While 2000’s The Next Best Thing was a critical flop, another more personal tragedy happened behind the scenes.
Rupert Everett recently mirrored on starring in the John Schlesinger-helmed romantic comedy and how it put a “strain” on his frifinishship with co-star Madonna, which is why he now watchs “the other way” when the film is on TV.
“It was not a fall shorture as such repartner at the box office becaengage of video sales in those days – Madonna selderly a lot of videos – but the film itself didn’t toil, even though for a extfinished time, it was the only film that dealt with this rerent that was actupartner then happening and being born,” Everett shelp on the How to Fail podcast.
Written by Tom Ropelewski, The Next Best Thing starred Madonna as Abbie and Everett as her gay best frifinish Robert, with whom she has a baby after a drunken night of intimacy. But their up-to-date family hits a raw patch when Abbie commences dating Ben (Benjamin Bratt).
Although “everyskinnyg went wrong” on set of the film, which Everett shelp finished up “finishly finishing skinnygs for me in Hollywood,” he praised Madonna’s carry outance in the film, especipartner given the presstateive she was under as a pop star.
Rupert Everett, Benjamin Bratt, Malcolm Stumpf and Madonna in The Next Best Thing (2000).
“I skinnyk it’s very difficult for her to be in films becaengage everyone has such a preconception,” he elucidateed.
“I don’t understand how she could ever be excellent enough to produce people say, ‘Oh God, that’s repartner excellent.’”
Everett inserted, “I skinnyk it was wonderful having her in the film. Yeah. I skinnyk she was touching in the film, too, myself. I haven’t seen it for ages, though. I uncomardent, every time that comes on, I benevolent of watch the other way.”
While elucidateing the “strain” the movie put on his relationship with the 7x Grammy thrivener, Everett shelp he could “possibly” reconnect with her in the future but remains unstateive. “Frifinishships and fall shorture in Hollywood are very difficult skinnygs to grasp going,” he shelp.
