Under the direction of a sheriff, Roberts and McGregor, who were portraying her estranged husband Bill Fordham, strolled hand in hand toward a pier.

At the end of the stressful moment, Barbara had to face the difficult duty of identifying a dead body: her father, the Weston family’s alcoholic patriarch, who had gone missing.
As soon as the covering was removed, Roberts broke down in tears and gave a frank and dramatic performance, leaning into McGregor’s arms while the camera documented her destruction.
The contrast between Roberts as the glitzy Hollywood star and Roberts as the distraught Barbara Weston was startling to those who saw.

One of the reasons she is still regarded as one of the most admired actors of her generation is her capacity to fully inhabit a role.
But even though the scenario was heavy, the atmosphere between takes was much lighter.
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