The following article mentions suicide, sexual abuse, and mental health issues.
Jane Seymourhas certainly done well in her career, working steadily in Hollywood for over 50 years.
Seymour wasn’t interested in being a sex symbol, though, and didn’t even audition for it.
The movie’s producer instead called her agent after seeing her on “The Onedin Line.”
“That was not the trajectory I was looking for.
I was going to go and do Shakespeare,” Seymour toldEntertainment Weekly.
Unfortunately for Seymour, though, she hasn’t always been fortunate in her personal life.
But what has Seymour had to overcome in her past?
Let’s break down the tragic details of her life.
While the ordeal must have been terrifying, it was also eye-opening.
She also pointed out that she nonetheless felt extremely calm as she floated above it all.
Most importantly, Seymour realized then that she wasn’t ready to die.
“I remember just saying …
I want to get back in that body because I have kids that I want to raise and …
I want to make a difference,” she said on the"ID10T"podcast.
For example, Seymour had a period of melancholy after her third marriage to David Flynn ended in 1992.
Years later, Seymour felt intense emotional pain after her beloved mother suffered a stroke and died.
Her then-husband, James Keach, agreed that dancing could help her start to feel like herself again.
While appearing on BBC’s “Who Do You Think You Are?”
Yet when Jadwiga learned her husband and children had not, she killed herself.
“Emotionally, it was a roller coaster.
I felt like I’d been through hell,” she said, according toIrish Mirror.
It appears though that Seymour found strength in knowing what the women in her family have overcome.
As she toldSaga Exceptional,“My mother was a complete inspiration.
She’d been through some horrendous times.”
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The “Wedding Crashers” actor has been married four times, and each ended in divorce.
Seymour first tied the knot back in 1971 when she married theater director Michael Attenborough.
Their union didn’t last long, though: They divorced in 1973.
When reflecting on her failed marriages, Seymour toldPeople, “I’ve always done the best I could …
I was married to men who had different issues.”
She added, “I never ended the marriages they did, by finding other people.”
It wasn’t just Seymour’s husbands who disappointed her either.
However, they had to call off their romance after Reeve learned he had gotten his ex-girlfriend pregnant.
Seymour had found out during their divorce that he had squandered away most of her money.
However, Flynn invested poorly in things that didn’t work out and made questionable business deals.
This resulted in Seymour having to give up a lot of her possessions because several banks had sued her.
“The production company literally gave me and the children a roof over our heads,” she said.
“He found someone else.
I felt horrible, devastated,” Seymour explained to Daily Mail.
“By the time I found out entirely by accident it had been going on for some time …
It was someone I knew, so that was very frightening,” she said.
That wasn’t the first time that Seymour had been cheated on either.
Regardless, Seymour was somehow able to maintain friendships with Keach and Flynn for the sake of their children.
Seymour was able to finally recover with the right antibiotics.
When Seymour finally did get pregnant with her twins, she had complications during their birth.
However, no one was there, and he made a move on her instead.
… Now it’s your turn,'" Seymour toldPlayboy.
“I got in the cab and cried, terrified,” she recalled.
The horrible experience was enough to make her want to leave Hollywood for good.
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“I was mugged at 4 o’clock in the afternoon on Bourbon Street,” she said.
Seymour said things took another turn for the worst when she later had to film scenes in Jamaica.
“I stupidly said, ‘That’s stupid’ and almost got arrested.
Actually I did,” she recalled.
She toldThe Guardianthat’s due to her feelings that her role was sexist.
“You wouldn’t want to make that movie.
It was awful!”
She posted a tribute to him onFacebook,writing, “He was my Bond.”
Seymour was also close with Yaphet Kotto, who played Kananga, the villain in the same film.
Again, Seymour was heartbroken when he went he died in 2021.
“[W]orking with him was quite an unforgettable experience.
Seymour unfortunately had to watch her friend suffer, too.
She was so frail.”
However, Seymour said Newton-John never lost her positive attitude.
