Julianne Moore On Being Fired From A Movie

she and director Marielle Heller had different creative opinions

OP it wasn't Marielle Heller who fired her, it was the original director Nicole Holofcener!

Also I did not know this! I'm glad to get the deets, I remember when it was announced she left due to "creative differences" that people were speculating her husband had an affair and she left the movie to try to work on her marriage. Shows how much we know!

I remember when it was announced she left due to "creative differences" that people were speculating her husband had an affair and she left the movie to try to work on her marriage. Shows how much we know!

it's funny how people jump to those conclusions toward women in Hollywood. How dare there be creative differences! My boyfriend works in publicity and the amount of BS that gets put in the media is funny. There's so much shit in Hollywood that goes down but there are so many NDAs. nnn, random but he's been emailing Meryl Streep back and forth for some publicity stuff.

great first comment, thanks for clearing that up

i couldnt imagine marielle heller firing anyone let alone julianne moore. i was also confused how julianne kinda just threw her under the bus like that, but then read your comment and realized she wasnt talking about marielle ooop..

I remember when it was announced she left due to "creative differences" that people were speculating her husband had an affair and she left the movie to try to work on her marriage.

lmao why is this always the default thought when women eave a project in Hollywood?

Nicole also dropped out meaning she probably got fired by the studio. I mean who the fuck fires Julianne Moore amidst production? She got served.

Nicole also dropped out meaning she probably got fired by the studio. I mean who the fuck fires Julianne Moore amidst production?

Not only that but this was fresh off her Oscar win. I really want to hear Holofcener's perspective...

TBH I think it all worked out cause McCarthy was a better fit and Holofcener still became an Oscar nominee through her script AND made an entirely different movie that also came out in 2018 so her career is better than ever.

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well damn.. and this is why i adore her. always honest lol

I love Julianne.

I haven't seen Can You Ever Forgive Me, but I'm curious as to how Julianne's concept of the character differed from that of Nicole's if, as appears to be the case, Melissa's portrayal was in line with what Nicole wanted from the character.

Nicole left the project as well. Marielle Heller directed the movie which means whatever Nicole wanted from the character was not in line with anyone. I mean to fire Juliane Moore amidst pre production is quite an arrogant move.

When I lived in Boston, there was this woman who was always working out of the Starbucks in Brookline when I was doing the same thing. She looked remarkably like Julianne Moore. She was always having these intense phone conversations with someone who could have been an agent. My friend and I finally concluded that she was just an ordinary person a little off her rocker, but there's a 20% it was the real Julianne.

I finally saw this movie and I loved it! It made me want to read the book it’s based off of, and I’m a lazy piece of shit when it comes to reading. Melissa’s acting translates well into drama/serious roles.

I love Julianne Moore so much. Such an honest answer, lol. I got fired two years ago ("released from my contract" ok) and it sucked, I'm still pretty salty about it. So yeah I get that haha

I totally get that. Whenever I've auditioned for something and not been cast, especially if it's a role I really wanted, I can't go see the show. It's just not going to be a good experience for me because I'll spend the whole time comparing what I thought my performance would be to the person who got cast.

i can imagine myself firing Kate Winslet but not Julianne Moore tbh

hahahah

Ouch. I always think being fired from a project like this and seeing it go on to be super successful would be tough.
Like withwith Eric Stolz and Back to the Future or Lisa Kudrow and Frasier, it's got to be so much worse to start shooting something and get fired because they just don't like you. It's a more thorough rejection than if you just had a bad audition on an off day. At least if there is lateness or erratic behaviour like a Lindsay it's less personal.
Maybe I'm too sensitif but to have told people I got the part, created a character and be well into the rehearsal process that would be enough to have me step back for at least a few months even if I was Julliane Moore.
How are you supposed to get your hopes up for the next role knowing that the same could happen again?

it's got to be so much worse to start shooting something and get fired because they just don't like you.

I think it was Kerry Washington who said that the only two pilots she filmed before Scandal both went to series and she got fired off of both of them. Major ouch!

Also the worst, worst, WORST story I ever heard about an actor getting screwed was on The Thin Red Line. So I watched that movie and Adrian Brody has a tiny, tiny part in it like basically a glorified extra but his acting is so weird. I distinctly remember thinking "Why is he dramatically acting like the lead when he's barely in this?" So I'm a huge movie nerd and after I watch movies I like to look up trivia and it turns out that Brody WAS the lead of the movie. He was the lead in the initial script, he was the lead while they were filming, he got a Vanity Fair cover and it was supposed to be his big break out film and then he went to watch it and Terrence Malick had completely recut it so it was about Jim Cavaziel's character and he was barely in it at all. I can't even imagine how shitty that would feel.

But Malick is now notorious for doing that. Christopher Plummer also said that while he shot The New World with Terrence Malick he had this big dramatic monologue and in the actual movie it's faint background noise while the screen is showing some trees or something.

...I'm glad Adrian Brody is such a douche, otherwise I'd feel super bad for him after reading this story.

I'm dying at that Adrian Brody story. Now I want to hunt down that Vanity Fair issue

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It's hilarious to me how some actors love Malick's weird style and others just are not having it. Plummer was so pissed about The New World; I loved how he went off on him and said he'd never work with him again, lmao.

i lol'd @ christopher plummer's story, that's some major A+ trolling from malick's part.

I remember Sean Penn was supposed to have a more significant role in the tree of life. When he watched the movie he lowkey trashed the edit. Saying something like the script was where the real story was, and that the actual movie was confusing. Whatever i always wanted to skip his part in the movie anyway 😂

Rachel Dratch being replace by Jane Krakowski on 30 Rock and having to still be on that show but to a more minor part and seeing all the mock promos she shot but with jane krakowski wearing the same exact dress she wore

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Stuart Townsend was originally cast as Aragorn in Lord of the Rings, and was then fired a day before principal photography began

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I just love her

That's wild, I had no idea about this. I can't imagine anyone but Melissa McCarthy in that role.

Damn just outright fired? Once an actor gets pass the auditioning phase, you would think they were untouchable (unless they pulled a Lindsay, RDJ, etc.).

director got fired as well so that should tell you how studio felt about her completely unorthodox decision.

noooo actors are never untouchable- unless they're also producers on the project they're doing they have NO power.

actors can get fired at any stage- I've seen them get fired after table reads, during filming, AFTER filming (pilots), cut from films entirely... it is BRUTAL.

I always feel bad for actors whose pilot gets picked up but then their part is recast, that has to sting.

And the cut entirely reminds me of when Alison Lohman shaved her head for Dragonfly and then her part was cut.

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I feel like the filming a pilot and then getting re-cast is pretty common

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Some actors sometimes no matter how “talented” they are just aren’t right for the role. Pure and simple, not everyone is interchangeable.

Melissa did a great job and I’m glad she and Richard were recognized for it.

Julianne is a force of an actress, but Melissa was perfect, so maybe it was just a matter that they got excited about Moore's name... but she just wasn't the right choice.

nope. screenwriter/director was let go as well which means that the studio and the execs did not agree with her vision and julianne's firing.

well... then wouldn't they have rehired Julianne under the new director?

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Oh whoa! I was actually really curious about why she left so it's interesting to actually find out!

I loved Melissa in the movie though

I can't stand JM's clench-mouthed acting at all.

I'm glad Melissa was the replacement because a) I wouldn't have seen it otherwise b) she did a wonderful job
I'm happy she got Oscar nommed- hope she wins one before Steven Carell!

She played a very unlikeable character so well and in a way that made u feel for her too. Like when her cat died, I cried

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