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For Lori Petty, catchingA League of Their Ownon cable is like watching old home movies.
Its like, Oh, remember the summer we didthat?
(Its also thehighest-grossing baseball movieof all time.)
I hear from people who think that Kit is awesome.
Others think shes a brat, she says.
Im like,Well, maybe she is.
They say, Its not fair for us.
Well, ketchup, mustard, she cackles.
Still, she has a soft spot for the Rockford Peach turned Racine Belle.
She didnt realize how great it was until the pandemic.
I didnt know that it lifted me up as much as it lifted them.
I was going to ask why she stuck out to you.I think its because she was in full glam.
It was all that beautiful blonde hair and makeup.
Penny Marshall wanted every actor to create a backstory for her character.
It was pretty easy to be jealous.
Heres a gorgeous, long-legged Academy Awardnominated movie star with beautiful bee-stung lips.
I didnt really have to stretch myself at all.
Debra Winger was originally cast as Dottie.
What if I didnt look like the person they hired next?
Where should I go, maam?
Like, What do you want me to do?
I can do that.
So I put on a reddish-blondish wig.
I think we sold it.
How easy was it to play in those period costumes?It was horrible.
It was so hot.
The wig, the hat, the wool socks, and the creepy spiked shoes.
Fuck, it was terrible.
I slid into home once and my cleat got caught in the rim of the plate.
I kept going and my foot stayed there.
Its to hide the plastic removable cast that I wore through half the movie.
What was Penny like as a director?She was really cool.
Everyone comes to work every day at this time and everyone goes home at this time.
Im not dealing with it, its not happening.
She really expected you to know your shit.
We didnt spend time messing around, you know?
Everyone always says it was a really fun shoot though.It was!
Francis Ford Coppola sent us cases of his wine.
It was just awesome.
We were definitely a family having a gas.
This isnt what your career is going to be.
Was he right?Tank Girlwas super-fun, butLeaguewas insanely important.
Im like, Wow.
This movie is going to be here forever.
Id love to help them, but they dont seem to want that.
But Im psyched to see it and excited that they were inspired by it.
He would just make stuff up and you were just chewing on your tongue.
She goes, Tell it to shut up.
In the movie, he goes, Will you shut up!
He was getting so flustered over that damn cow.
They took a picture of me holding the baby.
But Lovitz was hysterical.
He opens his door and is yelling, Stop!
It was so funny.
It was just a joy to go to work every day.
Wait, what?Yeah, we all had to have bodyguards all the time.
There were posters of this guy up in town: If you see anybody who looks like him.
It was jacked up.
You shared a makeup trailer with Madonna, at Pennys request.
Do you know why she paired you two up?This is when Madonna was the most Madonna ever.
She was the Madonna-est.
Pennys like, Youre going to share a makeup trailer with her.
I said, Why?
She goes, Cause you’ve got the option to handle her.
Could you?I didnt have any problems with her at all.
She just wanted to do a good job and prove herself as an actress.
She worked her ass off.
She gave it a 100 percent every single day.
I really like them high and outside.
I ran the bases perfectly.
The third time they shot the home-run scene though, I puked my guts out.
Pennys like, Do it again.
Im like, Penny, I just puked!
Shes like, I dont care.
Lets do it again!
Im like, They didnt even paint it out?
They left it in?
Dotties such a competitor she would not drop the ball on purpose.
Can you imagine giving up the World Series?
I dont even understand that.
I was like, Im going to smash her and shes going to drop the ball.
Thats the end of my story.
On the 25th anniversary,Geena said she knewwhat happened at the plate, but she would never say.
Have you two ever discussed that scene?No, I dont care what she thinks.
She can have her truth, Ill have mine.
Theres a lot of Kits life we dont get to see.
Honestly, I dont know.
A job is a job and I have enough to take care of.
I dont have time to think about that.
It ends when I get on the bus and wave good-bye.
Kit is the winner, thats all you better understand.
I just did that because I was like, How cool is that?
Im getting cheered for!
I had to go out and get more cheers.
