Marlee Matlin and actor William Hurt at the 1987 Academy Awards.
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Matlin, 59, met Hurt, who died in 2022 at the age of 71, while filming the 1986 film Children of the Lesser God. She plays Sarah, a deaf woman who falls in love with her speech teacher James (Hunter). The role earned her the Academy Award for Best Actress, making her the first deaf actress to win the award.
Hunter was the presenter that night, and Matlin said she was afraid to go on stage to accept her Oscar.
“When I walked up the stairs to receive my Oscar, I was scared,” she recalled. Mary Matlin: No longer aloneA new documentary about her life premieres at the Sundance Film Festival this month. “I was scared because I knew deep down that he was unhappy. Because I saw the look on his face and I was like, ‘—!
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Matlin described being hesitant when she walked on stage, fearful of accepting the award from her boyfriend.
“I wish things were different,” she admits. “I wish I could show my joy. But I was scared because he was standing there.
Mary Matlin and actor William Hurt
Bateman/Getty ImagesThis isn’t the first time Matlin has spoken about that night. exist Dave Karger2024 book, 50th Oscar NightMatlin recalled an exchange she had with Hurt, who downplayed her accomplishments.
“‘So there’s that little man next to you. What makes you think you deserve it?” she remembered him saying. “I looked at him, ‘What do you mean?’ He said, ‘A lot of people work a long time, especially people who are nominated with you, work for years to get what you get in a movie. . “
The documentary also profiles Matlin’s sign language interpreters Jack Jasonhe recounted an incident that happened between the two on a private jet. He claimed Matlin was in a room with Hurt and left with a swollen eye.
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Children of the Lesser God director Randa Haynes recalled seeing alleged bruises on Matlin’s body during filming.
“I could see them arguing, fighting,” she claimed. “I remember noticing a bruise at one point. But I didn’t know. No one felt they had the right to have a personal relationship, comment on it or ask questions.
Haynes also talked about how Hurt would “tell a joke and then turn away.” [Matlin] Keep her out of sight.
“I was trying to understand what was going on,” she added. “But I saw she was suffering.”
Before his death, Hurt said he had apologized to Matlin.
“My own memory is that we both apologized and did a lot to heal our lives,” he said in a statement. Well! message 2009. I know we have all grown. I wish Mary and her family the best.
