Jessica Lange, 74, pushed in wheelchair by son Samuel Walker Shepard on NYC streets after date with pal Susan Sarandon
JESSICA Lange has been seen on a rare outing as she recovers from a dog park injury.
The 74-year-old was pushed in a wheelchair by son Samuel Walker Shepard, 36 in New York City on Friday.
The Tootsie star kept warm in a black quilted jacket and fleecy pants,
The actress was all smiles as she appeared to clutch a bag of groceries on her lap.
A spokesperson for Jessica downplayed the wheelchair situation in a statement to Page Six.
“Jessica is healthy and well,” they shared. “She is recovering from a leg injury she incurred at a dog park.”
Jessica shares son Samuel and daughter Hannah Jane with late actor and director Sam Shepard.
The couple met in 1982 on the set of the film Frances and were together for three decades.
They quietly split in 2009 but didn’t make it public until 2011.
Sam died in 2017 from complications related to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, better known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. He was 73.
Jessica’s wheelchair outing came days after she was seen spending time with friend Susan Sarandon.
This time Jessica had an assistant push her wheelchair as the Thelma & Louise actress, 77, was seen walking behind.
The women have been friends for years and starred together as Joan Crawford and Bette Davis in Ryan Murphy’s Feud in 2017.
The series documented the rivalry between Crawford and Davis during and after the production of their 1962 thriller What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?.
Jessica is returning to the series for its second installment Feud: Capote Vs. the Swans later this month.
Her role has yet to be revealed in the upcoming season which premieres January 31.
WALKING AWAY
Jessica has shared that she’s had enough of the current Hollywood landscape, and is considering retirement.
The star slammed today’s movies based on pop culture franchises in an interview with The Telegraph
“Creativity is secondary now to corporate profits,” she said. “The emphasis becomes not on the art or the artist or the storytelling. It becomes about satisfying your stockholders. It diminishes the artist and the art of filmmaking.”
Jessica singled out comic book movies, which she stressed she had no interest in.
She also slammed ageism and quick-paced editing, which she refereed to as “frantic.”
“I don’t know if it’s because the filmmakers think that they can’t hold the attention of the audience anymore,” she said. “That kind of filmmaking drives me crazy.”