“But I wanted to reveal something very different in terms of my success and the struggles.” And Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It is a moving exploration of her turbulent, up-and-down career, which saw her going from being cast in a variety of “exotic” parts in genre pictures, to winning an Oscar for 1961’s West Side Story, to achieving the rare distinction of the EGOT, having won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony. What was left to say? “Here’s a woman who ostensibly is quite successful and has beaten some odds, it seems,” Moreno, 89, reflects. The legendary actress, born Rosa Dolores Alverío in Humacao, Puerto Rico, had already written a memoir, and performed a solo show about her remarkable life and career, both back in 2011. Rita Moreno has said she tried to "end her life" after being "mistreated" by Marlon Brando.Believe it or not, it took Rita Moreno a full year to agree to appear in a documentary about herself. The 90-year-old actress - who is known for playing the role of Anita in the original film version of West Side Story - claimed that while her eight-year relationship with late Hollywood icon Marlon Brando in the 1950s was "exciting", he was a "bad guy” towards women. Rita Moreno opened up about the ups and downs during her eight-year relationship with fellow actor Marlon Brando. Speaking to fellow actress Jessica Chastain for Variety's Actors on Actors series, she said: "Ultimately, it was exciting to be with Marlon. The two met on the set of the film Dsire in 1954 and fell in love. While she said that it was very exciting to be with him, it was also toxic because he could be a bad guy. He was extraordinary in many, many ways, but he was a bad guy. "So whenever he lied, I would look at him and I'd say, 'Marlon, look at me.' And he'd start to grin this kind of - I don't want to use the bad word - that poop-eating grin. I could read him like a book and that's why he loved me, and that's why he mistreated me in so many ways. I tried to end my life with pills in his house. Moreno, who's also in Steven Spielberg's remake of West Side Story, explained that she experienced confusion over wanting to kill the "trod-upon" version of herself. She added: "I didn't understand that if I was going to kill this pathetic, sad, trod-upon Rita, the rest of Rita was also going to go with me. The Oscar-winning star - who was later married to her manager Leonard Gordon from 1965 until his death in 2010 - went on to reveal that Brando had wanted to reunite after she had settled down. Rita Moreno and Marlon Brando’s Tumultuous Eight. She said: "What's interesting is that he wanted to renew. The movie premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. The good part of him, the good Marlon that Rita loved. Really, really complicated.Rita Moreno is opening up more about her relationship with Marlon Brando. The 90-year-old actress, who was with Marlon for eight years in the 1950s, revealed that their relationship was less than picture perfect and he actually mistreated her a lot. Rita spoke with Jessica Chastain during Variety‘s “Actors on Actors” series and when Jessica brought up how Marlon was given a lot of opportunities she was not, Rita said that being with him at that time was exciting. “Ultimately, it was exciting to be with Marlon. Oh, my God, it was exciting,” she shared. “He was extraordinary in many, many ways, but he was a bad guy. I could read him like a book and that’s why he loved me, and that’s why he mistreated me in so many ways.” Rita continued, “So whenever he lied, I would look at him and I’d say, ‘Marlon, look at me.’ And he’d start to grin this kind of - I don’t want to use the bad word - that poop-eating grin. She then revealed that it was during their relation what she “tried to end my life with pills in his house. “I didn’t understand that if I was going to kill this pathetic, sad, trod-upon Rita, the rest of Rita was also going to go with me. Rita and Marlon starred in two movies together – 1954′s Désirée, and 1969′s The Night of the Following Day. American Actress, Singer And Dancer.Rita Moreno - Hollywood actress of Puerto Rican descent. Previously, Rita had opened up about how she got back at Marlon for cheating on her.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |