I'm sure you're aware of that torturous little film coming down the pike. It's Valentine's Day - this year's answer to He's Just Not That Into You. The film features an ensemble cast, which means that no one star will be hogging the screen. However, with all the gum flapping (i.e. promoting) Julia Roberts has been doing lately, you'd assume she was in VD for more than six minutes. You would be wrong. Details, via Celebitchy:
[These days, it's kind of become a cliché to hate on Julia
Roberts. She definitely lost some of her luster over the past five years or so,
and when she does appear at some event or red carpet, she seems overwhelming
and a little crazy. Like, she's too loud or too drunk or too rude or too
obscene or too much of an a-hole. It's almost enough to make you forget that
she was once the biggest movie star in the world. But some people haven't
forgotten, which is why she still gets cast in big movies, and still gets paid
huge amounts of money for the "pleasure". Valentine's Day is one of those films
- and I have to say this report shocked me.
Judging from the trailer for the
film, I assumed Julia had a genuine supporting part in a large ensemble cast.
Turns out, not so much. She's in the film for - count them - six minutes. The
price tag for six minutes of Julia? $3 million dollars plus 3% of the gross of
the film. Are you f-cking kidding me? You know what bothers me more? That Gary
Marshall, the other actors in the film, and the producers, agents and Hollywood
types all thought Julia signing on to the film was some kind of "signal" that
it was okay to sign on. Seriously? Does Julia have that kind of weight in
Hollywood to this day? It's a Gary Marshall romantic comedy, and it's a week of
work. Why wasn't every agent in Hollywood trying to get their actors onto this
film before and regardless of Dame Julia's agreement to deign us with her
screen presence for six whole minutes? Hollywood is run by idiots.]
Yeah, Julia pretty much sucks. It's like watching a squatty little dictator get fat on the throne. She hasn't done anything of merit (or charm) in years; yet she strolls around like she owns the damn town and she's not afraid to rule by terror. Which, apparently, she does. So I guess the joke is on us.
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