Gwyneth Paltrow nearly turned the role that won her an Oscar because of her rough breakup withBrad Pitt.
Paltrow, 46, scored a Best Actress Academy Award in 1999 forShakespeare in Love— but the actress says her broken heart initially caused her to reject the role.
“The movie had many iterations. Julia Roberts was going to do it for a long time, and then that version fell apart. It ended up in Miramax, and I was the first person they offered it to,” Paltrow toldVariety.
“I was in the middle of a terrible breakup [with Pitt] and the idea of going to England and being far from home just seemed… I didn’t even read it. I was just like, ‘I can’t read anything right now. I’m having a really hard time.’”
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Pitt, 55, and the Goop mogul were engaged in December 1996, and went their separate ways in 1997.
Paltrow has since recalled their time together fondly, telling Howard Stern in May that Pittonce threatenedHarvey Weinstein after the disgraced producer allegedly made a pass at her.
Paltrow first opened up about her experience in aNew York Timesreport, adding her name to a long list of women who have accused Weinstein of sexual harassment. Weinstein has denied the allegations of nonconsensual sex and retaliation.
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The actress alsojoked on Instagramlast month that all of Pitt’s exes do their best to emulate his style.
“Or we like to look like him, let’s face it,” she wrote on a post bearing the headline, “Brad: The man who likes to look like his girlfriend.”
As for her famousShakespearerole, Paltrow toldVarietythat once she actually got around to reading the script, she was sold, despite an agent who told her it was “more of a guy’s part.”
“I just couldn’t put it down,” she said. “It was perfect.”
source: people.com
