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Now that it looks like Edward Norton is dating his 18-yr-old co-star, (um, allegedly) can you NOT WAIT until Courtney Love, who claims he rather than Kurt was the big love of her life, explains this to us? I am rooting for her sobriety, of course, so I feel a little bit bad for imagining her explosive, public, fucked-up explanation. But if she went after Salma Hayek . . .
You know, Courtney's whole flashing her boobs in Wendy's moment was back in 2004, the same year Evan Rachel Wood, then age 16 (just a few years older than Courtney's daughter Frances Bean), and Ed Norton were filming their love scenes for Down In The Valley. Don't tell me you wouldn't consider flashing some NYU students if you found that out about the guy you love most right before you were about to turn 40 and your liposuction/implants still looked kind of fabulous.
Anyway.
Norton insists the relationship between their characters in the movie isn't really that fucked up:
Given Harlan's borderline-illegal relationship with Tobe, it seems like a dash of Humbert Humbert also made it into the mix, but Norton emphasizes that Harlan and Tobe are emotional equals. "This is not a Lolita relationship between the two of them at all," he says. Even so, Wood was only 16 when their love scenes were shot. Moleskin, the bandagelike adhesive usually used on feet to prevent blisters, was applied to any part of the actress that couldn't be shown on camera. "Getting that stuff off is the worst experience," she says. "It's just the most painful thing I've ever had to do."
Still, it was worth the reward of starring opposite Norton, Wood says: "I found this interview I did when I was, like, twelve. This kind of creeped me out. Somebody asked me who I'd want to work with. I was like, 'I don't know, Edward Norton.' I can't believe I'm playing his girlfriend."