Mon Mar 24 11:40:00 UTC 2025: ## Naomi Watts Reveals David Lynch’s Undying Passion for Filmmaking Before His Death
**Los Angeles, CA** – Naomi Watts, star of David Lynch’s iconic *Mulholland Drive*, has shared intimate details of a lunch she and Laura Dern shared with the late director just weeks before his passing in January. Speaking to the *Los Angeles Times*, Watts revealed Lynch, despite battling emphysema, expressed a strong desire to return to filmmaking.
“He wanted to go back to work,” Watts stated, recalling their November meeting. “Laura and I were like, ‘You can do it! You could work from the trailer.'” Watts emphasized that Lynch, despite his health struggles, showed no signs of slowing down creatively. “He was not, in any way, done. I could see the creative spirit alive in him.”
Lynch, who publicly announced his emphysema diagnosis in August 2024 and later detailed debilitating breathing difficulties, had previously stated his inability to work on film sets. His final major directorial work was the 2017 series *Twin Peaks: The Return*, in which both Watts and Dern starred. He also made a cameo appearance in Steven Spielberg’s *The Fabelmans* (2022).
Watts, discovered by Lynch through a headshot, cherished her relationship with the director. While expressing a desire to respect the privacy of Lynch’s family, she described their last meeting as “a really powerful meeting that filled me with just so much love and hope.” The revelation underscores Lynch’s enduring passion for filmmaking until his very last days.
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