Movie ‘Splash’ - Then and Now

Allie @ Gone Hollywood | Saturday, March 29, 2008

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Darryl Hannah, the mermaid from Splash, who’s been acting for over 25 years, looked cosmetic surgery free at Fergie’s birthday party in Vegas on Thursday night.

Of her most recent roles, the most memorable may be that of the one-eyed assassin Elle Driver in Kill Bill Volume 1 and Kill Bill Volume 2, directed by Quentin Tarantino. Her performance in these films, as well as her appearances in Northfork, Michael Radford’s Dancing at the Blue Iguana, John Sayles’ Casa de los Babys and Silver City, have been described by some as a comeback.

Tom Hanks - In a play on the expression “art imitating life”, Hanks will play an on screen dad to a young man (Colin Hanks) who chooses to follow in the footsteps of a fading magician (John Malkovich) in The Great Buck Howard. Hanks’ character is less than thrilled about his son’s career decision. A film adaptation of Angels and Demons, the prequel to The Da Vinci Code, has been announced, and on April 11, 2007 it was revealed that Hanks would reprise his role as Robert Langdon and that he reportedly will receive the highest salary ever for an actor.

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John Candy died in his sleep on March 4, 1994 while on location in Durango, Mexico, filming Wagons East!. He was 43 years old. An autopsy revealed that he had suffered the complete blockage of one of his coronary arteries leading to a myocardial infarction and a fatal cardiac arrhythmia.

At the time of his death, Candy had been making a concerted effort to improve his health; he had recently quit smoking and had started losing weight. His family had a history of heart disease, and he had been warned by doctors several times before to reduce his weight. There is public evidence to indicate that Candy was highly self-conscious about his weight all his life. A few years before his death, he canceled a scheduled appearance hosting a CBC awards show because the ceremony’s advertising campaign jokingly touted him as “the biggest star in Canada”. (Leslie Nielsen hosted the show instead.)

Eugene Levy’s career received a tremendous boost in 1999, when he was cast as the clueless but loving dad in the sleeper blockbuster American Pie. He reprised the role for the film’s two sequels, and starred in three straight-to-video sequels, becoming something of a cult hero in the process.

Levy has since worked with Steve Martin and Queen Latifah in Bringing Down the House, and most recently appeared with Martin in Cheaper by the Dozen 2.

Movie ‘Splash’ - Then and Now

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