lara flynn boyle became a 90s it girl
following the original run of twin peaks
she appeared to have a long and fruitful
career ahead of her but in recent years
she's become nearly unrecognizable in
more ways than one
here's why hollywood won't cast lara
flynn boyle anymore
everyone deserves love and affection
even big time hollywood actors
however when pursuing relationships gets
in the way of work and makes production
more difficult for the people putting it
all together
word can easily spread around hollywood
that they're difficult to work with
this might just be the situation that
played out for laura flynn boyle
during the filming of her first major
project the 1990-91 tv series twin peaks
boyle dated her co-star kyle mclaughlin
whose on-screen romantic interest was
cherylin fenn
speaking about the resulting onset feud
to the av club in 2014
fenn said lara was dating kyle and she
was mad that my character was getting
more attention
so then kyle started saying that his
character shouldn't be with my character
because it doesn't look good
because i'm too young in order to
appease mclaughlin
and by extension boyle twin peaks
writers overhauled the show's creative
and narrative trajectory
splitting up mclaughlin and fenn's
characters and pairing them up with new
love interests portrayed by heather
graham and billy zane
allowing a relationship to complicate a
show's development
not cool as a young starlet attracting
the world's attention in the 1990s
and early 2000s lara flynn boyle
certainly had her pick of romantic
partners
the actress landed a string of famous
boyfriends in this era
including eric dane from grey's anatomy
counting crows lead singer adam duretz
and even tv's macgyver richard dean
anderson
there's certainly nothing wrong with
keeping an active romantic life but it
may not be beneficial in the long run
for an actor to run up a long list of
lovers
the more a performer is photographed
with partners or appears in gossip
columns and supermarket tabloids
the more they're associated with that
world that secondary celebrity gossip
market
it's hard for these stars to be
considered serious artists dedicated to
their craft which over time can lead to
fewer roles and offer
in the late 1990s lara flynn boyle dated
david spade best known at the time for
his stint on saturday night live
and roll on the sitcom just shoot me
however as he later told details in 2015
the relationship started to unravel when
jack nicholson made a play for the
actress
nicholson asked lara flynn boyle out in
front of me
she got mad because i didn't stick up
for her while she initially denied any
interest in him
boyle was later caught in public with
nicholson after getting into a car
accident
when the national enquirer called spade
for a comment that's when he found out
she'd supposedly been two-timing
and i go my girlfriend and they go yeah
she's with jack nicholson i go
and the guy couldn't love telling me
more wait they're together right now
he's like
yeah dude soon thereafter nicholson and
boyle took their relationship public but
the love affair's damage was done
no matter how illustrious their career
it's inevitable that an actor will
eventually star in a flop
every movie that's made and released is
created based upon an educated guess of
what the public will enjoy and embrace
but even objectively good movies
occasionally flop
however too many flops in a row and that
reputation of failure reflects poorly on
the star
just ask taylor kitsch about the summer
of 2012
and so it went for lara flynn boyle
after earning good notices for the 1993
indie classic red rock west
boyle wound up in a series of
forgettable mid 90s stinkers
including threesome baby's day out and
the road to wellville
boyle headed back to smaller movies in
the latter part of the decade
then returned to the multiplex with a
role as evil alien shapeshifter serlina
in 2002's men in black 2 which didn't
earn the critical raves box office
fortune of its predecessor
through her involvement in these films
boyle became associated with bad movies
and undeniable flops
which likely hurt her chances of
snagging roles in bigger and better
films thereafter
the fringe benefits of making it big as
an actor are undeniably attractive
among them fame money and industry
awards
that was the best acting i've ever seen
in my whole life
thank you but those rewards and plaudits
usually only come after a lot of hard
work
actors have to care about their craft
we're not suggesting that lara flynn
boyle didn't care about honing her
acting skills
especially after she earned her first
and so far only emmy nomination in 1999
for her work on the practice
but she seemed to care less about
character motivation and more about
living the luxurious life of a hollywood
star
and unabashedly so saying at a 2013
wayne's world cast reunion
look i love being famous i'm not one of
those people who feels like
why won't they leave me alone the
actress went on to quip that if
all she cared about was acting then
she'd be doing dinner theater in the
midwest
sounds like boyle was a little too fame
hungry no
reality shows may not be considered the
highest quality of television
man we got a situation women in
hot tubs are ronnie's kryptonite okay
but hey it provides a spotlight and a
paycheck
in 2010 laura flynn boyle appeared ready
to join the likes of other reality show
powerhouses with her own cable tv series
documenting her day-to-day life
according to deadline the network e
ordered a pilot for a series that would
