Show movies She says she’d like to start her own family in the large house she’s renovating here “And it had better be soon I’m not saying I'm old but I think I should do this sooner rather than later” tough decision in the competitive business of acting “A pan of me would be ecstatic if the phone didn’t ring” she says though she knows parenthood might not be the smartest career move while she still struggles to get good roles For Class Action in which she played a corporate lawyer pitted against her liberal father (Hackman) “the director had to fight to get me” Uhy? “They get a script in and do you know who they think of? Michelle Pficffcr or Julia Roberts" Despite Robin Hood “I feel less secure than ever I’m not established (as an actress) in England and I like to be busy Sometimes I wonder if I should open a bakery or something" By David Nicholson That’s Merry Mary She steals the heart ’ of ‘Robin Hood this weekend 1 Utm ary Elizabeth Mastrantonio Maid Marian to Kevin Costner’s Robin Hood in the movie opening this weekend learned lessons in charm from her older sisters As the fifth of 4 a Mastrantonio: Wanted spicier scenes with Kevin Costner six Mastrantonio girls she was forever “watching the ladies her description of the sisters primping for dates Mastrantonio 32 becomes theatrical tossing back a cascade of ringlets while pretending to apply mascara and giggles as she details how the girls waited in line for one tub on the first floor of their home in Oak Park 111 a Chicago suburb Sometimes in the flurry of getting ready an under-thin- g would be left behind in the bathroom and a sister bedroom for Mary Elizawould scream from a second-flo“I can’t tell you how waited beth to retrieve it while a beau with a bra hidden under I would run upstairs many times had them a one of when shirt boyfriend downstairs” my In Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves the summer’s most eaa gerly awaited movie Mastrantonio is surrounded by gaggle of men not girls She’s paired with Costner in his first film appearance since Dances With Wolves She knew something special was in the air: “It was like with actois who’ve been around a long time — Paul Newman could do it (they starred together in The Color of Money) and so could Gene in spring’s Class Action) Hackman (her ar They could tell a story with the camera” Despite the romantic relationship of Marian and Robin Mastrantonio spent little time with Costner Hollywood’s hottest star Their scenes weren’t as developed as she might have liked definitely not in the same league with Costner’s most famous the sexy limo ride in 1987’s No Way Out This Robin Hood is very courtly and chaste Maid Marian is a landowner and her responsibilities stop her from living with Robin’s gang She sympathizes with them and they treat her well — in fact Cosmer and company are curiously for cutthroats “It’s not as though they go off on Hell Week” Mastrantonio says And she sounds almost annoyed with director Kevin Reynolds for keeping her performance tame “I’d originally thought she’d be ‘one of the guys’ She comes across more timid than I’d anticipated” family left MasGrowing up in that big trantonio anything but timid She’s still close to her father Frank a Chicago foundryman they argue over movies into the night He casts his own bronze ashtrays “I use them as weights when I work out” she says Now she lives in London with her Irish husband film producer Pat O’Connor They spend idle weeks discovering Ireland’s lush southwest where they have a house “The Irish behave much more the way I was raised” than Londoners do she says explaining why she loves to go there “Much more open and expressive” That’s not to say she’s not fit for London’s Notting Hill section It’s cosmopolitan colorful and noisy In jeans and a silk shirt' Mastrantonio is the picture of casual chic She’s vivacious and funny Sipping coffee in a smart cafe she waves enthusiastically to fnends and coos over their kids go by” — or THEiSHOElFITS ' iv x 35a VC ii- - co-st- i®11 E' well-behav- ed Italian-Americ- an USA WEEKEND Jum 14-- li 1991 9 f— i TIEX GjB33(B M Red Wing service shoes fit your job Because your work doesn't make time feet Since 1905 Red Wings have been solely Duilt to give Americans a dependable shoe that's always comfortable A great shoe for consumer service that long outlives its pnee Call for sore g REO4NL tr |