Shelley Duvallis back on set.
On Monday, Dreznick Goldberg Productions exclusively shared with PEOPLE footage from an upcoming documentary titledHowl: Inside The Forest Hills, about 73-year-old Duvall’s new filmThe Forest Hills. The clip shows the actress as she films scenes for the horror movie while writer-director-producer Scott Goldberg works with her via FaceTime.
“No, that was just great,” Duvall says in the video, as she’s asked whether it was challenging to work with a director who was not physically present in the room. “I find it to be fantastic, especially since the picture was clear on the phone.”
The video goes on to show footage of Goldberg directing Duvall via a FaceTime call while she films scenes for the project, which marks the actress' first feature-length film role since 2002’sManna From Heaven.
“How f—— dare you,” the actress says in character as she begins filming a take at the end of the video.
It was reported back in October that Duvall, who famously starred in Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 psychological horror filmThe Shining, had beencast in the independent horror filmafter her two decades away from Hollywood.
“The best part of working with Shelley is that she fills the room up with her kindness and love,” writer-director-producer Goldberg told PEOPLE about working with Duvall in December.
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“She is kind, and you can see that even after all these years since her retirement from acting she is still a true professional,” he added at the time.
While Duvall spoke with PEOPLE in December, she praised the “fantastic” two-man crew she worked with forThe Forest Hillsas “real professionals,” spoke to her character’s “quiet rage” in the new movie, and joked of the remote filming experience: “Welcome to the future.”
“Acting again — it’s so much fun,” Duvall told PEOPLE in February of her return to movies. “It enriches your life.”
source: people.com
