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My afternoon with Jennifer Aniston's mum... and why I think the Hollywood star's based her toughest role yet on her own painful childhood: CAROLINE GRAHAM
She has spent years trying to shrug off her image as ditzy girl-next-door Rachel from Friends - not to mention that famous hairstyle which spawned a million imitations.
But just how seriously can be revealed today, because The Mail on Sunday understands Aniston is basing her performance in the Apple TV+ series – about a narcissistic stage mother who abuses her child star daughter – on her own painful childhood. I remember visiting her at her tiny apartment in a Los Angeles suburb called Toluca Lake shortly after she had her first stroke and asked her if she regretted writing the book about her daughter which led to their 15-year estrangement. Back then it struck me as ironic, and rather sad, that the mother of one of the world’s biggest stars was living in a one-bedroom flat on the fringes of town while her daughter was in a magnificent mansion in the heart of Bel Air, the most expensive neighbourhood in LA.
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