Julia Roberts has admitted that there is an actress who deeply intimidates her.
She is the Oscar-winner’s After The Hunt costar Chloe Sevigny.
The Pretty Woman actress described to Variety how she felt when first meeting the acclaimed New Yorker.
‘I was so excited and intimidated about meeting Chloe,’ shared the 57-year-old Roberts.
‘And when we were at my house, we’re all sitting around the kitchen table, and [Julia’s daughter] Hazel was making herself some lunch, and we’re talking about the material and rehearsing.
‘Allan [Mandelbaum], our producer, he came in, and he goes, “Chloe should just be here in a couple minutes.” And I look up, and Ayo [Edebiri] looks up, and we match eyes.
‘Luca [Guadagnino] goes, “What?” And I go, “I’m scared.” And Ayo goes, “Me too.” And Hazel goes, “I’m leaving.” And then, like a minute later, the doorbell rang, and Hazel goes, “I’m leaving through the garage.” And truly we were so excited and intimidated.’
Julia Roberts has admitted that there is an actress who deeply intimidates her. She is the Oscar-winner’s After the Hunt costar Chloe Sevigny
The Pretty Woman actress described to Variety how she felt when first meeting the New Yorker. ‘I was so excited and intimidated about meeting Chloe,’ shared Roberts
During the group Variety interview, Sevigny even made Roberts cry.
The waterworks began when Savigny said she grew to really admire Roberts.
Sevigny said, ‘Can I say when we left, I needed more Julia. On the plane ride home, I watched, like, three of your movies. I just wanted more! Notting Hill, My Best Friend’s Wedding and I can’t remember the third. But I was like, “I just want more Julia!”’
That was when Roberts actually teared up.
Sevigny added, ‘I was like, “I’m not ready to say goodbye.” Luckily there’s a whole canon I can go home and keep watching.
‘I mean, I felt close to her the first time I met her. But she invited us to her home for rehearsals, and we stayed in her beach house. And she was just very giving and generous.’
The director also touched on Roberts’ warm nature.
‘You have to know something about Julia. She’s an incredible cook. She does an amazing salmon, but she also does an incredible banana bread,’ he said..
Sevigny goes in for a kiss with Roberts during the After The Hunt premiere at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival on August 29
(L-R) Andrew Garfield, Luca Guadagnino, Roberts, Ayo Edebiri and Sevigny
Roberts added she also makes French toast.
Guadagnino then said, ‘Julia is, like, amazing. She’s a friend, she’s a mother, she cares for people. Spending time with her in their private life is amazing. Being in the house is amazing. Doing things with Julia is amazing.
‘And then she shows up on set. And the day after, she knows every single person in the crew’s name, and it’s not an affectation. She’s actually curious. She wants to know. You knew every single person before I did.’
Roberts then noted that it was not easy for her to get into character for her new film.
‘The hardest part for me was not being sympathetic and empathetic,’ said the movie icon.
Roberts, left, as a blonde and Sevigny with a brunette wig, right
Stuhlbarg, Edebiri, Roberts, Sevigny and Garfield in Venice on August 29
‘For me as a person, it’s like, “Oh, how can I hold her?” And she was not to be held. This was not the time. I have a very hen-like personality; I want to gather, and I want to feed and care. And she’s just the opposite of every instinct I’ve ever had in my life.
In the end it was ‘really exhausting’ for Roberts.
‘The mental gymnastics of the way she lives her life is very unfamiliar to me. So having Luca keep me on the right rails at all times. And then, it’s a playground.’
Then she complimented another costar: ‘I don’t mean to single you out, Michael, but I go into these scenes with Michael, and I just turn to Luca and I’m like, “Are you f***ing kidding me?” What he’s doing is so unexpected and original, and I’m just watching him. I’m not even in the scene anymore, because it’s so fucking unreal what you’re doing right now.’
