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New York Post
6 hours ago
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Rebecca De Mornay slams 'Hand That Rocks the Cradle' remake: 'Betrayal'
Don't mess with Peyton Flanders. Rebecca De Mornay, the iconic actress who brought the deranged nanny to life in 'The Hand That Rocks the Cradle,' got candid on her feelings surrounding the film's reboot. The 1992 thriller is getting a facelift by 20th Century, with Michelle Garza Cervera helming as the director and 'Longlegs' star Maika Monroe, 32, portraying Flanders, the role made famous by De Mornay. 12 Rebecca De Mornay spoke to The Post about her new thriller, 'Saint Clare.' Page Six Despite the buzz surrounding the remake, the 'Risky Business' bombshell admitted she wasn't thrilled when she learned about the news, exclusively telling The Post that no one from the new cast or crew reached out to her about redoing the legendary film. 'Nobody. I found out about it, and I kind of joked that I was quite perturbed. It felt like a betrayal, like how dare you [have] somebody else be playing that part,' she said. That doesn't mean that De Mornay is boycotting the movie. 'I'm actually kind of curious to see it, to see if they can live up to what we did,' the actress added. While she's gearing up for her latest thriller 'Saint Clare,' which also features Bella Thorne and Ryan Phillippe, the star shared that remakes are sort of a moot point in Hollywood, despite classics 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' (1997) getting rebooted. 12 She also discussed 'The Hand That Rocks the Cradle' reboot. 12 Rebecca De Mornay played Peyton Flanders, the deranged nanny, in the '92 blockbuster. ©Buena Vista Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection 12 She told The Post that no one from the reboot reached out to her about the follow-up film. ©Buena Vista Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection In June, Rob Lowe even revealed they are working on a script for a 'St. Elmo's Fire' remake 40 years after the original one hit theaters in 1985. 'New stories seem to be impossible for people to come up with. That's why I really like 'Saint Claire.' It's new. I haven't seen anything like it before,' De Mornay told The Post about her new horror film. 'There's a kind of laziness of falling [into] 'Oh, well, that works. So let's just do that one again,' rather than coming up with a new story. So that kind of bugs me a little,' she added, while noting that she enjoyed the various versions of 'A Star is Born.' 12 Maika Monroe is stepping into the role that De Mornay made famous. The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Images 12 'I found out about it, and I kind of joked that it was quite perturbed. It felt like a betrayal, like how dare you, [have] somebody else be playing that part,' she said. Getty Images The musical romance has been remade four times since the original 1937 film. First, in 1951, there was a television adaptation featuring Kathleen Crowley and Conrad Nagel as the romantic leads. Three years later, Judy Garland and James Mason remade it for the big screen, followed by Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson in 1976, and, finally, Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper in 2018. 'We tend to think a movie is one cast. I guess it doesn't have to be, if it's a really good story, a good script. I guess, it doesn't have to, but I just wish that there was also more imagination with new scripts, because it feels like people are just falling back on what once were,' De Mornay told The Post. 12 The original 'Hand That Rocks the Cradle' was a hit with a $140 million box office haul. ©Buena Vista Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection 12 Rebecca De Mornay won her the Best Actress award at the 1992 Cognac Festival du Film Policier in France. ©Buena Vista Pictures/courtesy E When asked if she had advice for Monroe on playing the character that earned her a Best Actress award at the 1992 Cognac Festival du Film Policier in France — and two MTV award nominations for Best Villain and Best Female Performance — De Mornay shared that it's best for the young star to navigate the role without any influence. 'No, no, because as an actor, you have to come up with the thing yourself, even if it has been done before,' she replied. Referencing her 1988 portrayal of Billie Dawn in the stage version of 'Born Yesterday' at the Pasadena Playhouse, a role made famous by Judy Holliday in the original 1950 movie then by Melanie Griffith in the 1993 remake, De Mornay confessed, 'I, on purpose, didn't watch the movie before because I wanted to create character myself.' 