Fast Lane

SPOTLIGHT

Diane Lane goes wild and leaps forward in two new films

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She co-starred with Laurence Olivier at B and made the cover of Time at 14.

diane Lane is taking 1995 in high gearoth forward and backward. In Weld she'll be roaming the Dakota Territory as a of the Wild interest of the legendary Wild Bill Hickok (played by Jeff Bridges). Then, leaping 350 years into the future, she'll be rooming the streets and ruling the courtroom of Mega-City One opposite Sylvester Stallone in his 23rd-cen tury action adventure, Judge Dredd. Lane, who cites Francis Ford Coppola as her mentor, co-starred with Laurence Olivier when she was 1 3 and made the cover of Time as a "Hollywood Whiz Kid" at 14 She has done the West before, with an Emmy-nominated performance in the acclaimed mini-series Lonesome Dove, but what was it like to enter the realm of action adventure—to be upstaged by a motorcycle? "You think, Am I making a fool of myself here? ... Well, I'm in good company doing it. Let's go!'

LYNN MOLONEY