Glenn Close, 78, reveals her elaborate plan for death which is already underway

Glenn Close has opened up about the elaborate plans that she has put in place for after her death.

The 78-year-old actor, who recently starred in the latest instalment of the Knives Out detective mysteries on Netflix, appeared on the Wiser Than Me podcast with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, where she made a surprising admission about her plans for the end of her life.

While it's not something any of us likes the idea of, many of us might have some idea of what we would like to happen as we come to the end of our lives.

Some might prefer cremation, or burial, or perhaps opting for something more unusual like being made into a diamond, or buried in a coffin made of fungus that will see you become a part of the earth with no chemicals or embalming fluid.

But Close revealed that she has big plans not so much for what comes after death, but living out her final days.

Glenn Close opened up about her plans for the end of her life (Savion Washington/WireImage/Getty)

She recalled that her grandparents had a little stone cottage on their farm, where she had a lot of fond memories growing up.

“They had this wonderful stone cottage on their farm, on their property that I think originally had been a slaughterhouse,” she said.

“But it was made into this really cozy cottage. And that was my first memory, in that little cottage.”

Describing the building, she added: “Stone, it had ivy on the front. It had literally a white picket fence around it, in the middle of a hay field and woods."

Close revealed that she has plans to build a stone cottage behind her house, 'because the happiest and most inspiring years of my life was in that place'.

She explained that the cottage will have two bedrooms; one for herself and one for a live-in carer to look after her during her final years.

“And that’s where I’m gonna die. Happily," she said.

Close plans to live her life 'backwards' (Savion Washington/WireImage/Getty)

Despite making plans for her final years Close, 78, said that she doesn't feel her age at all.

She said: “Oh God, I feel probably around in my 20s. Maybe early 30s."

The star admitted that she was sometimes left amazed by how old she actually is, as it simply doesn't fit with how old she feels.

“When I think of how old I actually am, it just amazes me,” she said. “So I don’t think about it much.

"Cause I don’t think i fit into whatever people expect you to be like when you’re 78 years old.”