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09.12.2023 - 00:51 / variety.com
Zack Sharf Digital News Director Julia Roberts is an icon of the romantic-comedy genre, but there’s one famous rom-com the Oscar-winner happened to turn down: Nora Ephron’s 1998 classic “You’ve Got Mail.” Roberts revealed the scoop during a recent appearance on Bravo’s “Watch What Happens Live.” Ephron’s film memorably paired Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan in the story of business rivals unaware they are falling in love with each other online. “You’ve Got Mail” marked the third Hanks-Ryan romantic comedy after “Joe Versus the Volcano” (1990) and “Sleepless in Seattle” (1993), the latter title also being directed by Ephron.
Had Roberts taken the role, it would’ve extended her 1990s rom-com streak that already included hits like “Pretty Woman” (1990), “Notting Hill” (1999) and “My Best Friend’s Wedding” (1997). Asked by a fan to name some roles she has turned down in career, Roberts stressed that she does not regret any of her choices.
She said any movie she has passed on in her career “maybe wouldn’t have been as great and wonderful” with her in it. These movies included “You’ve Got Mail” and Michael Mann’s 1992 drama “The Last of the Mohicans,” starring Daniel Day-Lewis.
“I can’t think of any else, but also there’s things that you don’t get like Meg Ryan was supposed to be in ‘Steel Magnolias,’ and she was still filming ‘When Harry Met Sally,’ so I got that part,” Roberts said, noting her full circle spiritual connection to Ryan. “Cate Blanchett was supposed to be in ‘Closer,’ but she got pregnant, so then I got that part.
Tom Hanks is opening up about working with Meg Ryan!
In the realm of romantic comedies, certain tropes are so ingrained that they become almost expected, and Will Gluck‘s Anyone But You, co-written by Ilana Wolpert, comfortably nestles itself into familiar territory. The film, starring Sydney Sweeny and Glen Powell, with a supporting ensemble including Alexandra Shipp, GaTa, Hadley Robinson, Michelle Hurd, Dermot Mulroney, Darren Barnet, and Rachel Griffiths, is a classic case of somewhat funny, middle-of-the-road storytelling in the genre.
see my happier list for those), to find them, I had to sift through piles and piles of dirt.Here are some of the films released in 2023 that had me typing “bars nearby” into Google Maps afterwards.The power of Christ compelled me to give this film one star. There have been bad “Exorcist” sequels before — “II” is right up there with the worst movies ever — but I held out hope for this one because “Believer” was directed by David Gordon Green, who expertly revitalized the “Halloween” franchise. Big mistake.
reach the point of climax — alongside “CBS Mornings” co-host Gayle King. “I haven’t been here since we actually shot the movie,” Crystal told King, 68, as they went into the iconic Manhattan landmark during a recent episode.“When Harry Met Sally . .
hooker with a heart of gold in 1990’s “Pretty Woman,” but she doesn’t believe that her character’s love story would have survived 2023.In the rom-com, the Oscar winner, 56, played stripper Vivian Ward, who falls in love with businessman Edward Lewis (Richard Gere) after he hires her for a week.The “Erin Brockovich” actress chatted with “CBS Mornings” on Tuesday, where she was asked where Edward and Vivian’s romance would be today. “I think he passed away peacefully in his sleep from a heart attack, smiling,” Roberts told host Gayle King.
Julia Roberts has suggested Richard Gere’s character from Pretty Woman would have died by now following the film’s ending.The 1990 romantic comedy follows sex worker Vivian (Roberts) who is paid to masquerade as the girlfriend of wealthy businessman Edward (Gere) over the course of a week, only for the pair to fall in love.In an interview with CBS Mornings, Roberts was asked where she thought several of her most famous characters would be today – with the situation in Pretty Woman taking a bleak turn.“I think he passed away peacefully in his sleep from a heart attack, smiling,” Roberts said. “And now she runs his business.”Gere’s character in 1999 film Runaway Bride, however, manages to survive Roberts’ hypothetical future.
