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Madeleine Stowe’s leading men

Stowe with Nicholson in 1990. (
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THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS, Madeleine Stowe, Daniel Day-Lewis, 1992 (©20thCentFox/courtesy Everett)

I love strong, talented men,” says Stowe, instantly naming three of her favorite film directors, including Michael Mann, Robert Altman and Terry Gilliam.

But she’s also worked with a stellar list of glamorous leading men, and shared a few insights about their off-screen personas.

Tim Robbins (“Short Cuts,” 1993): “He read a lot of parenting books, and would recommend them to me, before I had my own children.”

Kevin Costner (“Revenge,” 1990): “Kevin is deeply sentimental.”

Daniel Day-Lewis (“Last of the Mohicans,” 1992): “He is incredibly playful and a prankster.”

Mel Gibson (“We Were Soldiers,” 2002): “He’s somebody that I adore. And who I also felt had emotional difficulties. I knew that right away. I’m not at all surprised at all the drama that’s been swirling around him. But everyone who’s ever worked with him loves him.”

Jack Nicholson (“The Two Jakes,” 1990): “Nicholson has kept the same friends that he had when he first came to LA in the late 1950s. And they’re not even in the business. He’s never lost an old tie. He’s fantastic.”

Sylvester Stallone (“Avenging Angelo,” 2002): “I remember him wearing bifocals, reading a script and breaking it down. He was always trying to make it work.”