{"id":2032151,"date":"2025-09-18T17:07:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T17:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2032151"},"modified":"2025-09-18T17:07:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T17:07:16","slug":"glenn-close-embraces-grandmother-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/glenn-close-embraces-grandmother-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Glenn Close Embraces Grandmother Role"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cThis is one of my treasures,\u201d Glenn Close says proudly, as she gestures to an imposing painting that spans the wall behind her. It\u2019s a reproduction of the Queen Elizabeth I \u201cDitchley Portrait,\u201d circa 1592, with the monarch decked out in an ornate, lace ruff and bejeweled gown. A prop she snagged after shooting 102 Dalmatians<\/i> 25 years ago, the artwork decorated the townhouse of her iconic villain, Cruella de Vil.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe [the queen] obviously was an ancestor of Cruella,\u201d the actress says with a laugh \u2014 almost a cackle, \u00e0 la de Vil \u2014 over a recent Zoom call from her home in Bozeman, Montana.<\/p>\n

Close, 78, is sentimental about her film costumes and props \u2014 so much so that it\u2019s written into her contracts that she can take home the fabulous set stuff she covets.<\/p>\n

But there weren\u2019t many ornate items to grab from the set of her latest film, The Summer Book<\/i> (in theaters Sept. 19), and that\u2019s what she loves about the movie \u2014 it\u2019s simple and austere, she says.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt goes very unsentimental,\u201d Close says of the quiet, tender story, and her white-sneakers-and-cane wardrobe.<\/p>\n

Based on the novel by Finnish novelist and painter Tove Jansson, the film follows a family navigating grief during a summer at their tiny island cottage on the Gulf of Finland.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s not a movie about people talking, talking, talking about their feelings,\u201d she assures us. \u201cIt’s about the day-to-day, how life goes on and how we can love. It\u2019s about family connection, and about strength from one generation to the next.\u201d<\/p>\n

A first-time grandmother herself since the film wrapped (Close\u2019s daughter, Annie, gave birth to her first child, son Rory Westaway Albu, in February), the actor is reveling in the role of real-life grandma all year.<\/p>\n

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Close collects costumes and props from her films. In fact, the painting from this ‘102 Dalmations’ scene hangs in her home now.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI now have a little grandson,\u201d Close says, face beaming. \u201cHe’s almost 7 months old. And I’m very aware of my role as grandmother. I’m very proud of it, and I love spending time with him.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Summer Book<\/i>\u2019s themes of nature and renewal, she notes, resonate closely with her life in many ways. The actress, her daughter and other family members settled in Montana because of their love of nature, rooted in their upbringing on their grandfather\u2019s farm.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.aarp.org \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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