Gena Rowlands has been living with Alzheimer’s disease "for the last five years," says her son and "The Notebook" director Nick Cassavetes.

“I got my mom to play older Allie, and we spent a lot of time talking about Alzheimer’s and wanting to be authentic with it, and now, for… pic.twitter.com/ix8rL6suzE

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