He dumped her.

This actress is probably B+/B now. It was not all that long ago that she was headed for A+ list.

When she first started out, she caught the eye of this permanent A+ list movie director not named Spielberg.

When I say she caught his eye, it means she did what he wanted and he cast her in some of his movies which were all monster hits and some are very important.

She was cast in three straight movies by the director and was going to get her own headlining movie.

Then, she did some work for a different A list director and he never cast her in another project. He dumped her.

Diane Lane

Francis Ford Coppola
Three straight movies: The Outsiders, Rumble Fish, The Cotton Club

Different A list director : Walter Hill (Streets of Fire)

She has only below coming up:

A Man in Full – TV Mini Series – 2023 (1 episode)

Inside Out 2 – Mom (voice) – 2024

During her prime as an actress in Hollywood, Diane Lane was one of the most sought-after young prospects in the film industry. And even today at 57, the mention of her name is still synonymous with greatness in the acting world. Born in New York City on January 22, 1965, she seemed destined for some form of entertainment being that her mother, Colleen Farrington, was a nightclub singer and her father, Burton Lane, was a Manhattan acting drama coach taxi driver, and humanities teacher. Her parents’ professions seemed to have given her the balance she would need to later share the screen with acting giants like Tom Cruise, Patrick Swayze, and the ever-controversial Nicolas Cage. – Source