1977 Natalie Wood on Bette Davis (no 1981)

[Applause] natalie wood and robert wagner when i was about 11 years old i'd been acting for some time and pretty much going from one picture to the other and playing somebody's child and pretty much doing what i was told but when i was told that in the next picture the leading lady was going to be betty davis i was absolutely thrilled to get the chance to work with her the picture was called the star and somehow i never got introduced to the star although i was playing her daughter so the first day we were filming on sterling hayden's sailboat and all of a sudden it turned out that i had to jump off the boat and swim to a faraway raft so there i was faced with the threat of being flung into the ocean or losing the part and i went into hysterics that must have been heard all the way to catalina in any case miss davis certainly heard them and she came out of her dressing room to find out what all the commotion was this was the only time that i ever saw the famous eddie davis temperament surface and it was not on her own behalf but she did tell the director that she wouldn't stand around while he threw some terrified kid into the ocean and that if he'd wanted a swimmer he should have gotten johnny weissmuller i never saw her again for quite a few years and then at a party i spotted her across the room and i wanted to go over to her and remind her of the incident and thank her and then i thought oh well it was a long time ago and i had a small part and she probably won't remember so anyway i didn't and a little while later somebody tapped me on the shoulder and i turned around and it was betty and she said i'm sure you don't remember me but we worked together once i was in a story with betty davis a few years ago and i had a line at the end of the film which i constantly repeat to her whenever i see her because it's so very very true and the line is lady you're beautiful just beautiful

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Keywords: Natalie Wood, Bette Davis

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Length: 2min 46sec (166 seconds)

Published: Wed Jan 13 2021