Loni Anderson Devastated She Lost Movie Role to Barbra Streisand - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TMC · 05-12-2021, 10:32 PM

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March 12 (UPI) -- Loni Anderson says she was "very sad" to lose the film All Night Long to Barbra Streisand.

The 75-year-old actress discussed on Thursday's episode of Watch What Happens Live how she lost the lead role in the 1981 movie to Streisand, 78.

Anderson brought up All Night Long after she was asked if there is a role she's turned down that she regrets.

"No. There's some roles I've lost that I'm very sad about, but not ones that I've turned down," the star said.

"There was a fabulous movie that Gene Hackman did with Barbra Streisand. I was tested, and it was right down to the wire and I thought I was gonna get it. Then, Barbra decided that she wanted to do it," she added.

All Night Long, starring Streisand, Hackman, Dennis Quaid and Diane Ladd, ended up being a box office flop.

On WWHL, Anderson also confirmed rumors that Princess Diana once sent her ex-husband Burt Reynolds a thank you note because Reynolds and Anderson's divorce kept her out of the tabloids for a while.

"Yes, that's true," Anderson said with a laugh.

Anderson then denied she once maxed out Reynold's American Express credit card.

"No, I never had an AmEx from Burt. I only had my own, so no. That would be completely false," she said.

Anderson and Reynolds split in 1993 after five years of marriage. The pair have one son, Quinton.

PracTz · 06-02-2021, 12:40 PM

Gee, considering how 'All Night Long' was a bomb, I'd have thought Miss Anderson would have been relieved and grateful that she dodged that bullet instead of regretting not having gotten the part due to Miss Streisand. Does Miss Anderson truly think that her participation alone would have made it a smash?

Funny (and sad) how Princess Diana thanked Miss Anderson and her ex Burt Reynolds for keeping the tabloid heat off of her for a time!

TMC · 06-06-2021, 04:28 AM

I'm sure that this has been addressed before, but I have a hard time wrapping my brain over the fact that Lonnie is 75 years old now. Donna Mills is another woman, who somehow (whether it be living a healthy lifestyle, "good" plastic surgery, genetics, or a combination of it all) threw me off when I discovered her actual age (she's now 80 by the way).

06-06-2021, 04:28 AM	#3
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 124,452	I'm sure that this has been addressed before, but I have a hard time wrapping my brain over the fact that Lonnie is 75 years old now. Donna Mills is another woman, who somehow (whether it be living a healthy lifestyle, "good" plastic surgery, genetics, or a combination of it all) threw me off when I discovered her actual age (she's now 80 by the way).
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06-02-2021, 12:40 PM	#2
PracTz Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 14, 2002 Location: United States of America [Happily Living in the 20th Century] Posts: 2,711	Gee, considering how 'All Night Long' was a bomb, I'd have thought Miss Anderson would have been relieved and grateful that she dodged that bullet instead of regretting not having gotten the part due to Miss Streisand. Does Miss Anderson truly think that her participation alone would have made it a smash? Funny (and sad) how Princess Diana thanked Miss Anderson and her ex Burt Reynolds for keeping the tabloid heat off of her for a time!