Dennis Hopper Discusses Divorce in Last Ever Interview
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DENNIS Hopper was shocked to be getting divorced while battling cancer.
In the last interview before his death, the screen legend — who lost his battle with prostate cancer in May at the age of 74 – admits he didn’t need the extra stress of his separation from wife Victoria Duffy in the final months of his life.
“Who would have ever thought I’d be getting a divorce in this state? It was a big shock,” he told Vanity Fair magazine.
Dennis — who was married five times during his lifetime — and his wife of 14 years Victoria were embroiled in a bitter divorce battle as he fought the illness.
During the legal dispute, Victoria — who had a daughter, Galen, with the actor — alleged the actor’s three children from previous marriages had turned him against her and wanted her to be cut from his will.
Dennis — who starred in several iconic films in his lifetime, including Easy Rider, Apocalypse Now and Rebel Without a Cause — also revealed he thought his best movie was Blue Velvet.
“Blue Velvet, probably,” he said of his best work. “But I’ve been in such incredible movies. I think at one point I’d been in the five most expensive movies ever made – not that I had large parts in them. Apocalypse Now was one.”
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