The country music world lost a legend when Loretta Lynn passed away at the age of 90 on October 4th. From her beginnings as a coal miner's daughter in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky, to her reign as country queen with over 100 awards and honors to her name, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Lynn's life was the stuff Hollywood movies are made of. And in 1980, Hollywood made that movie, Coal Miner's Daughter, based on Lynn's own memoir.
Sissy Spacek Was An Unlikely Casting Choice At first glance, Spacek may have seemed to be the least likely person to portray the country icon. With her fine, blondish red hair, hazel eyes, and freckled face, her physical appearance didn't exactly match Lynn's, a woman with thick, brown hair, grey eyes, and porcelain-like skin. But it was actually Lynn herself who chose Spacek to play her on film.
There's a tonal shift in the film following the death of Loretta's father. While still wide-eyed and not altogether sophisticated, Spacek presents a Loretta who's now more jaded and less trusting of what she sees happening around her. At her father's burial site, Doo teases Loretta a bit and asks her why she's brought plastic flowers to the graveside. Wearily, Loretta responds, "Because they don't die. The real ones just die, like everything else.
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