Hunter's timing is really bad. 1988, she starred in A few miles from home, one of richard gere's most failed works. 1989, she starred in Patrick Sweets, who became famous for Dirty Dancing and Ghosts. Not to mention that. 1992, Hunter played the second woman in billy crystal's box office rotten egg "Mr. Saturday Night". Hunter said helplessly, "Maybe some people have seen something I haven't seen yet: I have no choice."
However, Hunter chose to star in the TV series 1992 Crazy for You, and her performance as Jamie Buchanan won her four Emmy Awards and three gold medals.
Hunter finally won her first big screen role in Tornado. Although the real stars of the film should be those shocking computer stunts, Hunter's image as a scientist chasing hurricanes is no less than those dazzling stunts. Moreover, Tornado earned $ 65438+ billion in two weeks, and these eye-catching bills are the only language that Hollywood can understand. Tornado didn't help helen hunt attract james L brooks's attention. The director is looking for a female number one for Love in My Heart. Brooks' first choice is holly hunter. After holly hunter resigned for some reason, he still made it clear that he didn't want Helen to be her replacement. Helen recalled afterwards: "I called Director Brooks countless times to meet him and tell him how much I respect him and how much I want this role." It's all true. I watched the script, made two audition videos, and met Jack Nicholson, who plays the leading role, and had an exchange. Although I finally got the role, it was not in an inspiring and enthusiastic way. I feel like I'm fighting a life-and-death struggle, and I really hate the feeling of wanting something so much. "
At the 70th Academy Awards 1997, she won the best actress for her outstanding performance in As Perfect as possible. Even though she won the Oscar for Best Actress, she still failed to ignite the passion of Hollywood and returned to the TV screen that gave her a lot of security.
She admitted: "I suddenly have the embarrassment of getting rich overnight, and I don't know how to face it." She still chose a sense of security. Because of the TV contract of Crazy for You, she signed several more episodes, but this is not a simple renewal of the original contract. In the last year of Crazy for You, Hunter earned as much as $ 654.38+0 million per episode. Crazy for you brought her $22 million in wealth, not counting the income from future reruns. Hunter smiled. "Look, I'm still a good businessman." Although she didn't receive any movies for the next two and a half years. In the second half of 2000, she let the audience watch three films starring her within one month, The Remains of a Desert Island, 100% Men and Love Forward. In these three films, she appeared in an unprecedented screen image: sexy, fashionable and elegant.
In The Life of a Desert Island, she plays Tom Hanks's girlfriend with great personality. Chuck Nohrlander, played by Tom Hanks, had to struggle on a desert island for four years because of a plane crash, and she became the spiritual pillar to support him to survive.
In "WomenWant", she made Mel Gibson, who once hated her very much, suddenly read a woman's heart because of an accidental accident and fell in love with her hopelessly. In Looking Forward, she brought more surprises to the audience. In this film, she plays a single mother again-this time her "son" is Tong Xinghailai Joan Osman, who became popular because of The Sixth Sense and had to work two jobs because of financial difficulties. She works as a waitress in a strip club in Las Vegas at night and as a cashier in a casino during the day. She was scantily clad and almost addicted to alcohol.
Opposite Hunter is Oscar winner kevinspacey fowler, who plays osmond's sociology teacher in the film. He was badly burned because of an accident in the past. Hunt's "son" caught his attention when he gave his students the homework "How do you change people's lives", because the child of 1 1 year old put forward a plan of "paying forward": everyone does three good things that can really help others, and then everyone who receives help does three good things to help others, and so on. This may be a rather simple and naive story, but it is just the opposite for Hunter and two other stars.
It didn't take hunter long to get ready. She said, "I'll just keep that feeling." I sometimes wonder if the movie gives the character an accurate feeling, because working in a nightclub often makes people feel humiliated and guests will touch you from time to time. I saw many bars and nightclubs in Las Vegas. To my surprise, I found that women there looked much more comfortable than men. At that time, I felt that maybe the evening life was the best life of her day, because it gave her confidence. "
Even in Las Vegas, Hunter was not recognized. She said, "kevinspacey fowler was recognized, but I didn't. I have the ability to look like garbage on the trailer. " This is naturally exaggerated. Hunter's restrained and unique pie mouth smile makes her have an unusual charm. She looks down on herself more than any Oscar-winning actress. She also tries to dress as unobtrusively as possible. She claims to wear the most T-shirts, and there are 50 T-shirts. She gives the impression that she doesn't care about her image. Her trademark blonde hair always hangs naturally. Apart from filming, she never deliberately chooses any fashionable hairstyle. She said, "I have never done my hair specially. My unchanging hairstyle happens to be fashionable, but it may be out of date most of the time. I live for life, not for the life of a movie star. "