David Lynch, the visionary filmmaker renowned for works like Twin Peaks, Mulholland Drive, Eraserhead and Blue Velvet, has died. He was 78. In 2024, Lynch disclosed that he had been diagnosed with emphysema,

Naomi Watts said on Tuesday that she almost quit acting before David Lynch cast her in Mulholland Drive.

Naomi Watts revealed on “Live With Kelly and Mark” (via Entertainment Weekly) that she nearly quit acting before she met the late David Lynch, who cast her as the lead in 2001’s “Mulholland Drive.” The film’s critical acclaim and global success turned Watts into a star after “10 years” of “flunking auditions.