Mia Farrow on Gena Rowlands in Lonely are the Brave in 1962:
“I had seen her when I was a teenager in Lonely Are the Brave with Kirk Douglas. I’d never seen anyone that beautiful with a certain gravitas. It was particularly unique in that time, when many women were trying to be girlish, affecting a superficial, ‘I’m a pretty girl’ attitude. It seemed to be the best way to succeed, but Gena did none of that. There was a directness — not that she wasn’t fun and didn’t smolder — but it came from a place that was both genuine and deep.”
Gena Rowlands, Kirk Douglas, “Lonely are the Brave”
Gena Rowlands is 85 years old and she’s on the cover of this month’s Elle magazine. Again, like I’ve said, seeing Gena Rowlands everywhere right now is like entering a pleasant alternate universe where everything is as it SHOULD be. There are only a couple of excerpts from that interview online, with more in the print copy.
It’s also one of the most beautiful magazine covers of the year.