Julia Roberts is looking back at her long list of hit movies!
Julia Roberts is opening up about the one role she regrets not taking and some other roles that she was lucky enough to get because others passed on them.
“Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen.”“That’s a really good question, and I’ve never been asked it,” she said when questioned which of her films she would like to revisit. Her answer was “My Best Friend’s Wedding,” where she starred as a food writer named Jules who is in love with her best friend, Michael (Dermot Mulroney), and rushes to tell him before he ties the knot with his girlfriend Kimmy (Cameron Diaz).In the sequel, the “Erin Brockovich” star noted that because “there are so many people” in the first movie, she would want “to see what they’re doing and how Kimmy and Michael’s marriage is going.”A caller then asked Roberts who she believed Michael should have ended up with.“Well, I mean, of course, Jules.
Andy Cohen is getting Julia Roberts to spill all the tea!
Given this rising age of anxiety we’re in, where problems of uncertainty and instability feel like they’re global and yet local, intimate, and personal too, writer/director Sam Esmail’s unnerving global collapse thriller, “Leave The World Behind,” feels like it arrives at an all-too-perfectly timed moment. Its opening moments are arresting.
Julia Roberts has revealed the reason behind her love for Taylor Swift’s ‘Folklore’ standout, ‘Betty’, in her latest The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon appearance.The Hollywood veteran spoke with the talk show host in its December 5 episode while promoting her latest film, Leave The World Behind. After speaking briefly about her three children – 19-year-old twins Hazel and Phinnaeus and 16-year-old Henry – Fallon pulled up an Instagram post she uploaded in June, which indicated that she caught Taylor Swift during her ‘Eras’ tour.After calling herself a fan of Swift’s, she admitted her embarrassment about her Spotify Wrapped results.
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Julia Roberts is one of the most beloved and famous actresses in Hollywood. She’s starred in fan-favorite films like “Pretty Woman,” “Notting Hill,” “Mystic Pizza,” “Steel Magnolias,” and many more.
Julia Roberts is a private person, but she's sharing a glimpse of how she parents her three children as they enter adulthood. Roberts joined her "Leave the World Behind" co-star, Mahershala Ali, for an interview with "Today," and she revealed she approaches parenting the same way she always has. Roberts and her husband, Danny Moder, have 19-year-old twins in college, Hazel and Phinnaeus, and a son, Henry, 16.
Julia Roberts has spoken publicly for the first time about her former boyfriend Matthew Perry, following his death in October.Perry, best known for playing Chandler Bing on Friends, was found dead in his hot tub at his Los Angeles home on October 28. He was 54 years old.
Julia Roberts has broken her silence on actor Matthew Perry's tragic death, just over one month after the Friends actor was found dead at his home in Los Angeles.The Pretty Woman actress, 56, briefly dated Matthew, who played Chandler Bing in the hit US sitcom, in the 1990s.The pair's romance occurred around the same time Julia appeared in Friends episode The One After the Super Bowl in 1996, as Chandler's love interest and old school friend Susie Moss. Julia has now spoken out about ex Matthew's sudden passing on 28 October, branding it "heartbreaking" in a new interview.
Julia Roberts is sharing her love and adoration for her husband Danny Moder.
Julia Roberts was “crushed” when the original version of her hit 1990 rom-com “Pretty Woman” was initially scrapped.“It was going to be a much darker film called ‘$3,000,’ ” Roberts, 56, said, referring to the amount it cost Edward (played by Richard Gere) to spend the night with Vivian Ward. “Vivian was a drug addict and the movie ended with him leaving her in a side street, throwing the money at her, and driving away,” Roberts said during an appearance on “The Graham Norton Show” Friday, while promoting her Netflix film “Leave the World Behind.” “I got that part in that movie and felt really proud, but when the production company folded and the film disappeared I was crushed,” the “Eat, Pray, Love” star added.
Julia Roberts breaks her silence on the passing of long-ago beau Matthew Perry in a new interview with ET, but sidestepped an apparent invitation to do the same on ABC’s The View today.