A reel mix-up in Toronto International Film Festival frustrates classic film star Lauren Bacall. While the crowd was waiting for the tech to correct the problem, they asked, ah, begged Lauren to get on stage for a “dog & pony show.” She was asked to tell more of her relationship to Bogie, and she amply replies “that’s private.” Another fan yells out, “but it’s in your book,” and Lauren answers, as only Lauren can answer, “so, then, honey, why are you asking.” I can hear her say this with an attitude, and in her iconic raspy voice.
The classic film star eventually gets so “exasperated,” and her “auteur” colleague, film director Paul Schrader, exclaims: “Someone arrest this man!” “Later, she just sat down on a chair on the stage, as if to say, “OK, I’m going on strike.”
Bacall proceeded to do a “bee” line to the door, and someone built up enough courage to convey regrets of this most unfortunate situation. She replies like someone with a PhD or someone with much “wisdom” in life, “It’s the luck of the draw.”
“Arrest this man,” is a bit too much to ask for when a curious fan asks questions, stupid questions at that. Granted film stars need their privacy and should be given that, but when they are in the public with fans, that in many cases adore them, this is no way to treat them. I feel this could’ve been handled differently. I never quite understand why famous people get frustrated with situations like this one. If you are a public figure, these are events that will predictably happen when in the public eye. You would think Lauren was used to this.
source: Canada National Post
2 Responses to “Bacall Gets Pissed Off!”
It’s interesting to hear how stars react to fans.
I just watched a Joan Crawford documentary where they talked about Joan knowing the tourist bus schedule. When a bus was going to go by, she found some sort of yard work out front so she could be seen (and wave back).
Hi Carrie, yes I’ve heard of how Joan truly loved her fans, maybe too much.
Even after Joan fell from grace, she received fan mail and she’d personally answered each one.
Yeah, I am sure she lavished in all the attention; I think Joan understood that it was her fans that made her who she was. She knew better than to bite the hand that was feeding her.
I guess I feel that what happened to Bacall was not intentional, and people being people do stupid stuff like this fan did. At least she replied, although sarcastic, at least she had the courtesy to reply to the curious fan. The director went a bit too far.
Thanks Carrie!