The ‘Perfect Storm’ star Diane Lane paid tribute today to its director Wolfgang Petersen, who died Friday at 81. “My heart is sad today,” she said in a statement to Deadline. “Wolfgang was a big, loving soul...My sincere condolences and love to his family”
“My heart is sad today,” she said in a statement to Deadline. “Wolfgang was a big, loving soul. A natural leader via positive encouragement; dare I say, he was a spiritual channel for us, grounding truly big stories to move us all through heights and depths. Literally, just being near him made me a better actor. My sincere condolences and love to his family.”which starred George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg and John C.
The cast also included William Fichtner, John Hawkes, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Karen Allen, Allen Payne, Rusty Schwimmer and Cherry Jones.The Perfect Storm was the highest-grossing film of Petersen’s career both domestically and worldwide . It opened on June 30, 2000, at No. 1 with $41.3 million stateside. The pic repeated at No. 1 the following weekend and remained in the Top 10 for eight weeks.
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