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

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'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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[akillarian]

I have never liked the story of Romeo and Juliet. Having to read, write and watch about it in school AND keep hearing about it as the most romantic story EVER about 2 teenagers are enough for me. After highschool, I have never watched any version of this story. This movie was even on TV at one point and I just switched channel when I saw it.

[akillarian]

Also, growing up as East Asian, there's already an abundance of the romanticization of suicide in our media.

[melancolour]

The fact that its viewed as some great romance instead of the tragedy if teenage hormones and stupidity it is kills me. The poetry is beautiful but romes especially is a dud.

[littleorcs]

It's honestly the reason I don't like Zeffirelli's version of the story (other than the fact that both minor actors were forced into doing nudity), like it's romanticizing it all a little too much for me.

Whereas I liked that Baz Luhrman focused on the spectacle of it all + the rashness of all the youth (and the pettiness of the adults) in their actions/interactions that just created all that endless chaos

[ichabod_crake]

Joseph Fiennes was so fucking hot in that movie.

WHEW!!! It was saying, "Ichabod- look over here now!", tugging at my crotch.

[sadmagikarp]

i know shakespeare in love has a lot of bullshit surrounding it thanks to harvey and miramax but it's actually a great movie with a brilliant script and goopy was perfectly cast

[rosytintedflash]

yeah I know everyone hates her now but she was so damn good in that movie lbr

[howlin_wolf_66]

She was good when she was an actress, and not a 'wellness promoter' ...

[poisoned_summer]

my problematic opinion is that i think goop is great in every movie 😭

[3rdattemptuser]

goopy winning an oscar for that role is just laughable.

[itsalanisbitch]

i wonder who would have won all those oscars if harvey hadn't gotten so heavily involved in campaigning

[sharo_8760]

The second best campaigner, unfortunately.

[itsalanisbitch]

who is first? Roc Nation!?

[myhipusername]

im sad to say as a huge movie fan i have yet to see this one!

but lmao at julia mentally checking out once ddl declined her twice