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Gena Rowlands has Alzheimer’s, her son, director Nick Cassavetes has revealed.
Cassavetes shared the news in a dialog with Leisure Weekly in regards to the twentieth anniversary of their movie, “The Notebook.”
Rowlands, an acclaimed two-time Oscar-nominated actress with greater than 100 movie and tv credit, was directed by her son in “The Pocket book” during which she performed the older model of the lead character, Allie, as she was dwelling with Alzheimer’s within the story.
“I acquired my mother to play older Allie, and we spent loads of time speaking about Alzheimer’s and eager to be genuine with it, and now, for the final 5 years, she’s had Alzheimer’s,” Cassavetes instructed the publication. “She’s in full dementia. And it’s so loopy — we lived it, she acted it, and now it’s on us.”
Rowlands’ personal mom additionally struggled with the illness.
“This final one — The Pocket book, based mostly on the novel by Nicholas Sparks — was notably onerous as a result of I play a personality who has Alzheimer’s,” Rowlands told O journal in 2004. “I went by way of that with my mom, and if Nick hadn’t directed the movie, I don’t suppose I’d have gone for it — it’s simply too onerous. It was a tricky however great film.”
CNN had reached out to representatives for Cassavetes and Rowlands for additional remark.
In line with the National Institute on Aging, “Alzheimer’s illness is a mind dysfunction that slowly destroys reminiscence and pondering expertise.” It’s the most typical explanation for dementia amongst older adults.