(Left-right:) Daryl Hannah in 2023; Neil Young in 2022.Photo:Mark Von Holden/Variety via Getty; Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for SiriusXM
Mark Von Holden/Variety via Getty; Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for SiriusXM
After years as a screen icon,Daryl Hannahis thriving behind the camera — thanks largely to husbandNeil Young.
“I’m editing another documentary that I shot and directed about his last solo tour,” theSplashstar, 63, tells PEOPLE. “He called it the ‘hidden hits’ tour because it was all the songs that people don’t really know, the B-sides.”
She adds, “That’s all I can say!”
Their latest collaboration comes on the heels ofA Band, A Brotherhood, A Barn, which as Hannah notes “was nominated for aGrammy[Award] last year.”
With a laugh, she says that it’s “ridiculous” that it marked her first major award recognition, particularly after decades of onscreen work inRoxanne, Wall Street,Steel Magnoliasand theKill Billmovies.
Daryl Hannah and Neil Young in 2018.Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for SXSW
Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for SXSW
That’s why working with her husband, 78, as a filmmaker is what consumes Hannah these days. “I’m really happy making films,” says the director.A Band, A Brotherhood, A Barncame after 2019’sMountaintop, another intimate documentary showcasing Young’s creative process with his longtime band, Crazy Horse.
And in 2018, Hannah helmed a more poetic film,Paradox, featuring the “Heart of Gold” singer and his then-backing band Promise of the Real. Distributor Netflix describes it as “a ”fantasy, a loud poem and a free-spirited tale of music and love.”
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Hannah and Young went public with their relationship in 2014, around the time they led an anti-Keystone XL pipelinemarchtogether in Washington, D.C. Four years later theytied the knotin two under-the-radar ceremonies — first on the Canadian singer’s yacht in Washington’s San Juan islands, then a bigger celebration in California, withJoni Mitchelland Young’s former bandmate Stephen Stills reportedly in attendance.
Neil Young and band Crazy Horse in “A Band, A Brotherhood, A Barn”.neilyoungchannel/Youtube
neilyoungchannel/Youtube
“We’re very lucky to have found each other,” Young toldYahooin 2018 not long after the nuptials. “I’m eternally thankful for the opportunity to share my life with her, and she feels the same.”
He added that Hannah has helped him “physically to be stronger; she’s got a really intense physical regimen she follows, and I crawl along behind her… We do Pilates twice a week, sometimes three times a week, and get in the pool with weights.”
A source told PEOPLE in 2018 the couple “bonded over their activism” and volunteerism.
“Neil’s biggest passion in life is the environment. Daryl is the exact same,” said the source at the time.
Daryl Hannah at the 2023 Grammy Awards.Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty
Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty
Now, theSense8star says collaborating with her husband feels more fulfilling than any potential acting job. “I don’t have an agent, I don’t have a publicist, I’m not looking for movies or anything to be in,” she says.
“I suppose if it’s something really cool,” she adds, “I might do it, but I’m not really looking for it. I’ve got enough creative projects on my plate.”
Asked if her husband has a favorite Daryl Hannah movie, she just laughs. “I have no idea!”
source: people.com
