Murphy Put Aside Career For Mum
By WENNSaturday, February 6, 2010
Tragic actress BRITTANY MURPHY was devastated when her career ground to a halt after she decided to sacrifice acting roles to look after her sick mother.
The Clueless star passed away on 20 December (09) after suffering a cardiac arrest at her Hollywood Hills home.
Her widower Simon Monjack admits the actress was heartbroken about the ongoing lull in her career, after her character was written out of Sylvester Stallone’s upcoming blockbuster The Expendables.
The film would have marked Murphy’s return to the big screen after years off to nurse her cancer-stricken mum.
Monjack tells U.S. talk show host Larry King, “(The public outpouring of support after her death) was unbelievable. And I think Brittany would have been more surprised than anybody. You know, her career, by her own admission, in the last few years - five or six - had taken a downturn.”
Murphy’s mum adds, “There was (a downturn) for probably the last maybe five years. I got really sick. You know, I had cancer twice. And she had initially taken off to be with me in the hospital and slept there every day for the four weeks, five weeks I was there and was just with me always and, you know, controlling all the doctors and making sure all the right things were done.
“I just never dreamed that (she would die first). You know, I always thought it would be me, not her.”
Monjack admits Murphy believed she was being ostracised from Hollywood, adding: “It’s funny, Brittany and I spoke about this often. And she had her theories - a rumour - the theory was that she had upset the wrong people at the wrong time.
“(But) she was the kindest, sweetest person. I think it was more that she was too kind, too sweet, too - she was this bubble that existed in a plane beyond ours.”