12 Rebecca De Mornay as Peyton Flanders. ©Buena Vista Pictures/courtesy E De Mornay got her big break playing Lana in the 1983 blockbuster 'Risky Business' alongside Tom Cruise. The film followed the sexual adventures of Joel Goodson (Cruise), a high school senior who meets a call girl (De Mornay) while his parents are on vacation. The on-screen love interests started dating in real life after meeting on a different set in 1982, but their relationship fizzled out in 1985. In 1992, De Mornay was once again launched into international success in 'The Hand That Rocks the Cradle,' with the flick bringing in a whopping $140 million box office haul. 12 Rebecca De Mornay during her interview with The Post. Page Six The actress continued to star on the big screen in flicks like 1985's 'Runaway Train' with Jon Voight and 1991's 'Backdraft' with Kurt Russell. However, her chilling portrayal of the warped nanny in 'Hand That Rocks the Cradle' will always be remembered. The original flick focuses on an obstetrician and his pregnant wife (De Mornay), whose life crumbles when he's caught sexually molesting one of his patients. With his personal and professional life unraveling, he takes his life. 12 Annabella Sciorra and Rebecca De Mornay in 'The Hand That Rocks the Cradle.' ©Buena Vista Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection The stress causes the wife to suffer a miscarriage. Posing as a nanny, she goes to great lengths to get revenge against the woman who came forward against her late husband and her family. Actor Martin Starr, who stars opposite Monroe in the upcoming remake, shared in March that they're already done shooting the follow-up film. During the interview with Collider, Starr confessed he wasn't sure if the movie would be released this year or in 2026. 12 Monroe's reboot has already wrapped filming but has no release date yet. Corbis via Getty Images 'I don't know when they're trying to push it,' he told the outlet. 'I know she's (Cervera) already editing it, so we're going.' De Mornay's latest film, directed by Mitzi Peirone, follows an isolated woman (Thorne) who suffers from dissociative identity disorder and is haunted by voices, which causes her to go on a killing spree in their small town. While she seems to be getting away with murder, her last kill exposes her to a world she's not ready for. De Mornay stars as Arlene 'Gigi' Newberry and Phillippe plays Detective Rich Timmons. 'Saint Clare' is available to stream on Amazon Video, Apple TV, Fandango At Home.
Yahoo
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Rebecca De Mornay Spills on Working with 'Tough Cookie' Bella Thorne In New Film, Saint Clare (Exclusive)
"I did not have to do a lot of research about what it's like to be an aging actress," De Mornay said of her role in the film -- before sharing why her plan to become a director "collapsed" in the '90s. Rebecca De Mornay is opening up about working with Bella Thorne in the new thriller Saint Clare, in which the Risky Business star plays an "aging actress." De Mornay appears in the film as Gigi, an ex-actress and grandmother to Thorne's Clare Bleeker, a sociopathic killer seeking vengeance for the missing women in her neighborhood. For De Mornay, getting into character was both easy in some aspects but a challenge in other ways. "I did not have to do a lot of research about what it's like to be an aging actress," De Mornay, 65, joked. "It was just too funny to be offered a movie where I'm playing an eccentric, ex-movie star," she said, "I thought, 'OK, this I can do.'" But the character of Gigi is more of a free-spirit, something De Mornay said is not the case for her. "To have that kind of freedom," she continued, "I'm just more thoughtful and more anxious than that," she laughed. "So that was sort of liberating to play," she then confessed. Playing a maternal figure to Thorne's Clare, De Mornay said it was her job to instill in her on-screen granddaughter that "We don't take s--t. You don't have to take it. We do our own thing, we live independently." "I had an immediate rapport with Bella. Sort of an unspoken thing," she said of working with the younger star. "There's a certain boldness, a certain defiance, a certain independence that we both have." "She's a tough cookie, you know? As am I," De Mornay continued. "I think we both really like to have fun, also. As soon as I got there we were taking selfie polaroids of each other, together, and it was just effortless – the connection." "But when we were shooting, she very much stayed in character of Clare with this suppressive secret and worries -- that she was carrying the whole film," she added. In addition to working with Thorne in the film, the movie serves as a reunion between the actress and Frank Whaley. The two starred on Outer Limits episode De Mornay also directed way back in 1995 -- with De Mornay recalling the encouragement Whaley gave her to become a director. "I was happy about that because I cast him in that 30 years ago and here he is again! So that was also another good sign," she said of the actor appearing in the film, despite them not sharing any scenes together. "I remember he said to me then, 'You've gotta direct again. You are really a director,'" she remembered from the '90s. "I was on