BuzzFeed - The Oscar-nominated actress-rocker talks with BuzzFeed about her âcosmicâ and heartbreaking connection to her August character, her music career, and dating at 40. Larry Busacca / Getty Images Juliette Lewis was reeling from a difficult couple of years: Her rock band, Juliette and the Licks, broke up in 2009; her movie career was floundering; she got into a hit-and-run car accident in 2010; and, most devastatingly, her father had a heart attack and fell seriously ill, bringing Lewis and her two sisters together to care for him."My sisters all came together in the closest way we'd ever been, and we all rose to the occasion in different ways," she remembered. "That experience, and then the fact that [August: Osage County] came my way, was like this cosmic message from the universe."The actress was ultimately offered the role of Karen in the film based on Tracy Letts' Pulitzer Prize and Tony Awardâwinning play; she's the youngest of three estranged and very
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