Anyway, I hear ‘Miss Honey was my first girl crush’ all the time, and I actually love hearing that. But just for the record, no, she wasn’t mine. Embeth Davidtz was beautiful, and sweet to me, but more like a big sister.
However, when I was nine, I was cast in Rhea Perlman’s sitcom Pearl, about a middle-aged woman who goes to college. I played a child genius (again) who’s studying quantum physics and tutors Rhea’s character. There was one actress on the set I immediately took a shine to: she just radiated elegance and intelligence, and was so funny and kind. Her character didn’t like mine, so she went out of her way to let me know she liked me. I thought she was beautiful, looked forward to our one scene together, and when she called in sick in one day, I was devastated. Several years later I looked back on that and thought, ‘Oh. That was my first big crush on a woman. That’s what that was.’ It was a revelatory moment.
So, wherever she may be now… I am much obliged, Lucy Liu!
Mara Wilson dishes on her her very first girl crush. (via elementarystan)