Gena Rowlands Of ‘The Notebook’ Has Alzheimer’s Disease

Legendary actor Gena Rowlands, an honorary Oscar recipient and four-time Emmy winner, has Alzheimer's disease, her son says. Director Nick Cassavetes told Entertainment Weekly that his 94-year-old mother, who played a character with dementia in his beloved 2004 film 'The Notebook,' has the same illness. In the film, Rowlands played an older version of Allie, the same character portrayed by Rachel McAdams.

' Cassavetes recalled to Entertainment Weekly how the studio wanted him to reshoot a scene in 'The Notebook' with Rowlands' character crying more at the end while remembering her longtime love played by James Garner. “We go to reshoots, and now it’s one of those things where mama’s pissed and I had asked her, ‘Can you do it, mom?’ She goes, ‘I can do anything,’” Cassavetes said.

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