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Fox News
26-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Fox News
'The Hand That Rocks the Cradle' star Rebecca De Mornay says she feels betrayed after being left out of reboot
Rebecca De Mornay is not holding back when it comes to the reboot of one of her most iconic films. The actress, 65, recently shared her reaction to the upcoming remake of the classic 1992 horror film, "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle," as she was excluded from the project. De Mornay claimed that nobody reached out to her about the reboot. "Nobody. I found out about it, and I kind of joked that I was quite perturbed," De Mornay told the New York Post. "It felt like a betrayal, like how dare you [have] somebody else be playing that part." De Mornay delivered a chilling performance as the vengeful nanny Peyton Flanders in the thriller, alongside Annabella Sciorra, Julianne Moore, Matt McCoy, Ernie Hudson and more. Despite her bold comment, the actress isn't ruling out watching the new version. "I'm actually kind of curious to see it, to see if they can live up to what we did," she added. Her comments come at a time when Hollywood continues to create remakes of fan favorites, instead of producing original stories. De Mornay continued to slam the Hollywood reboots, as she recently starred in the thriller "Saint Clare," opposite Bella Thorne and Ryan Phillippe. "New stories seem to be impossible for people to come up with. That's why I really like 'Saint Clare.' It's new. I haven't seen anything like it before," she explained. "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 admitted. A film remake that De Mornay did enjoy was "A Star is Born." The beloved musical drama has seen multiple versions on the big screen since its original debut in 1937. In 1951, the project was created for television with Kathleen Crowley and Conrad Nagel in the lead roles. Just a few years later, the story returned with Judy Garland and James Mason in the 1954 classic. Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson offered their own spin in 1976, while Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper drew in a new generation with their 2018 rendition. "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," she said. "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." Reps for De Mornay didn't immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
Daily Mail
04-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Tom Cruise's 80s bombshell ex and iconic 90s villain is unrecognizable at 65... who is she?
An 1980s bombshell who became an iconic 1990s film villain was unrecognizable when she surfaced in Los Angeles this week. She shot to stardom in one of Tom Cruise 's early beloved hits, striking up a real life romance with him behind the scenes of the picture. In the following decade, she delivered an unforgettable performance as a sinister nanny hatching a secret scheme of revenge. Her storied love life included not just Tom, but also the beloved musician Leonard Cohen, the actor Harry Dean Stanton and the writer Bruce Wagner. Now 65 years old, she was spotted with a gal pal at the Los Angeles County Museum Of Art (LACMA) this week cutting a stylish figure in a black leather jacket. Can you guess who she is? She is none other than Rebecca De Mornay, Tom Cruise's Risky Business co-star and the chilling antagonist of The Hand That Rocks The Cradle. When she was glimpsed at LACMA this week, Rebecca sported a black leather jacket over a matching fabric blouse and leggings set. Bringing the look together with a gleaming set of blue sunglasses, she wore her trademark strawberry blonde locks down with a fringe. Her latest sighting comes more than 40 years after she became a movie star with the release of the 1983 teen comedy Risky Business. Rebecca featured as an escort called Lana, whom Tom Cruise's teenage character Joel calls for her services while his parents are out of town. The chemistry between them onscreen was mirrored by the affair they had offscreen - allegedly bringing an end to her romance with Harry Dean Stanton, whom she had acted with in her film debut, Francis Ford Coppola's 1981 picture One From The Heart. Rebecca and Tom ultimately remained together for two and a half years, dating from 1982 - while making Risky Business - until 1985. That decade, her memorable movies include The Trip To Bountiful with Geraldine Page and John Heard, plus Runaway Train with Jon Voight and Eric Roberts. Now 65 years old, she was spotted with a gal pal at the Los Angeles County Museum Of Art (LACMA) this week cutting a stylish figure in a black leather jacket When she was glimpsed at LACMA this week, Rebecca sported a black leather jacket over a matching fabric blouse and leggings set Then in 1992 came the release of one of her biggest hit movies, and one of those that remains best-remembered by her fans to this day. The Hand That Rocks The Cradle stars Rebecca as Mrs. Mott, the widow of an OBGYN who commits suicide amid a flood of sexual abuse allegations from patients. Shattered by her husband's loss, Mrs. Mott miscarries the child she was pregnant with at the time that he fell under scandal and killed himself. She becomes bent on revenge and assumes a new identity as a nanny called Peyton Flanders - in the home of Annabella Sciorra's character Claire, one of the women whose claims brought down Dr. Mott. Her unfolding vengeance plot is the main storyline of The Hand That Rocks The Cradle, a smash hit that drew praise for Rebecca's scenery-chewing work. Rebecca's more recent work includes the 2005 comedy classic Wedding Crashers and a role on the Marvel series Jessica Jones. On the personal front, her love life included a marriage to writer Bruce Wagner from 1986 to 1990 and a subsequent romance with Leonard Cohen, who dedicated his 1992 album The Future to her - a few years before he became a Buddhist monk and retreated from fame into a monastery. She now has two grown daughters, Sophia, 27, and Veronica, 24, from her past relationship with the sportscaster Patrick O'Neal, son of film star Ryan O'Neal.
