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Young Winona Ryder on Working with Cher

Aired on 12/14/1990 | CC
Two years after her breakout role in Beetlejuice, Winona Ryder was starring alongside Cher in the mother-daughter drama Mermaids. Cher, by comparison, had seen it all—"I Got You Babe" was a hit single before Winona was born.

During an appearance by both actresses on a 1990 episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show, Oprah asked Winona what surprised her about working with the veteran entertainer. Here, Winona gives Oprah her candid answer.