Bridget Fonda and Danny Elfman relocated to their ranch in Santa Barbara during COVID-19 lockdowns. The move was initially supposed to be part-time, but the couple wound up making that their full-time home. The “Batman Returns” composer spoke about how the family coped during the pandemic. “[T]here was isolation and quarantine and being cut off with most of my family except for my wife, my 16-year-old, and my dog,” the Oingo Boingo frontman told Stereogum in June 2021. “I wasn’t alone, but I have a big extended family that gets together every week, and I was cut off from all of them.”
Long before the couple moved out of Los Angeles, Fonda had decided to leave Hollywood behind. Her last on-screen role was on the 2002 TV miniseries “Snow Queen.” Fonda endured a frightening car accident in February 2003 — the same year she tied the knot with Elfman. The extent of her injuries were unclear at the time, but it was later revealed she had fractured her back. After recovering from the car crash, the “Lake Placid” actor gave birth to her son and decided to focus on motherhood over her acting career.
Through the years, Fonda had hinted that she prioritized privacy over fame. A couple years after her father published his telling memoir, Fonda spoke about opening up to the public. “My father’s incredibly open, but I want to keep my memories my own,” Fonda told The Guardian in 2000. Her husband, however, has been more open.
