Winger stayed with the project after Silence of the Lambs director Jonathan Demme quit due to that old Hollywood problem of ‘creative differences.’. "Jerry asked him what was so funny, and he said 'I've already overwhelmed your Peggy Sue'.". Peggy Sue Got Married co-stars actress Catherine Hicks as Peggy Sue’s old friend Carol. Steve Guttenberg auditioned for the role and was considered before the filmmakers decided on Cage. However, whilst in this film Murray is Hunt’s grandfather, he previously played her father in 1983’s Quarterback Princess. This song was itself a ‘sequel’ of sorts to Holly’s 1957 single Peggy Sue, which was probably his best known song. Perhaps surprisingly, this was to date the only time that Kathleen Turner received a Best Actress Oscar nomination. Cage won the case, and Turner was forced to give a public apology. The seasoned actor passed away two years after the film was released, in November 1988, at the age of 82. Peggy Sue Got Married takes its title from a 1959 song by legendary rock’n’roll singer-songwriter Buddy Holly. Joan Allen co-stars in the film – and she would later reunite with Nicolas Cage on 1997 action thriller Face/Off. Burnham holding government 'over a barrel' - Raab. However, it was widely agreed that she had been out of her depth as the daughter of Al Pacino’s Michael Corleone, and Coppola’s acting career soon dried up. All of which might have been okay – but Turner also alleged that Cage “was arrested twice for drunk driving and once for stealing a dog” during production. While director Coppola (also the actor’s uncle) did not object to this, Cage’s co-star Kathleen Turner was not impressed. However, it wasn’t until 1994 that Carrey really broke big with lead roles in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Mask and Dumb and Dumber. However, the 1980s saw Coppola pare things back somewhat in the visionary filmmaker stakes, and work more as a director for hire. In earlier drafts of the Peggy Sue Got Married screenplay, this was more central to the plot. Years later, Kathleen Turner publicly reflected on her troubles with Cage in her 2008 autobiography Send Yourself Roses. That having been said, several films shot beforehand with Carradine were released after Peggy Sue Got Married. The film’s original screenwriters Arlene Sarner and Jerry Leichtling returned to write the book for this stage adaptation. The role that eventually went to Kathleen Turner was initially set to be taken by Debra Winger, cast by initial director Jonathan Demme. English actress Ruthie Henshall took the title role of Peggy Sue, and received an Olivier Award nomination for her performance. A late star for Rock and Roller Buddy Holly, she became the first licensed woman plumber in California. The actress says that production on the film required them all to work 20 hours a day for six days a week. Below are some fascinating facts about this brilliant 1986 film. In this memoir, Turner laments, “Nicolas didn’t manage to kill the film, but he didn’t add a lot to it either.”, Turner continued. Influential critics Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel both listed it among their favourite films of 1986. He also forged an acting dynasty, as the father of actors David Carradine, Keith Carradine and Robert Carradine. The singer in the reunion house band is named Marshall Crenshaw, and it would not be the last time he performed Buddy Holly on screen. Mr Edwards knew her as a ham radio user, and said they would have an annual radio event "so that people would get on a certain frequency and talk to Peggy Sue". In addition, Leichtling – who also worked on the music of the film – penned the lyrics to the original songs for the stage. "Peggy Sue was always just plain good to people," friend Bryan Edwards told local paper the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. However, in the case of Peggy Sue Got Married, Coppola only took the reins on the project after two other directors had parted ways with it. This unusual approach was already in evidence early on with his performance in Peggy Sue Got Married. Any time travel movie raises the question of whether or not a character who goes back in time can change the future. Helen Hunt co-stars as Beth Bodell, daughter of Turner’s Peggy Sue and Nicolas Cage’s Charlie. Curiously, it isn’t the only film Hicks appeared in that year that dealt with time travel. Peggy Sue Got Married is probably best remembered for its two leading stars, Kathleen Turner and Nicolas Cage. The film was also a decent-sized hit, earning $41.4 million – making it Francis Ford Coppola’s biggest money-maker of the decade. However, the studio got nervous about Marshall – an actress and comedian, who had never directed before at the time – tackling such a big movie. Gerron died at the University Medical Center in Lubbock early on Monday. Gerron and Allison divorced in 1964 and she moved to California to attend Pasadena Junior College. It’s not too unusual for busy Hollywood actors to wind up working together on multiple occasions. Peggy Sue proceeds to faint at the reunion, and she wakes up decades earlier during her final year of high school, giving her the chance to relive her life and make some drastic changes, whilst at the same time learning to appreciate some of the things, and people, she had before. The actress’s career slowed down significantly by the late 90s, in part due to her struggles with rheumatoid arthritis. Most infamously, Coppola went massively over-budget and behind schedule on the notoriously troubled shoot of Apocalypse Now. In his autobiography, Guttenberg reflects that – perhaps unwisely – he spent the bulk of his audition being starstruck by Francis Ford Coppola and asking questions about The Godfather. "Peggy Sue Got Married" is a song written and performed by Buddy Holly.It was posthumously released in 1959 as a 45-rpm single with "Crying, Waiting, Hoping".It refers to his hit song "Peggy Sue".It was one of the first sequels of the rock era. .css-14iz86j-BoldText{font-weight:bold;}Peggy Sue Gerron, the inspiration for Buddy Holly's 1957 hit song, has died in Lubbock, Texas, aged 78. For example, a Jimmy Clanton song called Just a Dream can be heard at a party, and Stephen Foster’s hit Beautiful Dreamer plays during the lodge scene near the end of the film. He has a particular association with the Universal horror movies, having twice played the role of Count Dracula. She may have been convincing playing a teenager, but Turner was actually 32 years old when she took on the role. This song is sung by Willie Logan. She and Allison would marry in 1958, inspiring Holly's song, Peggy Sue Got Married, released after Holly was killed in a plane crash in 1959. Despite the film’s success, the duo would not go on to pen many more produced films. Do "the right thing" and accept tougher rules, the foreign secretary urges Greater Manchester's mayor. The film was nominated for Best Actress (for Kathleen Turner), Best Cinematography and Best Costume Design at the Academy Awards. The actress was hot in Hollywood at the time following the success of An Officer and a Gentleman and Terms of Endearment. This song was itself a ‘sequel’ of sorts to Holly’s 1957 single Peggy Sue, which was probably his best known song. This reportedly made things rather tense on set, with the film’s two leads not getting along well off-camera. “It was tough to not say, ‘Cut it out”, Turner said in a 2018 interview. Guttenberg’s star would continue to rise throughout the decade with Short Circuit, Three Men and a Baby and further Police Academy sequels (although he bowed out after the fourth one). It is widely reported the song was initially called Cindy Lou, and that Allison asked Holly to change the title to win back Gerron after a break up - a claim she denies. This last point would have been inaccurate, however, as Peggy Sue has travelled back to 1960, and pantyhose were actually invented in 1959. In addition, both she and the publisher of the book had to make a donation to charity. Had the director failed to meet this target, the studio would not allow him to have the final say on the film’s cut.