How Julia Roberts cleared a path for Frances McDormand to play the 1990 role she’d come to regret
“It didn’t work”.

Julia Roberts is an American actor and producer whose charisma, versatility and enduring popularity have made her one of the most successful and influential stars in Hollywood history. Rising to international fame with ‘Pretty Woman’, Roberts became the defining romantic comedy actor of the 1990s before earning widespread critical acclaim for dramatic performances in films including ‘Erin Brockovich’, ‘Closer’, ‘August: Osage County’ and ‘Leave the World Behind’. She has also starred in acclaimed films such as ‘Steel Magnolias’, ‘My Best Friend’s Wedding’, ‘Notting Hill’ and ‘Ocean’s Eleven’. An Academy Award winner and one of the highest-paid actors of all time, Roberts remains one of cinema’s most recognisable and celebrated performers.
He called out a false support.
Veterans of rock, funk and jamming out.
So unprofessional it left him furious.
She loved the book it was based on.
Calm down, Jared Leto.
Convinced by the director’s vision and previous films.