Julia Roberts originally first choice for ‘Shakespeare in Love’, quit after shitty chemistry tests

[masterofmystery]

'It Was a Disaster': Julia Roberts Quit 'Shakespeare in Love' After Awful Chemistry Reads and Cost the Studio $6 Million, Says Producer Ed Zwick https://t.co/wA17tdQhV3
- Variety (@Variety) March 6, 2023
With mere days before the Oscars, let's look back at one of the most undeserving BP winners, 1998's ‘Shakespeare in Love

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[thatgum_youlike]

lol i wonder if she was so set on ddl that she deliberately tanked things when he declined… bit of an overreaction but tbh i get it

[masterofmystery]

That’s actually alluded in the article so you interpreted correctly

[fernandocolunga]

What an asshole if that’s true

[anterrabre]

She IS an asshole, so...

[pseudonygma]

Are there any actresses today that can make co-star demands like this? I know actors have always had a huge say when it comes to final casting but this is the first time I've heard an actress having that type of pull.

[tucker]

At the height of her fame I bet J Law could demand approval over her love interest in a movie

[vatulele]

And yet she still ended up in Passengers with Worst Chris TM

[howlin_wolf_66]

That's what I was thinking, too!