Lea Thompson in a scene from Howard the Duck. Really, I should stick to one or two at a time.” I took out 28 books and that’s so unnecessary. I’ve been in Brooklyn for a couple of months and joined the library there and you know how you shouldn’t grocery shop when you’re hungry? That’s how I feel at the library. Thompson: (Laughs) “I’m only reading scripts.”įarber: “I read a lot. What books are on your nightstand right now? Lea, your character is a mystery novelist. We would drive out there and just hang out on the dock.” That restaurant is right on the river and the food is delicious.”įarber: “Mine would be Lake Winnipeg in Matlock. It’s comedic and light and bright and it’s an exploration between a mother and daughter working together.” “Now a lot of people are mad that I’m acting.”įarber: “I loved that this is a procedural with a new case every week. “I moved into directing because I couldn’t get any good parts like Victoria in The Spencer Sisters,” Thompson says with a slight chuckle. The quick-witted character of Victoria was the first one Thompson had been pitched in a while that made her want to press pause on her career behind the camera, where she has made a name for herself as a director. That all changed when she was handed the script to The Spencer Sisters. Stacey Farber and Lea Thompson in a scene from The Spencer Sisters. “Women my age get really lame parts a lot that aren’t interesting or funny,” Thompson says candidly. But after a career that started in the ’80s with a string of big-screen hits that included the Back to the Future trilogy and continued into the ’90s with the TV sitcom Caroline in the City, the actress, now 61, was dissatisfied with the roles she was being offered. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.
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