Elaine Hendrix is remembering her “The Parent Trap” co-star Natasha Richardson with double the love.
Reverse Hendrix’s scheming Meredith Blake, Richardson — who died in 2009 on the age of 45 — performed Elizabeth James, the loving mom of twins Hallie Parker and Annie James (Lindsay Lohan) within the 1998 Disney movie.
Hendrix completely instructed The Submit that she wasn’t certain what it could be like working with Richardson.
A member of the Redgrave appearing household and recognized for her Tony Award-winning portrayal of Sally Bowles within the 1998 Broadway revival of “Cabaret,” Richardson was “theater, Hollywood [and] acting royalty,” Hendrix defined.
However on set, Hendrix, 54, recalled that the “Maid in Manhattan” actress was “warm and sweet.”
“It’s no wonder she was cast as Elizabeth,” Hendrix stated. “I mean, really smart move, Nancy [Meyers] and Charles [Shyer].” Meyers wrote and directed the remake of the 1961 unique, whereas Shyer served as co-writer and producer on the movie.
Earlier than her demise, Richardson had been married to fellow actor Liam Neeson since 1994. The couple have been collectively for 15 years and shared two sons, Micheál, 30, and Daniel, 28. Neeson, 73, is now reportedly relationship his “The Naked Gun” co-star Pamela Anderson.
Hendrix remembered the fridge in Richardson’s trailer being lined with images of Neeson and their kids. Anytime somebody talked about her household, Hendrix stated, “she would swoon with love. They were madly in love, and she was crazy about her kids.”
That type of devotion to her household, Hendrix defined, made Richardson’s demise “all the more tragic” — and her efficiency in “The Parent Trap” all of the extra significant.
“I’m so glad that her being was captured in this movie,” she stated. “It’s such a fitting memory of her, such a fitting tribute to her.”
Richardson died in March 2009 from an epidural hematoma following a snowboarding accident in Quebec, Canada.
The late star met Neeson in 1993 whereas engaged on the Broadway manufacturing of “Anna Christie.” 5 years after her demise, Neeson recalled visiting his spouse within the hospital throughout a 2014 interview with Anderson Cooper on “60 Minutes.”
He was instructed by medical doctors that Richardson, who was transferred to Montreal hospital Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal following her accident, was mind lifeless and on life assist.
“I went in to her and told her I loved her,” Neeson instructed Cooper. “[I] said, ‘Sweetie, you’re not coming back from this. You’ve banged your head. It’s — I don’t know if you can hear me, but that’s — this is what’s gone down.”
Richardson was later flown to Lenox Hill Hospital in New York Metropolis, the place she finally handed away.
Neeson was all of the sudden a single father to their two younger kids, who have been simply 13 and 12 after they misplaced their mom. On the time, the “Taken” star instructed Folks in 2024 that his major focus was “making sure they were okay.”
He additionally recalled his mother-in-law, Oscar-winning actress Vanessa Redgrave, 88, and sister-in-law Joely Richardson, 60, stepping in to assist.
“Everybody just pulled together. Vanessa and Joely were extraordinary,” he instructed the outlet. “We were fortunate in lots of ways.”
