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In Reel Time

Sally Kellerman Interview Part 2

you were deserving of more screen time.
By Nikolai Adams In fact, I heard there was very little in the
script in regards to your character.
hope you all enjoyed last month’s Sally Kellerman: I didn’t do anything
I interview paying tribute to Academy to prove to him, I was only saving my
Award nominated actress Sally own ass. I met
Kellerman, who passed away at the age Robert Altman, just in a meeting and
of 84 on February 24th, 2022. In last
I decided to wear red lipstick, as my
month’s edition, you read some intriguing character was ‘Hot Lips’. Usually I hid
stories about her career that spanned my lips, because my sister always said,
seven decades, all of which were told to “shut up, big lips”, when I was little.
me on day one of CAPE (Cornwall and It made me cry. But anyway, in I went
Area Pop Event) back in 2016. On day
and there were about seven men sitting
two, she was willing to provide me with around. So I’m talking and then this man,
a few more stories – this time in depth, Robert Altman – I didn’t know that’s
behind the scenes tales from her most who it was at the time, said “I’ll give you
iconic role – Maj. Margaret ‘Hot Lips’ the best part in the picture”. And I went
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O’Houlihan in the 1970 Robert Altman outside, and I immediately hauled my
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film M*A*S*H*. Enjoy. script Photo Submitted
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Nikolai Adams: Now I’ve heard you
out, like all actors, and started
were able to grow your role in M*A*S*H* N e w s couldn’t even find the And that’s what happened, the curtain
thumbing through to count my lines. . . I
and prove to director Robert Altman that Stories And More About The People In Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry part. I just turned and stormed off – flew open, I hit the deck so fast it was
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Sports thinking I’ll never get in the movies. like you couldn’t even see me – I hope.
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Grrrr. Then they said, ‘you better go back But on the other side of the camera, he
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really talented’, so I went back and I’m one, but Bob was just that kind of guy.
Stories And More About The People In Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry all worked up with tears, you know, and So, I hit the deck the first time, and there
Would like to thank all our advertisers, who have teamed I said, “you said this and that, why didn’t was Gary Burghoff [he played Radar in
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up with us to share some remarkable, positive local sports the character do this, and why couldn’t M*A*S*H*] standing there stark naked
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she do that, and how come she has to on the other side of the camera [off
success stories, from all ages, young and old. s leave the movie, and blah blah blah”, and screen]. Take two – it was the girl who

Altman goes, “Well, why couldn’t she? played the nurse, Tamara Horrocks, and
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Why don’t you take a chance? You could she had very ample bosoms, and when I
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end up with something phenomenal!”. So hit the deck, I looked up and I thought I
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did change my career, for sure it did – as it was going to be the same guy from take
Stories And More About The People In Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry I got nominated for an Academy Award. one. Instead it was just this bosom – that
NA: Now, there’s also supposed to was take two. So every time you saw my
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infamous shower scene from the film – going to have to go see the movie for this
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Stories And More About The People In Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry SK: The shower scene. I was so scared, this scene in the movie where
though I’d now found out it was such a this darling black actor sang, “Suicide
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Sports great part by then, and I’d fallen in love is Painless”, where there is a coffin and
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with Bob [Altman]. But a shower scene everything, he was nude – that was the
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wanted to do – everyone to see me these pranks to put me at ease while also
Stories And More About The People In Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry naked onscreen. So I said to Bob, “can I getting the right reaction for the shot.
at least look good?”. He said, “yeah, you Anyways, now you know the story of my
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can stand there for twenty minutes and M*A*S*H* experience.
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N e w s we’ll light you, or as fast as you can, NA: Wow, what an excellent story.
hit the deck, and that’s what we’ll see”, Thank you, this has been great. SK:
so I was obligated to hit the deck fast. Thank you.
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