Julia Roberts Turned Down Rom-Coms for 20 Years Because a Good Script ‘Didn’t Exist’
variety.comZack Sharf When the Julia Roberts and George Clooney-starring “Ticket to Paradise” opens in theaters later this year, it will mark Roberts’ first time leading a romantic comedy in just over 20 years.
The genre made Roberts a global superstar in the 1990s, from her Oscar-nominated performance in “Pretty Women” to rom-com classics “My Best Friend’s Wedding” and “Notting Hill,” among others.
One would have to go all the way back to 2001’s “American Sweethearts” for the last traditional rom-com led by Roberts (she had small roles in the ensemble rom-coms “Valentine’s Day” and “Mother’s Day,” plus turns in romance dramas like “Eat Pray Love” and romance crime movies such as “Duplicity”).Why the two-decade wait for another Roberts rom-com?
As the actor recently told The New York Times, she was never purposefully avoiding the genre that made her a superstar. Quite the contrary.
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