Naomi Watts mourns Mulholland Drive director David Lynch: âHe put me on the mapâ
The US filmmaker died on Thursday at the age of 78.
British actress Naomi Watts said âmy heart is brokenâ following the death of her Mulholland Drive director David Lynch.
The US filmmaker, whose work included surrealist TV series Twin Peaks and films such as The Elephant Man and Blue Velvet, died on Thursday at the age of 78.
It came five months after Lynch revealed he had been diagnosed with emphysema, a chronic lung disease, after âmany years of smokingâ.
Mulholland Drive star Watts said Lynch âput me on the mapâ with her 2001 break-out film about the dark side of Hollywood, which earned him the award for best director at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival alongside an Oscar nod.
âMy heart is broken. My Buddy Dave⦠The world will not be the same without him,â Watts wrote on Instagram.
âHis creative mentorship was truly powerful. He put me on the map. The world Iâd been trying to break into for 10-plus years, flunking auditions left and right.
âFinally, I sat in front of a curious man, beaming with light, speaking words from another era, making me laugh and feel at ease.
âHow did he even âsee meâ when I was so well hidden, and Iâd even lost sight of myself?!
âIt wasnât just his art that impacted me â his wisdom, humour, and love gave me a special sense of belief in myself Iâd never accessed before.â
Watts said Lynch âseemed to live in an altered world, one that I feel beyond lucky to have been a small part ofâ as she revealed she was âin piecesâ over his death.
ââ¦David invited all to glimpse into that world through his exquisite storytelling, which elevated cinema and inspired generations of filmmakers across the globe.
âI just cannot believe that heâs gone. Iâm in pieces but forever grateful for our friendship.â
She signed off the post as âbuttercupâ, adding: âThank you for your everything.â
Two-time Oscar nominee Watts later featured in Lynchâs film Inland Empire as Suzie Rabbit, a role she played in his 2002 project Rabbits, as well as the revival of his hit series Twin Peaks, starring as Janey-E Jones in 2017.
Police star Sting, who starred in David Lynchâs Dune as the red-haired cruel antagonist Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen, wrote: âDavid was a modern giant of the avant garde. I am so proud to have worked with him on the first Dune movie.â
Actress Lara Flynn Boyle (Myung Jung Kim/PA)
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Original Twin Peaks star Lara Flynn Boyle, who played Donna Hayward in the early 1990s series, said âthere goes the true Willy Wonka of filmmakingâ in a statement.
âI feel like I got the golden ticket getting a chance to work with him. He will be greatly missed,â she added.
While Madchen Amick, who also starred in the series, said Lynch was her mentor, a dear friend, a masterful genius, âbut more importantly, a simply wonderful guyâ.
âHe was my north star. He watched me grow up. He watched me become a mother. He cheered me on when I stepped into the directorâs chair,â she wrote on Instagram, signing off the post as âyour Madgekinâ.
Kyle MacLachlan, who played lead star FBI agent Dale Cooper in the original Twin Peaks drama, said âI owe my entire career, and life really, to his visionâ after Lynch originally cast him in 1984 sci-fi film Dune â based on the Frank Herbert novel.
â42 years ago, for reasons beyond my comprehension, David Lynch plucked me out of obscurity to star in his first and last big-budget movie. He clearly saw something in me that even I didnât recognise,â he wrote on Instagram.
âOur friendship blossomed on Blue Velvet and then Twin Peaks and I always found him to be the most authentically alive person Iâd ever met.
ââ¦I will miss him more than the limits of my language can tell and my heart can bear. My world is that much fuller because I knew him and that much emptier now that heâs gone.â
Director David Lynch at the Cannes Film Festival (Anthony Harvey/PA)
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MacLachlan, who also starred in Lynchâs 1986 film Blue Velvet which secured Lynch an Oscar nod for best director, said he will âremain forever changedâ because of their friendship.
Nicolas Cage, who starred in the 1990 road trip film Wild At Heart which won the Palme dâOr at the Cannes Film Festival, described Lynch as âone of the greatest artists of this or any timeâ.
âHe was brave, brilliant, and a maverick with a joyful sense of humour,â he said in a statement.
âI never had more fun on a film set than working with David Lynch. He will always be solid gold.â
Nicholas Cage (Doug Peters/PA)
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Lynch was known for the dreamlike, surreal quality of his work, epitomised in 1980 film The Elephant Man â which secured Lynch Oscar nods for best director and best writing.
Following three Oscar nominations, the Academy presented Lynch with the honorary award in 2019 for âfearlessly breaking boundaries in pursuit of his singular cinematic visionâ.
Born in Missoula, Montana, Lynch began a career in painting before switching to making short films during the 1960s.
In 1977, he made his first feature-length film, Eraserhead, a black and white, surrealist body horror which follows Henry Spencer as he navigates a strange and gloomy industrial landscape filled with characters such as The Lady In The Radiator.
Major success came in the 1980s with the release of The Elephant Man, loosely based on the life of Joseph Merrick, a severely deformed man who lived in London in the late 19th century, and Blue Velvet, a neo-noir mystery thriller.
Director David Lynch at a photocall on the rooftop of the Palais des Festivals, for his his film The Straight Story (Neil Munns/PA)
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Blue Velvet launched Lynch into the mainstream but prompted controversy with its violent and sexual content.
However, Lynch achieved worldwide stardom with the release of Twin Peaks, co-created with Mark Frost, following an eccentric FBI agent who visits a quaint town to investigate the murder of a 17-year-old.
Lynch returned to develop and write Twin Peaks: The Return, released in 2017.
Other directing credits included being the first director to adapt Frank Herbertâs novel Dune in 1984, 1997âs Lost Highway, and 1999âs The Straight Story.
Lynch also made a foray into music, releasing three of his own studio albums, working with Yeah Yeah Yeahs singer Karen O and Swedish singer Lykke Li.
He also practised transcendental meditation, founding The David Lynch Foundation For Consciousness-Based Education And World Peace in 2005.
Wolverine star Hugh Jackman said the foundation âhas been an inspiration to my lifeâ.
âI will continue to help carry the torch as best I can,â he wrote on his Instagram story.
Lynchâs death, confirmed in a Facebook post by his family, came just days before his 79th birthday on January 20.#
âThereâs a big hole in the world now that heâs no longer with us. But, as he would say, âkeep your eye on the donut and not on the holeâ,â his family wrote.
âItâs a beautiful day with golden sunshine and blue skies all the way.â
Beatles drummer Sir Ringo Starr was among those offering âpeace and love to all his familyâ, sharing a picture hugging the late director on X.
While British filmmaker Edgar Wright described him as âa director of singular vision, defined by his magical style and fascinating ambiguitiesâ as he shared an anecdote from a âglorious encounterâ in 2011 alongside Oscar-winner Laura Dern.
Filmmaker Eli Roth wrote a lengthy tribute on Instagram to Lynch who he hailed as âa friend, a mentor, a brother, a guiding light for how to live as an artist and a human, there are few people Iâve ever had the good fortune to meet who have made more of an impact on my lifeâ.
Referencing moments from Twin Peaks, and Lynch giving him his break into movies by making content for the directorâs website, he added: âI could write a book about my time with David and perhaps one day I will, but for now I know he is in Heaven, where everything is fine. Or the red room drinking coffee and eating a donut.â
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