Whereas 2000’s The Next Best Thing was a vital flop, one other extra private tragedy occurred behind the scenes.
Rupert Everett just lately mirrored on starring within the John Schlesinger-helmed romantic comedy and the way it put a “pressure” on his friendship with co-star Madonna, which is why he now seems to be “the opposite approach” when the movie is on TV.
“It was not a failure as such actually on the field workplace due to video gross sales in these days – Madonna offered a whole lot of movies – however the movie itself didn’t work, though for a very long time, it was the one movie that handled this problem that was really then occurring and being born,” Everett mentioned on the How to Fail podcast.
Written by Tom Ropelewski, The Subsequent Greatest Factor starred Madonna as Abbie and Everett as her homosexual greatest good friend Robert, with whom she has a child after a drunken evening of intimacy. However their trendy household hits a tough patch when Abbie begins courting Ben (Benjamin Bratt).
Though “every part went mistaken” on set of the movie, which Everett mentioned ended up “fully ending issues for me in Hollywood,” he praised Madonna’s efficiency within the movie, particularly given the strain she was below as a pop star.
Rupert Everett, Benjamin Bratt, Malcolm Stumpf and Madonna in The Subsequent Greatest Factor (2000).
“I feel it’s very tough for her to be in movies as a result of everybody has such a preconception,” he defined.
“I don’t know the way she may ever be adequate to make folks say, ‘Oh God, that’s actually good.’”
Everett added, “I feel it was nice having her within the movie. Yeah. I feel she was touching within the movie, too, myself. I haven’t seen it for ages, although. I imply, each time that comes on, I type of look the opposite approach.”
Whereas explaining the “pressure” the film placed on his relationship with the 7x Grammy winner, Everett mentioned he may “probably” reconnect together with her sooner or later however stays not sure. “Friendships and failure in Hollywood are very tough issues to maintain going,” he mentioned.
