Jonathan Demme's 1986 film 'Something Wild' convinces you it's one kind of story — and then Ray Liotta walks into the frame. Film critic Keith Phipps reflects on one of the late, great actor's first (and best) roles.
sidles into the frame, sporting a tight haircut and blue eyes of terrifying intensity and taking the breath out of the movie. Liotta plays Ray, Lulu’s violent husband, and his unexpected appearance robs her of her seemingly bottomless confidence and fills her with fear. That breezy comedy of before? It’s been an illusion. This bohemian city life Lulu’s been living hasn’t been an act of running wild but of running scared. And now she’s caught.Demme and screenwriter E.
Liotta, who unexpectedly died May 26 at the age of 67, was essentially an unknown when Demme cast him at the urging of Griffith, a friend Liotta knew from an acting class they took together in L.A. He’d done time on a soap opera and taken small roles in film and television, but never quite broken through. He was 31 when he made "Something Wild," but looks even younger. Yet he essentially takes over the second half of "Something Wild" with the assurance of a veteran.
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