The ‘The Pages of Our Lives’ actress has a sad coincidence with her character in the acclaimed film.
Actress Gena Rowlands impressed romance fans when she played the character of Allie as an adult in the film classic “The Notebook”. Gena is currently 94 years old and experiences a sad coincidence with her character in the film.
‘The Notebook’ actress has Alzheimer’s
In the movie ‘The Notebook’, the character Allie in her adult stage he has Alzheimer’s. In real life, its actress Gena Rowlands also lives with the same disease. The information was shared by the actress’ son, Nick Cassavetes, who was also the director of ‘The Notebook’. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Nick opened up about his mother’s condition.
“I asked my mom to play the part of older Allie, and we spent a lot of time talking about Alzheimer’s and wanting to be authentic with it, and now, for the last five years, she’s had Alzheimer’s,” revealed.
Advanced stage
Gena Rowlands’ son has revealed that his mother is already in a very advanced stage of the disease. “He has total dementia. And it’s so crazy: we lived it, she played it, and now it’s our turn“, She said.
Apart from ‘The Notebook’, Gene Rowlands also starred in films such as ‘Gloria’ and ‘Olive’, being considered one of the greatest actresses in Hollywood.
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