that path, until I started throwing up and turned out I was pregnant with my first daughter," "And I written a script that I set up to direct and then I got it set up a second time and I started throwing up again and I was pregnant with my second daughter," she told TooFab. "And then the whole idea of directing collapsed for 20 years!" While that one Outer Limits episode remains her one directing credit, De Mornay has continued to work steadily in both film and television. Following her breakout role in Risky Business opposite Tom Cruise, she later starring in The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, The Shining miniseries, Wedding Crashers, American Reunion and, most recently, played Dorothy Walker on Jessica Jones. Saint Clare is available on demand now. Solve the daily Crossword
New York Post
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- New York Post
‘Risky Business' star Rebecca De Mornay praises ex Tom Cruise: ‘I'm really proud of him'
Rebecca De Mornay is still fond of Tom Cruise more than 40 years after appearing with him in 'Risky Business.' The actress, 65, praised her former co-star during an exclusive interview with Page Six published Saturday, July 19. 'I'm really proud of him,' De Mornay said while promoting her new 'Saint Claire' thriller. 'I'm really, really proud of him.' 10 Rebecca De Mornay during an exclusive interview with Page Six. Page Six 10 Tom Cruise and Rebecca De Mornay in a promo short for 'Risky Business' in 1983. ©Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection 'Risky Business,' which was both De Mornay and Cruise's breakout film, was released in 1983. The coming-of-age teen comedy sees high schooler Joel Goodsen (Cruise) fall for prostitute Lana (De Mornay) while his parents are away on vacation. After first meeting on the set of the classic movie in 1982, De Mornay and the 'Mission: Impossible' star dated in real life for nearly three years. 10 Rebecca De Mornay gushed about Tom Cruise and their time filming 'Risky Business' more than 40 years ago. Page Six De Mornay now likens Cruise, 63, to a 'major chord,' whereas she is a 'minor chord.' 'He's like, 'I am Top Gun and that's what America really wanted,' and so he's fulfilled it,' she explained. 'He is a brilliant, brilliant interpreter of what the zeitgeist is.' 'I'm really, really proud of knowing him from when we were in the suburbs of Chicago and knowing what he wanted and where it is now,' the actress added. 'We started this together, and look what he did with it.' 10 Rebecca De Mornay as prostitute Lana and Tom Cruise as high schooler Joel Goodsen in 'Risky Business.' ©Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection 10 Rebecca De Mornay as Lana and Tom Cruise as Joel Goodsen in 'Risky Business.' ©Warner Bros/courtesy Everett Collection / Everett Collection 10 Tom Cruise as Joel Goodsen and Rebecca De Mornay as Lana in 'Risky Business.' ©Warner Bros/courtesy Everett Collection / Everett Collection Following the success of 'Risky Business,' Cruise went on to star in not just in the blockbuster 'Mission: Impossible' and 'Top Gun' franchises but also hit films like 'A Few Good Men,' 'Jerry Maguire' and 'Eyes Wide Shut.' As for De Mornay, she has appeared in 'The Hand That Rocks the Cradle' and 'The Slugger's Wife.' 'Saint Claire,' the actress' latest movie that also stars Bella Thorne and Ryan Phillippe, is perhaps De Mornay's grittiest project yet. 10 Rebecca De Mornay at the 51st Annual Saturn Awards at the Los Angeles Marriott Burbank Airport on February 4, 2024, in Burbank, California. Variety via Getty Images 10 Tom Cruise at the global premiere of 'Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning' in Leicester Square on May 15, 2025, in London, England. Dave Benett/WireImage Thorne portrays a serial killer who murders misbehaving men, and De Mornay admitted that the script impressed her. 'It's very rare that I read scripts about a female serial killer who's obsessed with Joan of Arc, which I thought was just brilliant,' she told Page Six. 'I just wanted to be a support to this project.' Meanwhile, De Mornay's praise for Cruise comes amid rumors that the 'Cocktail' actor is dating Hollywood starlet Ana de Armas. 10 Tom Cruise and Ana de Armas arriving in London together on April 15, 2025. BACKGRID 10 The 'Knives Out' starlet and Tom Cruise enjoying time together on a yacht in Menorca, Spain. SIBOURMAN / BACKGRID The pair first sparked romance rumors in February, and they were most recently spotted enjoying time together on a yacht in Menorca, Spain. However, insiders close to the 37-year-old 'Knives Out' actress have insisted that Armas is single and simply preparing for a project she and Cruise are working on together. 'Tom is crazy hardworking, and she's very excited to work with him,' a source told People on July 18. 'She calls it an opportunity of a lifetime.' 'Tom is an incredible mentor to Ana,' they added. 'She has nothing but amazing things to say about him.'
