# The 1988 role Glenn Close “would have loved to play”, but had to watch enviously from afar instead

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/the-1988-role-glenn-close-would-have-loved-to-play-but-had-to-watch-enviously-from-afar-instead/
- Published: 2026-11-14T22:30:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-14T23:26:10+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/1988-role-glenn-close-would-have-loved-to-play/
- Topics: Music

## Key points

- Close wished she had played Dian Fossey.
- Sigourney Weaver portrayed Fossey in the 1988 film.
- Both actors received Oscar nominations that year.

## Summary

Glenn Close has said she would have loved to play conservationist Dian Fossey in the 1988 film *Gorillas in the Mist*. Sigourney Weaver was cast instead, in a performance that earned an Academy Award nomination; the role remains one Close wished she had taken.

Close discussed the missed opportunity with Whoopi Goldberg in 2020, while also cautioning against comparing careers in a competitive profession. Fossey devoted her life to studying and protecting gorillas in Rwanda and was murdered in 1985. The film received five Oscar nominations, including for Weaver and Close, who was nominated that year for *Dangerous Liaisons*.

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