Actor Selma Blair first appears in the new documentary about her struggles with multiple sclerosis (MS) dressed as Norma Desmond, the reclusive, washed-up silent-film star played by Gloria Swanson in Sunset Boulevard.
In a sparkly turban, a floor-length leopard-print dress and her cane by her side, Blair displays a jokey self-awareness about her public image, especially since announcing her diagnosis in October 2018. “I have probably had this incurable disease for 15 years at least,” she wrote in an Instagram post. “And I am relieved to at least know.
And share.” She is, in fact, exceptionally open in Rachel Fleit’s Introducing, Selma Blair. Per its (grammatically incorrect) title, the film is a reintroduction of sorts to the Cruel.
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