Jessica Lange’s performance in Eugene O’Neill’s “Long Day’s Journey Into Night” was celebrated at a swanky Lotos Club luncheon on Thursday.
“I can’t think in those terms,” Lange told us of the possibility she’ll win a Tony on June 12, to add to her two Oscars and three Emmys. “Not now. I’m just trying to get onstage every night and do the best with this play. It demands everything of you.”
Lange played the same role 16 years ago. “Staying healthy is huge . . . because I did it years ago in London, and I remember I had a terrible cough and it just about kills you to go onstage doing this not feeling well,” she said. “Knock on wood, we’re eight weeks into it and no one’s been sick yet.”
Lange, 67, also dished on her role as Joan Crawford in Ryan Murphy’s series “Feud,” with Susan Sarandon as Bette Davis. “I don’t know [Sarandon] well,” Lange said. “We’ve known each other a little bit for a long time, but I’ve never spent a lot of time with her . . . I do really look forward to playing [Crawford]. I love the fact that she came from a really scrappy background and made her way to the top.”