In the new Julia Roberts movie "Duplicity," the actress' character faces a central dilemma: Should the star spy hang it up or jump back in the game for a big payday?
You'd be hard-pressed to find a better metaphor for the A-lister's don't-call-it-a-comeback career comeback.
Those close to Roberts say the star was hardly thinking of it that way when she signed on to "Duplicity" several years ago. It was just a script she happened to like, and it came with the opportunity to work with writer-director Tony Gilroy.
But the Roberts-Clive Owen starrer essentially has turned into a comeback for the 41-year-old-actress, who has cut back her work schedule in recent years to concentrate on her family. Because of that curtailment in her once-busy schedule, observers say the performance of Roberts' latest pic -- a Universal release -- will be closely watched this weekend.
Although she was praised...
You'd be hard-pressed to find a better metaphor for the A-lister's don't-call-it-a-comeback career comeback.
Those close to Roberts say the star was hardly thinking of it that way when she signed on to "Duplicity" several years ago. It was just a script she happened to like, and it came with the opportunity to work with writer-director Tony Gilroy.
But the Roberts-Clive Owen starrer essentially has turned into a comeback for the 41-year-old-actress, who has cut back her work schedule in recent years to concentrate on her family. Because of that curtailment in her once-busy schedule, observers say the performance of Roberts' latest pic -- a Universal release -- will be closely watched this weekend.
Although she was praised...
- 3/17/2009
- by By Steven Zeitchik
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Hollywood star Julia Roberts has signed up produce and play the lead role in a movie about a murdered British conservationist. The actress will star as Joan Root, an award-winning wildlife documentary maker who was shot in her bed in Kenya last year. The killing was believed to have been suspicious, with local police investigating whether she was killed by a opportunist thief, or assassinated by those who objected to her conservation work. Tim Bevan, of Working Title Films, insists he is "delighted" by Roberts' involvement with the project, and adds, "We are thrilled to be making a film about such a courageous, adventurous and passionate woman." Filming on the as yet untitled film is slated to begin filming in Africa next year.
- 5/22/2007
- WENN
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