Marilu Henner is channeling her survivor spirit for her subsequent movie, A Husband to Die For: The Lisa Aguilar Story.
The Lifetime film premieres on Saturday, September 13, and particulars the riveting true story of Lisa Aguilar, the survivor of a brutal stabbing. The actress, who performs Lisa’s grandmother, described herself because the movie’s ethical conscience. “All of us want that particular person in our lives who will probably be sincere with us,” Henner, 73, shared completely with Us Weekly. “So I beloved taking part in a personality that was type of the voice of cause.”
Having spent over 50 years within the leisure business, the Chicago native is choosy about what roles she takes on nowadays, however she knew nearly instantly that she needed to be part of this mission. “The world has to see this, as a result of there are lots of people on the market who most likely really feel victimized of their relationships and don’t even notice it,” she defined. As an aunt and sister herself, it wasn’t arduous to think about herself in her character’s sneakers, which made becoming a member of the forged a no brainer.
Marilu Henner and costar Keana Bastidas in A Husband to Die For Courtesy of Lifetime
Henner discovered the movie’s message intently resonated together with her and believed within the significance of bringing such an vital matter to gentle. Due to everybody on set, she was in a position to strike a stability on set whereas filming such a heavy mission. “I feel all people felt so good concerning the materials and so good concerning the manufacturing values. There was nothing tacky about this film in any respect, by no means. And I feel that’s what it felt, very actual and really textured and in the proper of method.”
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Having totally immersed herself within the position, one of many some ways the actress introduced her character to life was by way of her vogue, she advised Us. “I at all times really feel as an actress, you’re a circle, and your character is a circle, and there’s type of this venn diagram between the 2 of you. However what you need to do is preserve filling it in, filling in, filling it in, so that you just change into the character.”
Through the years, she’s constructed a group of clothes and jewellery she’s stored from varied units, all souvenirs and reminiscences which have change into very particular to her. One in every of her favourite items of clothes occurs to be a blue shirt her mom gifted her in 1978. Sadly, her mom handed away proper earlier than she landed her iconic position as Elaine on Taxi, however the shirt has perpetually remained an vital memento. “I beloved that shirt, so I wore it on the primary episode of Taxi, and it was so particular to me.” To at the present time, the shirt has remained in her closet. “All the things is linked to reminiscences. I’m a giant reminiscence particular person, and I really feel like the garments type of vibrate together with your power,” she added.
For Henner, this sentiment rings very true. The actress has Extremely Superior Autobiographical Reminiscence (HSAM), that means she will be able to recount each single day of her life in clear element. When requested what characters have caught together with her essentially the most, she affirms it’s those that share her phenomenal reminiscence. She significantly loved taking part within the film Noises Off (1992), wherein she performed Belinda Blair. “She is aware of every part that’s occurring on a regular basis. She is aware of all people’s half — who’s hanging out with whom, and so it saves the day.”
Her reminiscence has primed her for a profession of remembering strains and cues, and she or he’s made it recognized that she doesn’t take it as a right. The one time she had second ideas about it was throughout her 2016 Dancing With the Stars stint, throughout which she competed alongside professional Derek Hough. “The one time it’s been form of a curse was when Derek Hough stored altering the routine, as a result of I keep in mind the primary routine,” the actress joked.
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This has meant that she’s needed to create her personal enjoyable whereas on set, and she or he admitted to Us that typically she would mess up strains on goal whereas filming Taxi. “However I by no means made the Taxi gag reel, which actually pisses me off,” she confessed.
So what’s subsequent for the Taxi star? Probably a cleaning soap opera, she hopes. “I’ve by no means executed a cleaning soap opera. And folks go, ‘How may you not have executed a cleaning soap opera together with your reminiscence?’” Even in spite of everything her time within the business, she’s excited on the thought of ticking off one other field in her profession.
With the premiere of A Husband to Die For simply across the nook, she desires viewers to empathize with the story as they watch the movie. “It’s an vital movie, and I feel the way in which it’s dealt with is so nicely executed that I hope folks get the message. And I feel you’ll be sucked in, as a result of it’s so compelling, particularly as a result of it’s true.”
A Husband to Die For: The Lisa Aguilar Story premieres on September 13 at 8/7c, solely on Lifetime.
