Decoding Glenn Close, the actress who escaped a cult and confronted Hollywood’s sexist clichés

Decoding Glenn Close, the actress who escaped a cult and confronted Hollywood’s sexist clichés

Director Catherine Ulmer Lopez (Gien, France, 55) had assumed that Glenn Close (Connecticut, 78) would never agree to a documentary interview about herself. Her film was practically finished when, after seven months, the actress’ agent responded affirmatively. They had an hour and a half in London to speak with her. “Hollywood actors don’t give interviews like they used to. They promote their films, and it’s difficult to talk to them at a later time; they don’t give you a morning,” says the Franco-Spanish director. “Before speaking with her, we interviewed her friends James Nadeaux and Pierre-Yves Gayraud, costume designers, who filled her in. Let’s just say we came well-recommended, and that made things easier,” the director explains to EL PAÍS. The only condition Close imposed was that her personal life not be discussed.

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