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Laura Dern’s College Forced Her to Drop Out Over ‘Blue Velvet’ and Called Her ‘Insane’ for Giving Up Her Education; Now the School Teaches the Film: ‘Pisses Me Off’

Laura Dern appeared on a recent episode of Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson’s “Where Everybody Knows Your Name” podcast (via People) and remembered being forced to drop out of UCLA film school after she ...
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Laura Dern Says She Had To Quit College To Film ‘Blue Velvet’ After Ultimatum: “If You Make This Choice, You Are No Longer Welcome At UCLA”

At the start of her film career, Laura Dern took a big risk, quitting college to star in David Lynch’s Blue Velvet. The Big Little Lies star recalled she learned she had landed the role of Sandy ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Laura Dern Recalls UCLA Ultimatum Over ‘Blue Velvet’ Casting: “Pisses Me Off”

Dern said her professors did not allow her to take a leave of absence to film David Lynch's 'Blue Velvet.' By Zoe G. Phillips Laura Dern gave up her college education for David Lynch‘s Blue Velvet.
People

Laura Dern Recalls Being Told She Was 'No Longer Welcome' at College If She Left School to Make Blue Velvet

The actress left UCLA after just two days to star in the 1986 David Lynch thriller Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023 and interned with the brand ...