Anne Heche Remembered by ‘What Remains’ Director: ‘I Hope She Found Some Grace and Peace Along the Way’
19.08.2022 - 17:27
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Nathan Scoggins Guest ColumnistAnne Heche, the award-winning star of “Six Days Seven Nights” and “Walking and Talking,” died Aug. 14 at the age of 53 after being involved in a car crash in Los Angeles.
Her life and career were often overshadowed by tabloid coverage of her three-year relationship with Ellen DeGeneres, a union that helped usher in a new era of gay representation in media, but one that came at the expense of Heche’s privacy.Heche never recaptured the level of stardom she had achieved in the late 1990s, but she worked at a high level on television, film and Broadway. One of her final completed features, “What Remains,” a murder mystery that co-stars Kellan Lutz and Cress Williams, wrapped in late 2021.
Its director, Nathan Scoggins, shares an emotional tribute to Heche in which he praises her talent, kindness and resilience. Anne Heche gave me her very best, and I’m forever grateful.Anne showed up to our sets in and around Amarillo, Tex., with good humor, focus and determination.
She was professional, knowing her lines and her character of a haunted small town sheriff deeply; she was playful, often laughing and joking with me and members of our crew between takes; she was proud of the work she was doing (“Oh my god, the more I read into your words the more I love this story,” she told me by text at the end of one long day), and the two of us fell very quickly into an easy rapport. She had absolutely no ego when it came to her work: “I’m here to be used,” she said more than once.
“Put me where you want me.” She was enthusiastic, always up for an adventure. One night our entire crew showed up (and overwhelmed) a small karaoke bar in town, and I’ll say this — Anne loved to dance.Anne held nothing back — in
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