Word: hollywoodized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...does her appeal turn off when the cameras do; everyone in Hollywood is in love with her. "If only they were all like her, lady actresses," says Lost Horizon Co-Star Peter Finch. "The nicest goddamn actress I've ever seen on a set," says Laslo Benedek, director of a European mystery titled The Night Visitor. Liv has been accustomed to working in Scandinavia for between $10,000 and $20,000 per picture and being treated as just another member of the company. Now she is in the $200,000 bracket and is as delighted with her limousines...
Above all, at 33, Liv is a far more seasoned and accomplished performer than most of the new faces that turn up in Hollywood. Humphrey Bogart was once asked who his favorite actor was. He named Spencer Tracy and gave as his reason: "Because you can't see the machinery working." With Liv, the machinery never shows either. Her previous work has already established that she not only has the unobtrusive yet authoritative presence called star quality but is also perhaps the most impeccably naturalistic actress in films today...
...locations, and she spends as much time as she can at her house in Norway. Built in Norwegian style with a veranda warmed by a fireplace, the house is a haven where she can cook her favorite Chinese dishes, read and muse on the profound culture shock that Hollywood represents...
Even before Hollywood, she was worried that her life was too good. "My work, everything has gone so well," she says. "I feel guilty about this sometimes. I feel the pendulum will swing back and I will be penalized for my good luck. There is a destiny. I think the life I am leading has to have a conclusion, and I think that conclusion will be bad." She sometimes predicts that she will finish her life paralyzed or crippled, old and alone and above all unloved, with nothing but her books to keep her company. Perhaps it is in hopes...
...Woman. If Liv is headed for a bad end, one would have a hard time proving it by Hollywood. Not that the film colony is blind to the pitfalls that surround her. She is still unfamiliar to mass audiences in the U.S. For every Garbo or Ingrid Bergman before her, there have been dozens of European actresses who have not traveled well. While she was protected by Ingmar Bergman, she had no real chance to make career mistakes. Since being on her own she has made at least two: she signed up for The Night Visitor, a forgettable thriller...