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Screen Legend Shelley Duvall Has Died, Aged 75

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Hollywood star Shelley Duvall has died at the age of 75.

Shelley will be best remembered for her work with the director Robert Altman, which included Nashville, Thieves Like Us, 3 Women and Popeye, as well as her legendary performance in the horror film The Shining.

Her life partner Dan Gilroy confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter that the Bafta and Emmy nominee died in her sleep on Wednesday night at her home in Texas, due to complicatons from diabetes.

Dan said in a statement: “My dear, sweet, wonderful life partner and friend left us. Too much suffering lately, now she’s free. Fly away, beautiful Shelley.”

Shelley’s big-screen debut came in 1970 when she first collaborated with Robert Altman on the dark comedy Brewster McCloud.

The pair worked together numerous times throughout the 1970s, before she was cast as Wendy Torrance in Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of The Shining.

Shelley with co-stars Danny Lloyd and Jack Nicholson in the 1980 movie The Shining
Shelley with co-stars Danny Lloyd and Jack Nicholson in the 1980 movie The Shining

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In the years that followed, she made no secret of the difficulties she experienced working on the iconic horror film, reportedly being made to shoot one memorable scene more than 170 times in a row.

Her other work included Woody Allen’s Annie Hall and Jane Campion’s The Portrait Of A Lady.

Shelley played Olive Oly to Robin Williams' Popeye in 1980
Shelley played Olive Oly to Robin Williams’ Popeye in 1980

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Shelley continued to work on screen throughout the 1990s and 2000s, before taking an extended break from the spotlight after 2002’s Manna from Heaven.

During her hiatus, she made a heavily-criticised appearance on the US daytime talk show Dr Phil, during which she spoke candidly about her own struggles with her mental health.

Last year, she made her return to the big screen in Scott Goldberg’s The Forest Hills, which marked her final performing credit.

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The Historically Inaccurate Reason That Product Placement Was Removed From The First Gladiator Film

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When you picture the original Gladiator film from 2000, the first thing that likely comes to mind is Russell Crowe as Maximus Decimus Meridius. However, in an interview with Vanity Fair, the actor revealed that he actually almost dropped out of the film entirely as he didn’t like the script, and there were some strange inclusions that he didn’t agree with.

“I was confident about my abilities as a leading man. What I wasn’t confident about with ‘Gladiator’ was the world that was surrounding me.

“At the core of what we were doing was a great concept but the script, it was rubbish, absolute rubbish. And it had all these sorts of strange sequences.”

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Gladiators were the original influencers

One of these ‘strange sequences’ was scenes in which the gladiators rode chariots that had promotions for olive oil and other products on them.

While this may have seemed like an anachronistic choice for the filmmakers, gladiators in the Roman Empire really did take on endorsement and product placement deals.

According to the marketing experts at Banknotes: “The Colosseum was the mecca of entertainment in Ancient Rome, exposing gladiators to thousands of people at once.

“This is why historians have long suggested that Roman Gladiators were arguably the first influencers of purchasing behaviours.”

Russell did actually know this but said that it just wouldn’t resonate with audiences. He exclaimed: “That’s all true but it’s just not going to ring right to a modern audience, they’re going to go, ‘What the fuck is all this?’”

Maybe he was on to something as the film grossed $465.4 million worldwide.

Gladiator 2 is out in cinemas on15 November 2024.