Glenn Close 'seduced by TV writing'

Published Wednesday, Sep 2 2009, 15:34 BST | By Mayer Nissim

Glenn Close has denied suggestions that she moved into television because of a lack of film offers.

The award-winning actress made her name in movies including Fatal Attraction and 101 Dalmatians but has more recently starred in TV shows The Shield and Damages.

Close told London Lite: "I bristle when it's intimated I'm doing television because I can't get any other work. It's just not true.

"I've always gone to where the best writing is and when I was given the Damages script I thought, 'This is as good as the very best movie scripts'.

"I'm always seduced by what I think is good writing and in this case it just happened to be a television series."

Regarding the differences between filming TV series and movies, she added: "Sometimes there are so many revisions before the day of shooting and even on that day you're given rewrites.

"I like what my brain does when it has to learn lines so fast. It's thrilling to just go with the flow."

Close won an Emmy for her portrayal of lawyer Patty Hewes in the first season of Damages. The programme was picked up by BBC One earlier this year.