Jane Fonda Recalls Evening Tour of Sistine Chapel While Shooting ‘Book Club: The Next Chapter’ in Italy
variety.comMichaela Zee editor From riding boats in Venice to landing in Tuscany in a helicopter, “Book Club: The Next Chapter” star Jane Fonda had quite the adventure in Italy with Diane Keaton, Mary Steenburgen and Candice Bergen.
Her favorite memory there? “When we went to see the Sistine Chapel at night, and there was nobody else there,” Fonda told Variety at the New York premiere on Monday night. “And we had the whole ceiling explained to us by a great guide.
That was a real treat.” Although the sequel was filmed nearly five years after the original, Fonda never lost contact with her “Book Club” co-stars. “We’ve seen each other ever since we made the first movie,” Fonda said. “We go to each other’s houses for dinner, we text each other, we email each other, we do Zoom together.
It’s not like we were apart and then suddenly reunited.” Based on characters by Bill Holderman and Erin Simms, “Book Club: The Next Chapter” follows four elderly friends as they take their book club to Italy.
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