The late actress, Anne Heche has been a phenomenal actor starring in multiple successful movies. However, soon enough at the height of her career she was ostracized due to her s*xuality. In the 1990s when she went public with her relationship with Elle DeGeneres, she had to suffer multiple rejections and lost many projects.
The newfound equal-representation phenomenon has changed the things in the film industry but things weren’t as nice back then. Pressure from influential higher-ups led people loose out on roles. The same took place with Anne Heche, but thankfully her Six Days Seven Nights co-star, Harrison Ford jumped in to save her role.
Harrison Ford Saved Anne Heche
Anne Heche went public about her s*xuality when she took her then-girlfriend Elle DeGeneres to the premiere of her film Volcano in 1997. Despite opposition from her colleagues, friends, and even DeGeneres she did not shy away from making her relationship public. But, soon enough she was forced not to attend her own film’s after party and was told she would be loosing her Fox contract for the movie Six Days Seven Nights. Hailing Harrison Ford as her hero, she recalls,
“I would not have gotten that movie. He called me the day after they said I wasn’t gonna get it, because I took Ellen to the premiere, and Harrison Ford, he was a hero. He said, ‘Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn who you’re sleeping with. We’re gonna make the best romantic comedy there is, and I’ll see ya on the set.’ He’s one of my heroes. He fought a battle for me, and I would be on any desert island with him any day.”
Anne Heche’s Relationship Almost Destroyed Her Career
The late actress Anne Heche who sadly passed away in 2022 following a car-crash, once spoke up the negative impact her relationship had on her career. Her relationship with the celebrity host Ellen DeGeneres lead Heche to loose million dollar film deals.
