Of all the wonderful things the biopic Coal Miner’s Daughter has given us, one of the most beautiful — and lasting — has been Sissy Spacek and Loretta Lynn‘s friendship.
The country legend personally chose Spacek to portray her in the film, which was based on Lynn’s 1976 autobiography, which traces Lynn’s life, from her upbringing in Butcher Holler, Kentucky to her rise to stardom, and shares a name with her 1970 hit song.
“She was looking through a pile of pictures and when she came to one of me she said ‘That’s her, that’s the coal miner’s daughter,'” Spacek told The New York Times in 1980.
