We celebrate the birthday of Kelly LeBrock, the “explosive woman” of John Hughes. We remember the trajectory of the actress and her current work.
In the mid-1980s, at the good Gene Wilder he had been bitten by the leadership bug. He did not lack acting jobs but, after the good experience that the creation of ‘The smartest brother of Sherlock Holmes‘ (1975), and having repeated applause with ‘the best lover in the world‘ (1977) and with its segment in ‘the seducers‘ (1980), decided to adapt the French comedy ‘An elephant makes a huge mistake‘ (Yves Robert, 1976) and, for that, he needed an actress who would really overshadow him on screen.
The solution would come from the hand of Victor Dray, producer of the film who had just married a promising model capable of conquering the camera and ready to make the leap to the cinema. That budding star, with no experience in the world of acting, became the absolute protagonist of ‘Woman in red‘ (1984) as soon as Wilder saw her appear.
Kelly LeBrockborn in New York on March 24, 1960 but raised in London, began working as a model at the age of 16 and, in a short time, became a huge star, grabbing the covers of different magazines and becoming the most requested name in the agency Eileen Ford.
After her fleeting husband arrived at the cinema (the romance lasted two years), she was quickly booked by John Hughes to embody the protagonist of ‘The explosive woman‘ (1985), the hilarious sci-fi comedy in which Wyatt and GaryOr what is the same, Ilan Mitchell-Smith and Anthony Michael Hallcreate the perfect woman using a computer.
Seen in its proper context, to this day it remains one of Hughes’s great jewels, perhaps somewhat more forgotten than the rest due to its nonchalantly comic status, but sufficiently inserted into the collective imagination so that both LeBrock and the mythical ‘Weird Science‘ from Oingo Boingo remain unchanged. Eye, the one who sings is none other than the wonderful Danny Elfman.
In addition to having given rise to the more than applauding nineties series ‘an explosive girl‘, LeBrock’s career continued for a few more years.
her new husband, Steven Seagalalso became a couple in fiction thanks to ‘Hard to kill‘ (Bruce Malmuth, 1990) and, from that moment, the actress did not finish finding a title with too much projection until ‘What a fugitive!‘ (Pat Proft, 1998), possibly the last great comedy starring Leslie Nielsen.
Fully dedicated to the education of the three children she had with Seagal, Analyze (1987), Dominick (1990) and Arissa (1993), the actress gradually returned to North American television thanks to her participation in programs such as ‘Celebrity Fit Club‘, ‘Hell’s Kitchen‘ either ‘From the Mouths of Babes‘.
Currently, he has returned to acting thanks to comedy ‘charlie boy‘ (Timothy Hines, 2021).
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Camila Luna is a writer at Gossipify, where she covers the latest movies and television series. With a passion for all things entertainment, Camila brings her unique perspective to her writing and offers readers an inside look at the industry. Camila is a graduate from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with a degree in English and is also a avid movie watcher.
