Depths of her anger an exercise she found at once fascinating and debilitating and difficult on Thooe around her. Ill never do a role like that again she said. At one Point during the interview Sam Shepard arrived unexpectedly and Lango leaped to his Side in mid sentence As it she had not seen him Lor weeks. On returning she said Unselt consciously that whereas she once believed separations were important in keeping couples together she now has a lifelong commitment to taking care of Shepard and that the Only area of Independence they maintain is in their work. Even when they collaborate As they did in the to attn country we Don t get into explanations. It s organic. That s How i like Lange spoke obliquely of slowing Down of not wanting to drag her daughter around location now that the girl has started school. She spoke of having become Mote selective in her Choice of parts about not wanting to take on roles unless something captures my hothn6 Taij Frt 11 Praxal Man. 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