Duvall didnt regret making The Shining, and her career extended far beyond it.
Theres a persistent narrative that filmingThe Shiningshattered Shelley Duvalls psyche and prompted her to walk away from Hollywood altogether.
Kubrick and his daughter greeted her once she arrived.
Shelley Duvall in 1986.CBS via Getty
We had a nice dinner, and that was it, Duvall said.
The rest of the time we were at work.
[Kubrick] doesnt print anything until at least the 35th take.
Shelley Duvall in ‘3 Women’.20th Century Fox Film Corp./Courtesy Everett
Thirty-five takes, running and crying and carrying a little boy, it gets hard, Duvall toldTHR.
And full performance from the first rehearsal.
But after a while, your body rebels.
Shelley Duvall in ‘The Shining’.Warner Brothers/Getty
It says: Stop doing this to me.
I dont want to cry every day.
And sometimes just that thought alone would make me cry.
Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, and Jack Nicholson in ‘The Shining’ 1980.Warner Brothers/Getty
Id be like, Oh no, I cant, I cant.
And yet I did it.
I dont know how I did it.
Shelley Duvall in ‘Lily,’ 1986 TV movie on CBS.CBS via Getty
Jack said that to me, too.
He said, I dont know how you do it.
He was very warm and friendly to me, Duvall continued.
Shelley Duvall.Everett Collection
He spent a lot of time with Jack and me.
He just wanted to sit down and talk for hours while the crew waited.
And the crew would say, Stanley, we have about 60 people waiting.
But it was very important work.
I havent seen it in a long time.
We filmed that for about three weeks, she said.
It was very hard.
Jack was so good so damn scary.
I can only imagine how many women go through this kind of thing.
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Duvall reflected on her collaboration with Kubrick in a2011 interview with ComingSoon.
Stanley really gets a bad reputation sometimes, but he was a perfectionist, she said.
What I thought my character should be and what he thought my character should be rolled into one.
It was a hell of a shoot but he got what he wanted out of me!
Duvall explicitly said that she does not regret making the film.
I wouldnt trade the experience for anything, shesaid in 2001.
It was a fascinating learning experience.
The actress also noted that her creative differences with Kubrick helped improve the overall film.
In all my very recent conversations with her, she still speaks highly ofShiningand how she loved Kubrick.
She still holds NO grudges.
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Duvall did step away from the spotlight after 2002sManna from Heaven.
And when we moved, after the earthquake, it was terrific in Texas.
Things went downhill when she started becoming afraid of things, maybe didnt want to work.
