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11-15-2017, 09:24 PM
http://www.nickiswift.com/95815/untold-truth-sally-field/
Filming The Flying Nun was 'deeply humiliating'
Field found work rather quickly in Hollywood, landing the title role on the television series*Gidget (1965-66)*when she was just a teenager. From there, she went on to star in*three seasons of*The Flying Nun*(1967-70), an experience she's described as "deeply humiliating."
"Once*Gidget*was canceled, the producers came up with this flying nun show to get me on the air again,"*she told Oprah*Winfrey.*"I didn't want to do it. I was trying to figure out who I was, but I knew who I wasn't: a flying nun. I was almost 19, and my sexuality needed to be explored. My real father was Catholic, and I had issues with all religions. So I said no, which I thought was incredibly brave. But my stepfather said, 'Don't get on your high horse. If you don't take this part, you may never work again.' The assumption was that I wasn't good enough. At the time, I wasn't old enough, strong enough, or sophisticated enough to tell him that he was wrong. "
She continued, "I listened to him. I was so blind. It was one of the times in my life when fear made the decision for me, and when fear makes the decision, it's a mistake. That job was three long, hard years, and*The Flying Nun*became a huge joke. Bob Hope and all the other comics poked fun at it. I couldn't tell the difference between jokes about Sister Bertrille, my character, and jokes about me. It was deeply humiliating. I felt denigrated as a person."
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Filming The Flying Nun was 'deeply humiliating'
Field found work rather quickly in Hollywood, landing the title role on the television series*Gidget (1965-66)*when she was just a teenager. From there, she went on to star in*three seasons of*The Flying Nun*(1967-70), an experience she's described as "deeply humiliating."
"Once*Gidget*was canceled, the producers came up with this flying nun show to get me on the air again,"*she told Oprah*Winfrey.*"I didn't want to do it. I was trying to figure out who I was, but I knew who I wasn't: a flying nun. I was almost 19, and my sexuality needed to be explored. My real father was Catholic, and I had issues with all religions. So I said no, which I thought was incredibly brave. But my stepfather said, 'Don't get on your high horse. If you don't take this part, you may never work again.' The assumption was that I wasn't good enough. At the time, I wasn't old enough, strong enough, or sophisticated enough to tell him that he was wrong. "
She continued, "I listened to him. I was so blind. It was one of the times in my life when fear made the decision for me, and when fear makes the decision, it's a mistake. That job was three long, hard years, and*The Flying Nun*became a huge joke. Bob Hope and all the other comics poked fun at it. I couldn't tell the difference between jokes about Sister Bertrille, my character, and jokes about me. It was deeply humiliating. I felt denigrated as a person."
Read More: http://www.nickiswift.com/95815/untold-truth-sally-field/?utm_campaign=clip