American actress Julia Roberts, who ruled the romantic comedy scene in the 90s, is returning to the genre after a gap of 20 years with 'Ticket to Paradise' opposite George Clooney.
The 'Notting Hill' star said she avoided the genre for almost two decades because there were no scripts that matched the level of her famous films like 'Pretty Woman' or 'My Best Friend's Wedding'.
Other than her brief appearances in ensemble rom-com 'Valentine's Day' and 'Mother's Day' and romance drama 'Eat Pray Love', the actor's last rom-com outing was 2001's 'America's Sweethearts.'
Roberts, 54, told The New York Times that she was not avoiding the genre, it's just that good scripts did not come her way.
바카라People sometimes misconstrue the amount of time that바카라s gone by that I haven바카라t done a romantic comedy as my not wanting to do one,바카라 Roberts said.
바카라If I had read something that I thought was that 바카라Notting Hill바카라 level of writing or 바카라My Best Friend바카라s Wedding바카라 level of madcap fun, I would do it. They didn바카라t exist until this movie that I just did that Ol Parker wrote and directed.바카라
Roberts said she would have said no to 'Ticket to Paradise' if it was not for Clooney, 60, her co-star in films such as 'Ocean's Eleven' and 'Money Monster'.
She thought the film worked only with Clooney.
바카라Lo and behold, George felt it only worked with me. Somehow we were both able to do it, and off we went,바카라 Roberts said about returning to the genre.
When asked by NYT if she avoided romantic comedies for 20 years because 바카라there wasn바카라t a single good script, not one,바카라 Roberts answered, 바카라Yeah.바카라
바카라Here바카라s the thing: If I바카라d thought something was good enough, I would have done it,바카라 Roberts said.
바카라But I also had three kids in the last 18 years. That raises the bar even more because then it바카라s not only 바카라Is this material good?바카라 It바카라s also the math equation of my husband바카라s work schedule and the kids바카라 school schedule and summer vacation. It바카라s not just, 바카라Oh, I think I want to do this.바카라 I have a sense of great pride in being home with my family and considering myself a homemaker.바카라
The actor, who is married to cinematographer Daniel Moder, said she felt a sense of responsibility with her children as they get older.
바카라As they get older, and particularly with my daughter, I do have a sense of responsibility for showing my children that I can be creative and that it바카라s meaningful to me 바카라 so meaningful that for periods of time I will choose to focus on that almost more than my family, which has been hard for me to come to terms with.바카라
In the NYT interview, Roberts also debunked one of the long-standing rumours about her iconic smile being insured for USD 30 million.
바카라No. What am I insuring it against? How would you do that? 바카라 I mean, if my smile was insured, there would be someone at my house on a nightly basis saying, 바카라You need to floss longer.'바카라
[With Inputs From PTI]
