Sally Field Admits Shocking Truth About Protecting Julia Roberts on Steel Magnolias Set
Sally Field and Julia Roberts remain close friends more than three decades after the two award-winning actresses starred together in the beloved 1989 hit film Steel Magnolias. Sally admits that Julia was mistreated a bit during the filming, so she and her co-stars stepped up and protected the young actress.
Julia Roberts Protected After Sally Field Takes Her Under Her Wing
It has been more than 35 years since Steel Magnolias captured the hearts of film lovers across the globe. Sally Field says she was instantly drawn to the film. She recalls one of the main reasons she wanted to make the movie was because of one iconic scene.
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Sally Field describes the scene as a ‘humdinger of a scene.’ The scene she calls one of her favorites follows the heartbreaking death of her on-screen daughter, played by Julia Roberts. It was a challenging scene that showed Sally Field’s character going through the five stages of grief in a short period.
But even then, Sally reveals that her biggest memory during the filming is Julia Roberts. She says Julia, at 19, was the baby on set compared to the rest of the cast. So when the late director Herbert Ross began picking on the young actress, Sally took her under her wing, and the other women protected her.
According to the Daily Mail, Sally admits that Herbert Ross was tough on Julia Roberts. He would constantly pick on her. But he didn’t dare bully her once he realized that Sally and the others would not stand for it.
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Sally Field states that she and her co-stars didn’t like how hard Herbert was on Julia. So they rallied around her and tried to make the experience more pleasant for the newcomer.
“We all came to her aid,” Field said. “And I remember Dolly once just turned on him — always with humor, but usually the most vulgar humor you ever heard so that it was like, you just literally don’t have a leg to stand on.”
Herbert didn’t stand a chance going up against film icons Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Shirley Maclaine, Daryl Hannah, and Olympia Dukakis. Especially when it came to messing with Julia Roberts. All is well that ends well, and the film was a smashing success. As movie fans know, the experience did not stop Julia Roberts. She worked hard going forward to become one of today’s biggest stars.
