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Article: Jessica Lange Was Born To Be Blanche in `Desire'
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- October 28, 1995
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HOLLYWOOD Ever since she was a teenager, Jessica Lange has been
transfixed by Blanche DuBois, Tennessee Williams' tragic heroine from
his landmark 1947 play, "A Streetcar Named Desire."
"There has never been a part that has ever fascinated me like
Blanche," says Lange, who first discovered the character while in
high school in Minnesota. "I think maybe for a man it's `Hamlet' -
an actor feels this need, this desire, this incredible compulsion to
play `Hamlet.' I am sure most actresses feel that way about Blanche.
I know I surely did."
In 1992, she fulfilled her long desire to explore the character
when she played Blanche opposite Alec Baldwin on Broadway. Now the
two have reunited for a ...