| Show ' - ' ' 1 I 1 — - - JillIES BRADY IN STEP WITH: Fl1 inill I rdL s II - MIME!Mna " BORN: Outside Living In kestralla makes it harder to mend as an actress in US says Wart IMO 1 Landon la 1957 PERSONAL: Married Bryan Brown In EVEN YEARS AFIER THE THORN Birds in which she played a seduc- tive young woman leading poor 1 - 1983 taw daughters ' Richard Chamberlain astray Rachel Rosemary and Ward was in New York with her husband the actor Bryan Brown and A511111": their two daughters talking about 1984 her latest film This time around Sharhy's Rocklin she plays the older woman The rrnai I'm bored talking about myself and corning up 15111 Terror1381 Dead with the same old drivel" she said "It's a trap you Men Don't War can get into" Intelligent and wary articulate when she chooses to be Ms Ward weighs questions before Plak4191L Against A Al ) answering You get the impression she has been burned wite4'791:6" before in interviews Hotel Colonial Take this latest movie After Dark My Sweet in ' 1987 Howl's Get enterBruce Dem which she plays opposite ("very Ahead in A taining a great raconteur—he has the scoop on everyI 4!112''4 one") and young Jason Patric ("he's a child still but - L you'll hear from him—he's going to be a star") Even 111''''Llies of in discussing the film she weighs her words Field1979 "It fills the requirements I demand of a movie" she the The Thom Birds said "but I can't possibly predict what other people 1983 Fortress will say I'm very stuffy about what movies NI do 1985 then the rest is in the lap of the gods" Rachel also was keenly aware of the competition 'When you put it up against Total Recall" she said "it's demanding provocative It's moviemaking not money-spinninIf you get the sense that Ms Ward is not your typical film actress you're coned She thinks that being British and living in Australia has limited her career in America "Most of the female roles here are squeezed between the hardware and the special effects" she said "Not being American I really had to ir 1 broaden my horizons It's not just a matter of accents—it's the whole culture But in the past tottu and -111118 seven years I've done quite a selection of roles -"rtaatt11 few a was Wiwi''' and now I'm getting a lot of scripts out of Ameri- vows 1rual t':miAlabt esti 11'1"— V1161 as I ca more varied scripts So guess it's a matter orir a 11"'"" is 1verY of chipping away at the block of misconception" mAtrseetabot 1 as aramiall ' cogyr 010111's Before she broke through as an actress Rachel '1Tirld ea ess at '''' ingbtru-m'sche- r - - 'I ' - 4''"''' 1- - 5 ' 14' ' 00 -- ---- - - - ' - - (35s ' - 'w' ' - - ' - 00e I ived - 3) - '' i t e-- -- I -- - - 1 7 --- - -- - - it - N - - if- i - 1"' 1 e 01 model "Mostly commercials" she said "I moved eitbe pot volt twi assot: seven times I guess I'm always an alien a for- ere sPe'rvitta a tyro 71:sikes t Zi-aasde Y117 swot ea 11m1"1 eigner wherever I live But it doesn't bother me a There's no confusion of identity" Then after a 's-giwoe a moment she added: "It would have been easier said- - Giving A2e 'Vol 1wteabwi AA had I fallen in love with an Englishman" oall'w-1:7aisseavit --tre- 1 7 kaagloatitia !fa She was born just outside London and raised in Chelsea The rust time she ever saw Australia was '4111ars itiOctAAa aartons 1 Boatel 51"when she married Bryan Brown "Just another move" tots GA we'— wag she said 00 toe alitiolo alga ate teak Wasn't she dating one of the young Kennedys back listiset BA owl lama pla a beer SOA then in New York before she met Bryan? A Mittlat It I Syelm0 t Rachel set her jaw rather firmly at that ayetsvell aptrceetePtaLtsive "I'm not going to begin to discuss my past liaisons basieessitAt ta tea I Mug if you don't mind" teciedell g ' ' ' 41S ts ape ' - 011 S BITS w - ' ' g" Iv - - - f '''': - - Li ' s ' - 1 -- 1 - 1 She was young Illeggie in"I'he Thorn - 1"---00as a — g er llpatertas1 Asstrilail Bints"Nou in 'After Dark My Sweet"-h- er beauty more ?wipe and mature-Rach- el Wtrd plays "the older woman: - ' ' ' PACE 26 SEPTEMBER 2 1990 PARADE MAGAZINE ‘ i |
