In the fall of ’85 I was working for New Line Cinema as an in-house publicist for A Nightmare on Elm Street, Part 2: Freddy’s Revenge.
The Jack Sholder-directed thriller (which is better than half-decent) costarred Hope Lange, who at the time was shooting a supporting role in David Lynch‘s Blue Velvet.
One afternoon somebody called Lange about some p.r. matter. Before picking up she apparently had an idea that a Blue Velvet person was calling. Her tone of voice was very spirited and friendly during the first 15 or 20 seconds of the call, but things turned sour and rancid when she realized she was talking to a New Line person. As in “ohh, it’s you guys…can I help you?” (originally posted on 5.5.19)