Express Tribune
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Express Tribune
Rebecca De Mornay reflects on relationship with 'Risky Business' co-star and ex Tom Cruise
Rebecca De Mornay is opening up about her former relationship with Tom Cruise, expressing admiration for the actor and their early days together. In a recent interview with Page Six while promoting her new thriller Saint Clare, the 65-year-old actress spoke warmly about Cruise, whom she dated for nearly three years after meeting on the set of Risky Business in 1982. 'I'm really, really proud of him,' De Mornay said, acknowledging Cruise's extraordinary rise to Hollywood superstardom. The 1983 film, which launched both of their careers, remains a cultural touchstone, and De Mornay credited Cruise's drive and vision even back then. 'He is a brilliant interpreter of the zeitgeist,' she added. 'We started this together and look what he did with it.' De Mornay reflected on their differences, likening Cruise to a 'major chord' and herself to a 'minor chord,' noting that his career path fulfilled what America wanted, while she pursued more unconventional and gritty roles after Risky Business. Her filmography includes Runaway Train, Backdraft, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, and a role in Marvel's Jessica Jones. Now, De Mornay appears in Saint Clare, a dark thriller starring Bella Thorne as a serial killer with a fixation on Joan of Arc. De Mornay said she was drawn to the project by its unique perspective. 'It's very rare that I read scripts about a female serial killer who's obsessed with Joan of Arc,' she explained. 'I just wanted to be a support to this project.' Despite the film's violent themes, she admitted she didn't initially associate it with real-life figures like Jeffrey Epstein. 'I never even thought of that… it's freaky that that would come into it,' she said.
Time of India
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Tom Cruise gets big praise from ex and former co-star Rebecca De Mornay decades after breakup; here's what she said
Actress Rebecca De Mornay has heaped praise on her Risky Business co-star and ex, Tom Cruise , saying that she is really proud of him. Mornay, 65, dated the Mission: Impossible actor for two and a half years in the '80s. 'We started this together, and look what he did with it,' the actress told Page Six. De Mornay, who starred alongside Cruise, 63, in their joint breakout film, was asked about her connection with Cruise. She now appears in the new thriller Saint Claire. 'I'm really proud of him,' the actress told the outlet in an interview published on Saturday, July 19, 2025. De Mornay's remarks on Cruise come more than four decades after she shared the screen with him in 1983's Risky Business. In the film, Cruise plays high school student Joel Goodsen, who stays home alone while his parents are on vacation. Along the way, he meets a prostitute named Lana (De Mornay). Explore courses from Top Institutes in Select a Course Category Data Science Management Degree Public Policy Design Thinking Leadership CXO PGDM healthcare Artificial Intelligence Cybersecurity MCA others Product Management Data Science MBA Project Management Operations Management Healthcare Digital Marketing Finance Others Technology Data Analytics Skills you'll gain: Data Analysis & Interpretation Programming Proficiency Problem-Solving Skills Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence Duration: 24 Months Vellore Institute of Technology VIT MSc in Data Science Starts on Aug 14, 2024 Get Details Skills you'll gain: Strategic Data-Analysis, including Data Mining & Preparation Predictive Modeling & Advanced Clustering Techniques Machine Learning Concepts & Regression Analysis Cutting-edge applications of AI, like NLP & Generative AI Duration: 8 Months IIM Kozhikode Professional Certificate in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Starts on Jun 26, 2024 Get Details Rebecca De Mornay, Tom Cruise's real-life relationship As far as De Mornay and Cruise's real-life relationship is concerned, the actress previously confirmed that she and the Top Gun star dated briefly after making the movie. Speaking to Page Six, she compared Cruise to a 'major chord' while describing herself as a 'minor" chord. 'He's like, 'I am Top Gun, and that's what America really wanted, and so he's fulfilled it," she said. 'He is a brilliant, brilliant interpreter of what the zeitgeist is. I'm really, really proud of knowing him from when we were in the suburbs of Chicago [filming Risky Business] and knowing what he wanted and where it is now.' 'We started this together, and look what he did with it,' she added. Live Events Tom Cruise and Rebecca De Mornay on the work front After getting a Golden Globe nomination, his first, for Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy, thanks to his work in Risky Business, Cruise starred in blockbusters including the Mission: Impossible series and Top Gun. Meanwhile, De Mornay has appeared in films including The Hand That Rocks the Cradle and The Slugger's Wife. Her latest movie, Saint Claire, which also stars Bella Thorne, Ryan Phillippe, and Frank Whaley, is available now in select theaters and on demand. Economic Times WhatsApp channel )