depict both sides of boyle's dualistic
private life
at her home in texas with real estate
tycoon husband donald ray thomas ii
and then flitting around bel air
unfortunately the series never
progressed beyond that opening salvo
and thus never made it to air lara flynn
boyle's career was in pretty good shape
in early 2001
she was four years into her run as
assistant district attorney helen gamble
on abc's the practice
then she gave an interview to vanity
fair in which she pinpointed some of her
own perceived faults and flaws
which ironically hinted at a career
downturn to come
saying i'm the kind of woman who when
she walks into a party
all the other women leave the room i
think i'm scary to people
she went on to call out a major double
standard as it related to the media
coverage of her love life
women are judged differently if a guy is
young
somewhat successful going out and being
seen with women
it's no big deal considering that studio
execs need their stars to get along on
set
it's possible that boyle set herself up
for derision by adopting this defensive
reputation she claims to possess
that or she's telling the truth and
hollywood folks just don't want to work
with her
because they find her too intimidating
in january 2006
a representative for harrison ford
confirmed to abc news that he had
separated from his wife of 17 years
screenwriter melissa matheson around the
same time the national enquirer posted
photos of ford and laura flynn boyle
allegedly canoodling in a new york
nightclub
after the vh1 vogue fashion awards
ford's agent claimed that the actor and
his wife had split
before the boyle encounter while boyle
told vanity fair that nothing romantic
whatsoever had gone down with ford
saying that was so blown out of
proportion i
sat down in a booth with harrison ford
at a party
and talked to him for five minutes
nevertheless the damage was done to
boyle's increasingly dodgy reputation
and perhaps to her career prospects
she said people really think i'm a home
wrecker
that i'm difficult that i'm crazy
the recent tv reboot and revival craze
has surely been a blessing for the
careers of actors best known for their
roles in once dead shows exposure to a
whole new audience while reminding
long-time fans of their appeal
can lead to new roles in latter-day
relevance unfortunately that didn't
happen for lara flynn boyle
the 2017 showtime revival of the beloved
cult show twin peaks
reacquainted a delighted fan base with a
number of cast members from the original
90s run
conspicuously absent from the sprawling
cast of twin peaks the return however
was boyle and her character donna
hayward while the daily mail reported
that boyle wanted to return to twin
peaks she apparently wasn't invited
when show co-creator david lynch was
asked about it by tv line he said
you can go talk to lara flynn boyle this
is a story
that takes place without her well that
stings
like many stars in the spotlight laura
flynn boyle once worried about growing
older
and losing roles to younger actresses
back in 2002 she said
i know i may be running out of time
there are just not that many roles for
older women
on a vanity level i am not looking
forward to aging at all
i think i look pretty good now this
wasn't the last time boyle would speak
out on the challenges that she and other
women
have often faced in hollywood flash
forward to when the metoo movement
became mainstream in october 2017
after countless sexual misconduct
allegations broke against several
powerful men in showbiz
around that time the hollywood reporter
asked the actress whether she had ever
experienced anything similar like that
in her career
voyle replied that it happened all the
time adding
i looked at it on two levels do i want
to flip burgers
or do i want to put up with someone not
being appropriate with me
i chose the other side she went on to
say that that type of trauma doesn't
just go away and that she supported
everyone in the movement who had come
forward
while it's hard to say whether any of
these issues influenced boyle's
auditions
it's possible her career suffered due to
hollywood's rampant sexism and misogyny
with more than 50 acting credits to her
name lara flynn boyle has certainly left
her mark on the entertainment industry
however she's barely appeared in front
of cameras in the last decade or so
as of 2020 her last credit was a
supporting role in lucky dog
a 2015 talking dog movie which came on
the heels of relatively obscure films
like the stoner horror comedy hansel and
gretel get baked
and the crime drama life is hot in
crackdown
what leads to this eclectic list of
movies as
boyle told the hollywood reporter in
2017 i love a call sheet
i go where a good call sheet takes me
still boyle is at least showing off the
versatility she displayed early on in
her career
perhaps it's a return to some of those
past projects that will revive her
career
mike myers has discussed making a third
waynesworld film
which would likely include a role for
boyle in 2019 it was announced that
she'd joined the cast of an upcoming
indie flick
and with the tv world rebooting
seemingly every well-known property
it's probably only a matter of time
before the practice is back on the air
all it takes is one great role even a
small one in a standout television or
film project to kick a career back into
high gear
besides boyle has what most other actors
dream about
lingering goodwill from a solid resume
and name recognition
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