Peter Bart: George Segal Was As Real As He Looked Onscreen For 60 Years
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deadline.comJane Fonda felt the scene as written would be flat, and the camera was about to roll. “I’m going to play it while peeing on the toilet,” she suddenly told her co-star, George Segal.
The surprised Segal paused for a moment, gulped, then promptly re-created his dialogue, embellishing the exchange and the scene moved forward and with greater energy.The year was 1979, the movie Fun with Dick and Jane, and the studio later tried to kill the scene, until discovering that test audiences applauded it.
The moment was classic Fonda but also classic Segal, an actor who, over a long career, always found ways to enhance the performances of his remarkable co-stars, from Barbra Streisand to Elizabeth Taylor, while also helping filmmakers deliver hits.Sega
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