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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[donaestrangera]

the way i know so much about the drama behind this movie but i've never actually sat down and watched it lol. it doesn't really seem like anyone has sat down and watched it since 1998.

[masterofmystery]

i hated it when i saw it as a kid when it came out, and i hated it when i did my oscars bp watch 3 years ago. i dreaded when i was getting up to it during my bp watch lmao