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Jane Fonda Remembers How Katharine Hepburn Handled Her Filming ‘On Golden Pond’
“She made positive that she was all the time prime canine — and that I knew it”
Jane Fonda takes time to verify her co-stars are snug based mostly on an expertise she had with Katharine Hepburn.
The 85-year-old two-time Oscar Award winner recalled how she discovered to deal with folks on-set by doing the alternative of how Hepburn handled her after they made their 1981 movie “On Golden Pond.”
Throughout an interview with AARP The Magazine, Fonda defined how the late actress made positive she knew her star energy when requested if she had ever been “nervous” or starstruck when working with one other actor.
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“I used to be intimidated by Katharine Hepburn, that is for positive. My God,” she mentioned. “After we made ‘On Golden Pond,’ she made positive that she was all the time prime canine — and that I knew it. I feel my costars will let you know that I actually attempt to do the alternative and make folks really feel snug.”
Incomes a complete of 12 Oscar nominations and 4 wins over the course of her illustrious profession, Hepburn died in 2003 at age 96. She went on to win Greatest Actress for her efficiency in “On Golden Pond” whereas Fonda obtained a nomination for Greatest Supporting Actress.
The “Grace and Frankie” star has beforehand spoken out about her difficult relationship with Hepburn.
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Again in 2016, Fonda described Hepburn as a “prickly one” throughout an look on Sandra Bernhard’s “Sandyland” radio present. In response to the “80 For Brady” actress, Hepburn as soon as informed her “You by no means might’ve made it again then.”
Later in 2021, she known as the “Bringing Up Child” actress an “fascinating girl” and doubled down on their relationship, telling Harper’s Bazaar, “we weren’t associates.”
“She was actually aggressive. She actually thought that I used to be out to win extra Academy Awards than she was, and when she received for ‘On Golden Pond’ I known as to congratulate her, and she or he mentioned, ‘You may by no means catch me now,’” Fonda admitted on the time. “What I cherished about her was that she took the job of being an elder very severely. She was intentional about instructing me and speaking to me, together with giving me line readings, and I discovered that simply great. She didn’t like me.”
