screen captures for Shelley from a 1987 interview
about her movie The Stepfather
Shelley appeared in the 1987 horror flick The Stepfather in 1987. In the movie, she played Susan Maine, the woman who marries Jerry (Terry O'Quinn in the title role) and looks past the cracks she's beginning to notice about him. Jill Schoelen played Stephanie, Susan's daughter by her first marriage. Shelley didn't have to audition for the role, because director Joseph Ruben thought she was easy on the eyes and had a naturalness that was perfect for the role.
more screen captures for Shelley from a 1987 interview
about her movie The Stepfather
Shelley was interviewed in 1987 about the movie. In the interview, which was aired in the UK, she revealed how she approached her role as Susan, how she reacted when she saw the finished movie and a few anecdotes from filming it in Canada. She talked about Terry O'Quinn and Jill Schoelen and how much they got along and had fun doing the movie. Watch it at:
The Stepfather (1987) UK Promotional Video
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even more screen captures for Shelley from a 1987 interview
about her movie The Stepfather
Shelley got some of her best reviews from her role in this movie. Entertainment Weekly magazine said, "Shelley Hack also puts in a fine turn as a woman who loses patience with her psychopath husband and wayward daughter. Check out the scene where she smacks her teen across the face and shrieks, ‘He's your father now and you'll respect him!’" Shelley got the role because director Joseph Ruben had seen her, not on Charlie's Angels, but in the 1982 Martin Scorsese film The King of Comedy and thought she did a great acting job (Shelley got great reviews for that role as well).
