Isabella Rossellini says she loved former partner David Lynch so much
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Isabella Rossellini has paid tribute to her former partner and collaborator David Lynch, saying she “loved him so much”. The death of the US filmmaker, whose work included surrealist TV series Twin Peaks and films such as The Elephant Man, Mulholland Drive and Blue Velvet, at the age of 78 was announced on Thursday.
It came five months after Lynch revealed he had been diagnosed with emphysema, a chronic lung disease, after “many years of smoking”. In a Friday Instagram post, Italian-born US star Rossellini shared an image with Lynch, who gave her the breakthrough role in neo-noir mystery thriller Blue Velvet.
The actress, who also worked with Lynch on Wild At Heart, wrote: “I loved him so much. Thanks for all your kind messages.”. Rossellini, the daughter of actress Ingrid Bergman and Italian filmmaker Roberto Rossellini, was Bafta nominated earlier this week for her supporting role as a nun in drama Conclave.
Also paying tribute was British actress Naomi Watts, Sir Ringo Starr, Wolverine star Hugh Jackman The Police singer Sting, Oscar winner Nicholas Cage, along with actors from Twin Peaks. Watts wrote on Instagram that Lynch “put me on the map” with her 2001 break-out film Mulholland Drive, about the dark side of Hollywood, which earned him the award for best director at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival alongside an Oscar nod.
