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By Johnny Oleksinski
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March 29, 2024, 3:36 p.m. ET
Hollywood royalty’s gotta eat.
Actor Gene Hackman was seen out on a dinner date in New Mexico on Thursday, utilizing a cane to stroll and holding the arm of his spouse, Betsy Arakawa.
The couple dined at Pappadeaux’s Seafood Kitchen in Santa Fe, the place the legendary actor has lived for the reason that Nineteen Eighties.
Earlier within the day, Hackman, who turned 94 in January, was noticed grabbing a cup of espresso and an apple pie from an area Speedway retailer.
Ever the outdoorsman, he sported mountain climbing pants, a checkered shirt, grey vest, a cap and shades.
Actor Gene Hackman, 94, and spouse Betsy Arakawa, 62, had been photographed collectively for the primary time for the reason that 2003 Golden Globe Awards. SplashNews.com
Though the “Unforgiven” actor and Arakawa, a 62-year-old pianist, received married in 1991, they’re hardly ever seen collectively in public. SplashNews.com
Hackman starred in films akin to “Hoosiers,” “The Poseidon Journey,” “The Royal Tenenbaums,” “The Birdcage” and within the “Superman” collection as Lex Luthor. SplashNews.com
The actor as soon as instructed The Submit he had a “checkered profession of hits and misses.” SplashNews.com
Though the “Unforgiven” actor and Arakawa, a 62-year-old pianist, received married in 1991, they’re hardly ever seen collectively in public.
The pair was final photographed 21 years in the past in a way more glamorous setting — on the purple carpet of the 2003 Golden Globe Awards.
At that glitzy Los Angeles ceremony, Hackman acquired the Cecil B. DeMille Award for “excellent contributions to the world of leisure,” which was introduced to him by Michael Caine and the late Robin Williams.
Since his retirement after 2004’s “Welcome to Mooseport,” appearances made by the reclusive Hollywood legend have been few and much between.
Earlier within the day, Hackman, who turned 94 in January, was noticed grabbing a cup of espresso and an apple pie from an area Speedway retailer. SplashNews.com
Hackman was most not too long ago seen chowing down on a rooster sandwich at a Santa Fe Wendy’s in March 2023. SplashNews.com
Hackman lives on a ranch in Santa Fe, NM, the place he’s stated to get pleasure from portray and writing. SplashNews.com
Hackman was most not too long ago seen chowing down on a rooster sandwich at a Santa Fe Wendy’s in March 2023.
He lives together with his second spouse on their close by ranch, the place he’s stated to partake in portray and writing.
The actor loved a storied, four-decade profession in Hollywood, starring in a various array of widespread movies akin to “Hoosiers,” “The Poseidon Journey,” “The Royal Tenenbaums,” “The Birdcage” and within the “Superman” collection as Lex Luthor.
Hackman has received two Oscars, for “The French Connection” and “Unforgiven.” SplashNews.com
The actor’s remaining film function was 20 years in the past in 2004’s “Welcome to Mooseport.” SplashNews.com
He received two Oscars: Greatest Supporting Actor in 1993 for “Unforgiven” and Greatest Actor in 1972 for “The French Connection.”
For the fiftieth anniversary of the latter, a gritty cop traditional directed by William Friedkin, Hackman gave The Submit his first interview in a decade.
“Filmmaking has at all times been dangerous — each bodily and emotionally — however I do select to think about that movie a second in a checkered profession of hits and misses,” he stated of the Greatest Image Oscar winner.
The pair had been final photographed 21 years in the past on the purple carpet of the 2003 Golden Globe Awards. WireImage
Towards the tip of his lengthy profession, Hackman usually starred in comedies akin to 2001’s “The Royal Tenenbaums.” ©Buena Vista Photos/courtesy Everet / Everett Assortment
Hackman received the Oscar for Greatest Actor for “The French Connection,” which was directed by the late William Friedkin. Bettmann Archive
“[I] haven’t seen the movie for the reason that first screening in a darkish, tiny viewing room in a post-production firm’s facility 50 years in the past,” he admitted, including that “if the movie has a legacy, I’m not certain what that might be.
“On the time, it appeared to me to be a reverent story of a cop who was merely in a position to clear up and put a cease to a serious crime household’s try and infiltrate the New York drug scene.”
“The movie actually helped me in my profession, and I’m grateful for that,” he stated.
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