Since casting Dern in “Blue Velvet” at the age of 17, Lynch has affectionately called her “Tidbit.” In 2019, she presented him with his Academy Honorary Award alongside Kyle MacLachlan ...

Laura Dern misses her "dearest friend ... "On Blue Velvet, you took me and Kyle MacLachlan under your wing and treated us as essential collaborators," Dern wrote. "Your deep inclusion of us ...