Source : PERTHNOW NEWS
Glenn Close relied on her “active imagination” to overcome her childhood challenges.
The 77-year-old actress was a member of the Moral Re-Armament – an international moral and spiritual movement – during her childhood, and Glenn has recalled relying on her imagination in order to resist the group’s ideology.
The Hollywood star – who moved to Switzerland as child, in order to be closer to the group’s headquarters – said on the ‘Today’ show: “From a very early age, when we were running feral in the Connecticut countryside, I always had an incredibly active imagination.
“I could take myself out of situations sometimes with my imagination, and not let it get into me as deep as it might have. I think that’s what literally kept me on course of doing what I wanted to do at a very early age, which was be an actress.”
Glenn previously confessed to resenting her parents for exposing her to the Moral Re-Armament, which actually dissolved more than two decades ago.
But over time, the actress came to understand their line of thinking.
She told PEOPLE: “I’ve learned more and more about them and more about what their situation was and how vulnerable they were at certain times.”
Glenn – who ultimately left the group at the age of 22 – thinks her parents were oblivious to the “devastation” that it might cause their kids.
The ‘Fatal Attraction’ star – whose acting career has spanned more than five decades – said: “I think I really understand why they were so vulnerable to a group like that. Not knowing the devastation that it would cause their children.”
