Angela Lansbury had been a veteran of the world of cinema with a career spanning over 8 decades. The British actor was a walking masterclass in the world of acting with powerful performances in movies like Gaslight (1944), National Velvet (1944), and The Manchurian Candidate (1962) earning her praises and accolades over the years. Irrespective of the troubles in her personal life, Angela Lansbury kept appearing in movies and gave theatre performances at regular intervals keeping her work and name going and growing over the years.
In the 2022 mystery film Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Angela Lansbury made a cameo which unfortunately turned out to be the last time fans could see her in a movie as she left us in October 2022. Director Rian Johnson speaking of Angela Lansbury shared an off-screen moment where the actor tried to learn about the 2018 game Among Us and how she politely asked Rian Johnson to give her the lines instead.
Rian Johnson Recalls Angela Lansbury’s Presence in the Movie
Speaking in an interview, Director Rian Johnson talks about Angela Lansbury. He talks about how she was very patient and cooperative towards the direction where she took up the cameo role despite not being familiar with the entire gaming scenario of today’s day and age. The director shares about when he was dazzled by Angela Lansbury, of course, confessing that “she couldn’t have been lovelier and more generous,”.Rian however believed that the actor was definitely, “not a gamer” and most certainly learning to play Among Us to deliver only a few lines on a video call wasn’t the best method going into the film.
The director also talks about his experience as not just an amazing moment to work with the veteran and legend Lansbury who influenced his work, but one he believes taught him a lesson about cherishing time with fellow actors and crew.
He says,“One thing I’ve learned is that every moment you get with somebody that you respect, savor that time and put yourself in that situation as often as possible.”
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The Humble Beginnings of Angela Lansbury
Angela Brigid Lansbury was born in London in 1925. She arrived in New York in August 1940 with her twin brothers and their widowed mother. Angela studied drama for two years after which the family moved to Los Angeles. Her widowed mother was on tour at the time, hence it was left to young Angela to carry forward all the moving and shifting from one city to another. She had to act as someone double her age as the brothers and family need her to.
Speaking in an interview the late actress talked about her tough childhood and how she overcame it with her focus solely on nurturing herself into an actress. She also spoke about how all of this made her fall short in other aspects of life such as the inability of confessing her feelings towards the other gender when she caught one.
The actor said,“I had no adolescence, And I was too busy preparing to become an actress. It never occurred to me not to go on, not for one second. Nor did I think I was missing anything. I’d get crushes on boys, but I didn’t know how to reveal it to them.”
Angela Lansbury talked about being a celebrity as a conditional circumstance and should be kept for the public eye only. She was one of those rare stars who took acting as a job.
Angela said,“I don’t go to premieres these days, but if I did, I would know what’s expected. You go through motions for a show or any event where you are being lauded for what you do, not who you are. So to a degree, you play that role.”
Nevertheless, Angela Lansbury will be remembered as a testament to budding actors and especially women that your circumstances do not determine where you land in life, your work does.
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Source: TheHollywoodReporter
