Yahoo Lifestyle Isabella Rossellini Remembers David Lynch: ‘I Loved Him So Much’
Isabella Rossellini has paid tribute to the late David Lynch, who died on Thursday at 78.
The legendary actress, who had her breakthrough role in Lynch’s 1986 film “Blue Velvet” and was in a roughly five-year relationship with the director afterwards, shared a photo of the two of them on Friday morning with the simple caption: “I loved him so much. Thanks for all your kind messages.”
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In addition to “Blue Velvet,” Rossellini also appeared in Lynch’s 1990 film “Wild at Heart,” which won the Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival (where the two are pictured above).
Rossellini and Lynch met during the casting process for “Blue Velvet.” According to legend, Lynch said to Rossellini, “Hey, you know, you could be the daughter of Ingrid Bergman,” unaware that she actually was. She was eventually cast as Dorothy Vallens, a lounge singer whose son and husband have been kidnapped by a criminal in exchange for sexual favors. The film earned Lynch an Oscar nomination for best director.
The two went public with their relationship after their respective divorces; Lynch from his second wife Mary Fisk and Rossellini from her second husband Jonathan Wiedemann. Rossellini and Lynch attended Cannes Film Festival together in 1990 to promote “Wild at Heart,” in which Rossellini played Perdita Durango, an old acquaintance of Sailor (Nicolas Cage).
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