Overview

• Sally Field revealed in an interview that the late director Herb Ross was 'very, very, very hard' on Julia Roberts during the filming of 'Steel Magnolias'.
• Field, along with co-stars Shirley MacLaine, Dolly Parton, Daryl Hannah, and Olympia Dukakis, rallied around Roberts, who was the youngest and a newcomer.
• Ross's intense criticism of Roberts was unwarranted, with Field noting that 'some people just need to have somebody they pick on'.
• Dolly Parton once confronted Ross with her characteristic humor, leaving him without a leg to stand on, according to Field.
• The 1989 film, which earned Roberts an Oscar nomination, was celebrated for its portrayal of women's relationships and resilience in a small Southern community.