Hayley Mills is a legend for all time.
A 19-year-old girl and a 52-year-old man fall in love…
The year 1966 was a scandalous one for Hayley Mills.
Sounds like her new relationship may have been a Disney-fueled rebellion.
Mills, however, didn’t see their age difference as an issue at the time.
it didn’t seem particularly odd or peculiar to me."
She and Lawson had a son, Jason, and thentheysplit in 1984.
Maybe May-December romances run in the family?
So you start to throw up, basically.
And you just get more and more insecure about yourself, and don’t tell anybody.
That year, she starred inTwisted Nerve, an early psychosexual thriller directed by her then-husband Roy Boulting.
“It was an enormous shock,” the actress recalled.
“Suddenly, I looked out at the world as if I’d never seen it before.
Everything felt clearer and sharper.
“I was more frightened of the chemo than of the cancer,” she admitted toThe Daily Mirror.
As of this writing, Mills, who continues to get regular scans and check-ups remains cancer-free.
He’s really sweet … the sun rising over Africa is something, it really is.
It’s always a thrill.”
One would assume that that adage goes double fortwins, right?
However, the script eventually won her over, and she agreed to do it.
Likewise co-star Maureen O’Hara left a lasting impression on her, too.
I was so fortunate to have that start with this wonderful man and his wonderful studio."
