{"id":2313,"date":"2015-02-11T18:36:16","date_gmt":"2015-02-12T02:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottcolburn.com\/blog\/?p=2313"},"modified":"2023-04-02T16:42:07","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T00:42:07","slug":"2313","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottcolburn.com\/blog\/?p=2313","title":{"rendered":"Laura Dern on Inland Empire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This is the reason I love DAVID LYNCH<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Laura Dern: the wild one<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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As she receives her second Oscar nomination, the acting legend is hitting another purple patch. The Lynchian muse reflects on a career of creativity and rebellion<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TextOwen Myers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PhotographyMichael Avedon<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

StylingEmma Wyman<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

29January 2015<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taken from the Winter 2014 issue of Dazed:<\/em>

Cult actress Laura Dern<\/a> is your favourite director\u2019s muse. Whether she\u2019s working with Paul Thomas Anderson<\/a>, Steven Spielberg or past, present and future collaborator David Lynch<\/a>, Dern\u2019s rare ability to walk the line between indie insanity and mainstream heroism has made her one of the most captivating actresses of the last three decades. Fresh from her role in teen weepie The Fault in Our Stars<\/em>, which confronted the bleak reality of childhood cancer, the Californian star is \u201ccooking up trouble\u201d once more with Lynch, and appears opposite Reese Witherspoon in Wild<\/em>. She just scored her second Academy Award nomination for the role, 23 years after her first for Rambling Rose<\/a><\/em> in 1992. It\u2019s no surprise that Dern continues to cause a commotion \u2013 she\u2019s been a Hollywood rebel since her pre-teens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you were 12, you played a member of an all-girl punk band in Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains<\/a> <\/em>(1982). Were you aware it was such a polemical feminist movie at the time?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Laura Dern: <\/strong>Well, I was aware that I wanted to be daring, because I was raised by very daring actors (Diane Ladd and Bruce Dern), but I didn\u2019t know the weight of human beings \u2013 male and female alike \u2013 finding their own voice. But being 12 years old and in a movie with the Sex Pistols<\/a> and The Clash is a great wake-up call to pushing authority and considering a new way. I mean, that\u2019s just the most awesome thing that could happen to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Did you hang out with the bands on set?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Laura Dern: <\/strong>I did. For four months we were family and I was very, very lucky to have them. They taught me a great deal and they were fiercely protective. Who would know that my parents made the best decision ever to send their 12-year-old off with the Sex Pistols? But they were my authority figures that taught me not to be scared. Steve Jones and Paul Cook (from the Sex Pistols) were really awesome to me. They taught me to be fearless and educated me on the dangers of addiction. They literally said, \u201cDon\u2019t fuck up your life \u2013 we want you to have a great life.\u201d And I love them for it forever. We went to see Lene Lovich<\/a> and all these really cool shows I would never have gone to as a 12-year-old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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