Just trying different ways so she could build the movie in the editing, which is really where the film is made. “I don't remember exactly how many takes, but I will say I do remember that we did it a few ways,” Hendrix tells Us. "She's very much one to make sure everybody's OK as we're moving along, and I always felt protected and taken care of on that set.” Any adjustments she gave me I was like, ‘Yeah, do it! Yeah, yeah yeah.’ It wasn't really advice, but she's very maternal. And I think that's just because it was just so much preparation. And, you know, maybe in some situations she would do a whole lot of takes. “Nancy is a perfectionist, and she likes things to have a certain look and a certain style. Hendrix and Meyers, 71, “became pretty collaborative” during production. ‘Hey Nancy, do you want me to do it like this or like that?’ And she loved it.” So hitting my mark and all the physicality I had to do in that, it was just the more the merrier, because none of that phases me. I knew my lines inside and out,” she recalls. “I worked with a coach, I worked so hard. The Dynasty star made sure she was “really prepared” before filming started on the Nancy Meyers remake of the 1961 classic. I'm glad everyone else could catch up to this.” Of course, she was the victim to these two little monster twins and their parents.”Īnd to that, Hendrix says: “Right on.
Like to me, everyone else is catching up to everything I had already thought about her and that narrative Meredith thought about herself,” Hendrix, 50, exclusively tells Us Weekly. “One of the keys to playing villains is that the characters, you never think of yourself as a villain, like, ever. Parent Trap’s Elaine Hendrix Answers All Our Meredith Blake Questions: Her Audition, ‘Dreamy’ Dennis Quaid and More!
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Sign up for Us Weekly's free, daily newsletter and never miss breaking news or exclusive stories about your favorite celebrities, TV shows and more! “Meredith would be just fine ! Like, wherever she is at. Of course, Meredith ultimately doesn’t end up with Nick, but Hendrix isn’t too worried about her. And I think that’s what ended up being used. … Just trying different ways so she could build the movie in the editing, which is really where the film is made. “I don’t remember exactly how many takes, but I will say I do remember that we did it a few ways,” Hendrix tells Us. Dressed head-to-toe in a black hat, white dress and heels, the red-lipped publicist slowly lifts her head to reveal her face. When “Hallie” arrives home and reunites with housekeeper Chessy ( Lisa Ann Walter), dad Nick then brings her out back where her future stepmom is sipping lemonade by the pool. Meredith’s introduction to the audience became one of the most memorable scenes in the movie. “She’s very much one to make sure everybody’s OK as we’re moving along, and I always felt protected and taken care of on that set.” Any adjustments she gave me I was like, ‘Yeah, do it! Yeah, yeah yeah.’ It wasn’t really advice, but she’s very maternal. And I think that’s just because it was just so much preparation. I’m glad everyone else could catch up to this.” Since starring opposite Lindsay Lohan (Hallie and Annie), Dennis Quaid(Nick Parker) and the late Natasha Richardson (Elizabeth James), audiences have actually started to cheer for Meredith in recent years.Īnd to that, Hendrix says: “Right on. Of course, she was the victim to these two little monster twins and their parents.” Antagonist or aspirational icon? Meredith Blake may have been portrayed as a young gold-digger clawing her way to marry Nick Parker in 1998’s The Parent Trap, but years later, the character that Elaine Hendrix took on is getting praise for knowing what she wants - and standing up for herself against conniving twins.
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