In a new interview with Entertainment Weekly, actor and director Nick Cassavetes revealed that his mother, the legendary actress Gena Rowlands, is currently living with Alzheimer’s disease. Over her storied career, Rowlands earned two Oscar nods for her work in A Woman Under The Influence and Gloria , and received an honorary Academy Award in 2015. To many, however, the now 93-year-old actor is best known for playing the older version of Allie in The Notebook, which her son directed.
“The Notebook, based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks—was particularly hard because I play a character who has Alzheimer’s,” she told the outlet. “I went through that with my mother, and if Nick hadn’t directed the film, I don’t think I would have gone for it—it’s just too hard. It was a tough but wonderful movie.” Cassavetes also shared a poignant memory of his time filming with his mom with EW.
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