The news was revealed by her son, Notebook director Nick Cassavetes
In a new interview with Entertainment Weekly, actor and director Nick Cassavetes revealed that his mother, the legendary actress Gena Rowlands , is currently living with Alzheimer’s disease. Over her storied career, Rowlands earned two Oscar nods for her work in A Woman Under The Influence and Gloria , and received an honorary Academy Award in 2015. To many, however, the now 93-year-old actor is best known for playing the older version of Allie in The Notebook , which her son directed.
“The Notebook, based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks—was particularly hard because I play a character who has Alzheimer’s,” she told the outlet. “I went through that with my mother, and if Nick hadn’t directed the film, I don’t think I would have gone for it—it’s just too hard. It was a tough but wonderful movie.” Cassavetes also shared a poignant memory of his time filming with his mom with EW.
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