Gena Rowlands played the older version of Rachel McAdams' character, Allie, in the 2004 film 'The Notebook.'
star Gena Rowlands has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, her son and the movie's director, Nick Cassavetes, reveals. defines Alzheimer's disease as a"brain disorder" that"causes the brain to shrink and brain cells to eventually die." This leads to"a gradual decline in memory, thinking, behavior and social skills."
Rowlands played the older version of McAdams' role, showing the character battling Alzheimer's as her longtime love Noah, played by Gosling and also James Garner in the older years, read her the story of two star-crossed lovers. It turns out to eventually be the story of Allie and Noah's romance, prompting heartbreaking scenes of the two lovers at the end of the movie.
He added that deciding between McAdams and Spears"was a very, very hard toss up between the two of them."
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