{"id":2018105,"date":"2025-09-13T01:26:53","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T01:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2018105"},"modified":"2025-09-13T01:26:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T01:26:53","slug":"marilu-henner-is-the-voice-of-reason-in-her-new-lifetime-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/marilu-henner-is-the-voice-of-reason-in-her-new-lifetime-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"Marilu Henner Is the \u2018Voice of Reason\u2019 in Her New Lifetime Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Marilu Henner<\/strong><\/a> is channeling her survivor spirit for her next film, A Husband to Die For: The Lisa Aguilar Story.<\/p>\n

The Lifetime movie premieres on Saturday, September 13, and details the riveting true story of Lisa Aguilar<\/strong>, the survivor of a brutal stabbing. The actress, who plays Lisa\u2019s grandmother, described herself as the film\u2019s moral conscience. \u201cWe all need that person in our lives who will be honest with us,\u201d Henner, 73, shared exclusively with Us Weekly. \u201cSo I loved playing a character that was kind of the voice of reason.\u201d<\/p>\n

Having spent over 50 years in the entertainment industry, the Chicago native is picky about what roles she takes on these days, but she knew almost immediately that she wanted to be a part of this project. \u201cThe world has to see this, because there are a lot of people out there who probably feel victimized in their relationships and don\u2019t even realize it,\u201d she explained. As an aunt and sister herself, it wasn\u2019t hard to imagine herself in her character\u2019s shoes, which made joining the cast a no-brainer.<\/p>\n

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Henner found the film\u2019s message closely resonated with her and believed in the importance of bringing such an important topic to light. Thanks to everyone on set, she was able to strike a balance on set while filming such a heavy project. \u201cI think everybody felt so good about the material and so good about the production values. There was nothing cheesy about this movie at all, not at all. And I think that\u2019s what it felt, very real and very textured and in the right kind of way.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Having fully immersed herself in the role, one of the many ways the actress brought her character to life was through her fashion, she told Us. \u201cI always feel as an actress, you\u2019re a circle, and your character is a circle, and there\u2019s kind of this venn diagram between the two of you. But what you want to do is keep filling it in, filling in, filling it in, so that you become the character.\u201d<\/p>\n

Over the years, she\u2019s built a collection of clothing and jewelry she\u2019s kept from various sets, all souvenirs and memories that have become very special to her. One of her favorite pieces of clothing happens to be a blue blouse her mother gifted her in 1978. Unfortunately, her mother passed away right before she landed her iconic role as Elaine on Taxi, but the blouse has forever remained an important keepsake. \u201cI loved that blouse, so I wore it on the first episode of Taxi, and it was so special to me.\u201d To this day, the blouse has remained in her closet. \u201cEverything is connected to memories. I\u2019m a big memory person, and I feel like the clothes kind of vibrate with your energy,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

For Henner, this sentiment rings especially true. The actress has Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory (HSAM), meaning she can recount every single day of her life in clear detail. When asked what characters have stuck with her the most, she affirms it\u2019s the ones that share her phenomenal memory. She particularly enjoyed participating in the movie Noises Off (1992), in which she played Belinda Blair. \u201cShe knows everything that\u2019s going on all the time. She knows everybody\u2019s part \u2014 who\u2019s hanging out with whom, and so it saves the day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her memory has primed her for a career of remembering lines and cues, and she\u2019s made it known that she doesn\u2019t take it for granted. The one time she had second thoughts about it was during her 2016 Dancing With the Stars<\/a> stint, during which she competed alongside pro Derek Hough<\/strong><\/a>. \u201cThe only time it\u2019s been sort of a curse was when Derek Hough kept changing the routine, because I remember the first routine,\u201d the actress joked.<\/p>\n

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This has meant that she\u2019s had to create her own fun while on set, and she admitted to Us that sometimes she would mess up lines on purpose while filming Taxi. \u201cBut I never made the Taxi gag reel, which really pisses me off,\u201d she confessed.<\/p>\n

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