Whereas 2000’s The Subsequent Greatest Factor was a vital flop, one other extra private tragedy occurred behind the scenes.
Rupert Everett just lately mirrored on starring within the John Schlesinger-helmed romantic comedy and the way it put a “pressure” on his friendship with co-star Madonna, which is why he now appears to be like “the opposite manner” when the movie is on TV.
“It was not a failure as such actually on the field workplace due to video gross sales in these days – Madonna offered a variety of movies – however the movie itself didn’t work, though for a very long time, it was the one movie that handled this problem that was really then taking place and being born,” Everett mentioned on the Find out how to Fail podcast.
Written by Tom Ropelewski, The Subsequent Greatest Factor starred Madonna as Abbie and Everett as her homosexual finest buddy Robert, with whom she has a child after a drunken evening of intimacy. However their fashionable household hits a tough patch when Abbie begins courting Ben (Benjamin Bratt).
Though “every part went unsuitable” on set of the movie, which Everett mentioned ended up “utterly ending issues for me in Hollywood,” he praised Madonna’s efficiency within the movie, particularly given the strain she was beneath as a pop star.
Rupert Everett, Benjamin Bratt, Malcolm Stumpf and Madonna in The Subsequent Greatest Factor (2000).
“I feel it’s very tough for her to be in movies as a result of everybody has such a preconception,” he defined.
“I don’t understand how she may ever be adequate to make individuals say, ‘Oh God, that’s actually good.’”
Everett added, “I feel it was nice having her within the movie. Yeah. I feel she was touching within the movie, too, myself. I haven’t seen it for ages, although. I imply, each time that comes on, I sort of look the opposite manner.”
Whereas explaining the “pressure” the film placed on his relationship with the 7x Grammy winner, Everett mentioned he may “probably” reconnect along with her sooner or later however stays uncertain. “Friendships and failure in Hollywood are very tough issues to maintain going,” he mentioned.
