'Splash' star Daryl Hannah recalled her time filming the 1984 hit comedy, from being shy about kissing Tom Hanks to having to appear nearly nude in some scenes.
'Splash' star Daryl Hannah is looking back at her time filming the iconic movie for its 40th anniversary. Hannah admitted in an interview with People that she felt awkward about starring in one of her first movies. 'Oh, my God, it's so embarrassing,' she told the outlet. 'I was really naive.' Hannah played mermaid Madison, who journeys on land and falls for Tom Hanks’ character, Allen, in the Ron Howard-directed fantasy/rom-com.
The 63-year-old admitted she was shy about kissing Hanks, and kept skipping over the moment during rehearsals. 'Once you do it once, then it's easier to get through the next time,' she said. 'But that first time, when you don't know somebody and you have to kiss them, is so embarrassing. At least for me, it was.' Hannah was also 'really anxious' about some of the scenes where her character had to appear nude in the water and on land.
Due to the tail costume being 'incredibly painful,' Hannah said she often opted to stay half-submerged in water during lunch on set. She told the outlet Hanks and co-star John Candy 'would come by and drop little french fries in my mouth.' Despite the discomfort, Hannah said, 'I loved filming the whole thing.' She even channeled her inner mermaid and happily spent time in the water on her own while filming off an island in the Bahamas.
For me, wanting to do movies was wanting to disappear into real fantasy worlds, into different realities,' she told People. 'It's like a part I'd practiced for my whole childhood, as I'm sure many little girls have. We were fortunate enough to have a pool when I was young, and so I would just spend all my time basically underwater, pretending.
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