In the course of the early years of her profession, Julia Roberts had a repute for being a bit of bit troublesome to work with.
The star famously clashed with director Steven Spielberg through the filming of Hook in 1991, the place Julia performed Tinkerbell. It was later claimed that Julia was known as “Tinkerhell” on the set.
When requested about this rumor in an interview with Entertainment Weekly that very same yr, Julia mentioned that she had “by no means heard” the nickname. However she didn’t deny that she could have rubbed individuals up the mistaken manner on set, including: “However I am a standard particular person. I imply, if I sit in my trailer for six hours doing nothing, I’ll say, ‘What the fuck is happening?’”
Spielberg additionally fueled the hearth throughout an interview on 60 Minutes, the place he mentioned: “It was not a good time for Julia and I to be working collectively.” When he was requested if he would ever work together with her once more, he retorted: “This can be a 60 Minutes query, isn’t it?”
After the interview aired, Julia advised Vanity Fair: “I noticed that and my eyes popped out of my head. I could not consider that this individual that I knew and trusted was truly hesitating to return to my protection.”
However the drama didn’t cease with Spielberg. In 1994, Julia admitted to not getting alongside together with her I Love Hassle costar Nick Nolte. Since then, it has been reported that she has clashed with all people from Hugh Grant to Meryl Streep.
And in a brand new interview with director Richard Curtis for British Vogue, Julia addressed the acutely aware resolution that she made to not be “too pleasant” on film units.
Julia and Richard labored collectively on the 1999 romcom Notting Hill, and have remained good mates ever since. However partway via the chat, Richard admitted that he was “frightened of” Julia once they first met.
The remark was triggered by Julia telling the director that they “have higher, extra enjoyable conversations now than we had 25 years in the past.” In response, Richard mentioned: “I used to be frightened of you then. Do you bear in mind what you mentioned to me on the ultimate week of Notting Hill?”
“You mentioned it’s important to watch out on films, cautious you’re not too pleasant,” he continued.
Whereas Julia didn’t seem to recollect this dialog, she didn’t deny it both, and requested Richard if she’d mentioned why that was on the time. He replied: “Since you mentioned somebody will at all times barely benefit from it. That somebody will at all times abruptly ask you to satisfy their mother and are available to dinner and every little thing.”
“You simply felt you needed to focus in your job,” Richard added, earlier than asking: “Do you continue to typically really feel that it’s important to maintain again? As a result of individuals are reacting to you not as an individual however as a well-known particular person?”
And Julia admitted that the state of affairs will be “difficult,” explaining: “I really feel I typically have to carry again as a result of there’s too many query marks over what the house will broaden into.”
“And typically individuals are so accustomed to me. I’ll say ‘Hello!’ ‘Oh, my God, hello!’ I’ve hugged, warmly, whole strangers,” she shared.
Elsewhere within the interview, Julia acknowledged that, due to her character, she will typically come throughout as “actually harsh” — however she insisted that she by no means intends to harm individuals’s emotions.
“I feel I converse very plainly,” she mentioned. “That’s type of how I see myself. I’m very forthright. There are numerous personalities on the planet that don’t settle for that simply, and it could actually appear actually harsh, even when I really feel like I’m simply being trustworthy about one thing and simply saying that is how I see it. I by no means am making an attempt to be unkind.”
And a part of Julia’s frankness was mirrored within the making of Notting Hill, with Richard revealing within the interview that Julia made him change a part of the script within the hope of accelerating the worth of subsequent film provides she obtained.
In case you didn’t know, Julia performs a world-famous Hollywood actor referred to as Anna Scott within the movie, and at one level the character is requested: “Final movie you probably did, what did you receives a commission?”
Anna says “$15 million.” In her dialog with Richard, Julia mentioned that he initially “lowballed” her character, with Richard revealing in response: “I lowballed you however you insisted on me altering the script in order that your value in your subsequent film would go up.”
And Julia proudly owned this savvy enterprise transfer, merely stating: “As a result of I’m a feminist.”
