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Film Stars Don't Die In Liverpool: Gloria Grahame and Boy-Toy Love | NextTribe

January 15, 2018 by Janet Siroto · Arts & Culture

Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool: Annette Bening, Gloria Grahame and Boy-Toy Love

This movie is getting good buzz, particularly for the May-December romance between Annette Bening (as Gloria Grahame) & Jamie Bell.

There are lots of buzz-worthy things about Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool: terrific performances by Annette Bening, Jamie Bell (remember him from Billy Elliot?) and a new song, “You Shouldn’t Look At Me That Way,” by Elvis Costello on the soundtrack. But the thing we want to talk about is the May-December romance at the heart of the movie. The movie shares how actress Gloria Grahame’s scandalous life intersected with that of actor Peter Turner in the late 70s, when she was 54 and he was 26.

Bening is a force to be reckoned with—charming, flirtatious, beautiful, and most definitely approaching “woman of a certain age” status as she portrays Gloria Grahame, an actress who appeared opposite Jimmy Stewart and Humphrey Bogart. Bening and Bell have real chemistry, from their dance scene to “Boogie Oogie Oogie” to their intimacy on dates.

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