What the Hell Happened to Daryl Hannah?

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Looking over Daryl Hannah’s filmopgraphy, it’s surprisingly impressive. Hannah rose to prominence in the early 80′s and then was kind of forgotten about. Moreso than a lot of other actresses I have covered. She’s worked with top directors like Ridley Scott, Ron Howard, Quentin Tarantino and Oliver Stone and co-starred alongside Tom Hanks, Harrison Ford and Michael Douglas. What the hell happened?

Hannah’s career changed forever when she played a mermaid in Ron Howard’s romantic comedy, Splash.

Splash was an important movie for a lot of reasons. It was the first film released under Disney’s Touchstone label. Touchstone was created so that Disney could release movies that were deemed inappropriate for the company’s squeeky clean family image. The success of Splash got Touchstone off to a great start.

The film helped launch the careers of Hannah and her co-star Tom Hanks. It established Howard as an A-list director and gave a boost to Second City vets John Candy and Eugene Levy who appeared in supporting roles.

Originally, Splash was competing with another mermaid-themed movie from Warner Brothers that was to have starred Warren Beatty. Ron Howard promised Disney that his film would be filmed faster and cheaper than the competing film. Which, if you know anything at all about Warren Beatty, is a pretty safe bet. Not surprisngly, Beatty’s mermaid project never saw the light of day.

Splash was well-reviewed by critics and a smash hit with audiences.