^Jennifer sells, for whatever reason, put her in a romcom movie and even if it does poorly the magazines that are now owned by the same parent company has a new reason to sell the brad/jen/angie rehash again. So even if the movie flops, the mags recoup the cost. Win Win.

She's the Taylor Swift of film

I don't get it, the Bounty Hunter costed 40 million and made 136 million worldwide, The Switch costed 19 million and made 47 million and the lists continues.....

You can criticize her for taking save rolls, but her movies are making big profits, so saying her movies flop is just stupid.

I don't really see it as sour grapes that he mentioned Jennifer specifically because I think she's the MOST obvious example of an "A-List" actor who is neither exceptionally talented or particularly bankable YET keeps getting paid big bucks for high profile projects that flop. Why wouldn't he mention her by name? Shit, part of the problem is that insiders are too busy playing the game to call a spade a spade.

Another thing, what I posted reads like an excerpt or something so maybe he went into greater detail on the issue and it's just not here. Not like a media publication would purposely focus on the most salacious comment and omit anything that may have tempered his statement. There are only four sentences from Rupert in the article so clearly he said more in the audio interview that wasn't included in this article.

Regardless, there are LOTS of more talented, personable actors out there but for some reason JA keeps working and she's neither talented or the least bit interesting IMO. Something about her acting really grates my nerves. I just don't get it.

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robertlove said:

I don't get it, the Bounty Hunter costed 40 million and made 136 million worldwide, The Switch costed 19 million and made 47 million and the lists continues.....

You can criticize her for taking save rolls, but her movies are making big profits, so saying her movies flop is just stupid.

Really? Then why's the press always calling her movies flops? I don't follow her career or watch her movies but it certainly FEELS like she's releasing flop after flop.

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

SCNDLS said:

Don't expect Rupert Everett to work with Jennifer Aniston any time soon -- especially if she makes another "tasteless rom-com."

In an interview with BBC Radio 4, the actor said that certain stars retain A-list status despite underperforming at the box office, and used Aniston to illustrate his point.

"If you look and analyze the careers of many, many stars, you'll find that they're mostly sustained by the business," Everett said. "You'll find there's lots of women and lots of men in the business that the powers that be decide are right for their business, and they'll stand with them for quite a long time.

"OK, something will go wrong, like Jennifer Aniston will have one too many total flops, but she's still a member of that club," Everett continued. "And she will still manage to -- like a star forming in the universe, things will swirl around her and it will suddenly solidify into another vital tasteless rom-com, a little glitter next to the Crab Nebula."

Since Friends ended in 2004, Aniston has starred in such flops as Derailed, Rumor Has It..., Love Happens, The Bounty Hunter and this summer's The Switch. Her box-office hits were The Break-Up, Marley & Me and the ensemble flick He's Just Not That Into You.

Her next movie? The Adam Sandler romantic comedy Just Go With It, due out Feb. 11, her 42nd birthday.

But Aniston isn't the only one Everett took issue with: The My Best Friend's Wedding star also called out Colin Firth's performance in Mamma Mia!

"Colin Firth -- I don't think was at all good in Mamma Mia! I would have thought it was almost a career-icide," Everett said. "On the other hand, I think his [Oscar-nominated] performance in A Single Man was the best performance of his life."

I heard the audio through a link on HP. He actually said, "Crap Nebula".

That certainly how I read it the first time. I couldn't believe he'd leave such an easy pun out there.

SCNDLS said:

robertlove said:

I don't get it, the Bounty Hunter costed 40 million and made 136 million worldwide, The Switch costed 19 million and made 47 million and the lists continues.....

You can criticize her for taking save rolls, but her movies are making big profits, so saying her movies flop is just stupid.

Really? Then why's the press always calling her movies flops? I don't follow her career or watch her movies but it certainly FEELS like she's releasing flop after flop.

Here's the link for her movies:

http://www.boxofficemojo....niston.htm

The figures on the main page are US only, click on a movie to see the worldwide gross....you can also see the production budget...

i hardly see any flops...her lifetime gross is over 1 billion for the US alone...what are you people talking about! LOL!

[Edited 12/31/10 9:19am]

I just did the box office mojo scan myself and I have to agree. Nearly all of her movies with a listed production budget (both major studio and indie) have grossed at least twice that budget (and that's actually right around the point where studios start making money). Some of them have made much more. And that doesn't even take into acount rental and sales revenue, which is where the studios often make their profits these days. So now Rupert REALLY looks like a douche face.

BklynBabe said:

But I can concur that she is not "all dat" as an actress

N I think she quite aware and fine with that.

It might be tasteless and bland, but it's made her rich. The Hollywood machine finds her bankable. And, that's coming years after the press made much about what seemed her initial trouble making the transition from TV (and she had a successful run there, between her soap career and "Friends").

And, I seem to recall her performance in "The Good Girl" being well-received.

I'm still not a fan of hers. She comes off, fairly or not, less than smart to me. And, her performances usually reinforce that impression.

But, she's America's golden girl, when it comes to movies. Make no mistake. Hollywood likes predictable and safe. It's a business.

DesireeNevermind said:

Oh Please! Rupert? When is the last time that dude had a box office hit?

Ok so lemme get this straight....3 out of her 7 movies were hits. Um...what's wrong with that score? Who wouldn't want 3 million out of 7 million dollars for example? I personally liked Derailed and The Break Up. She may not have much range but consider that Julia Roberts was once in the same boat as well as Tom Cruise. Jennifer did get an Oscar nod for The Good Girl or whatever it was called. Maybe she hasn't found the right role to showcase her drammatic talent but in the meantime she still gotta work and pay her bills.

I think part of the issue is that Jennifer Aniston has been typecast as this all-American good girl, so the roles she ends up getting are basically extensions of her character in Friends. I would say that she's not so much a bad actress as one that hasn't really attempted to stretch her abilities, save from her early roles in horror movies like Leprechaun.

Tom Cruise was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor for his performance in Born On The Fourth Of July a long time ago, But he has the same issues as Jennifer Aniston, as his movie roles are mostly extensions of his own personality. Outside of that, his only really noteworthy performance was when he dressed up in makeup and a fatsuit to play Les Grossman in Tropic Thunder. It was also the first time we saw Tom Cruise in a funny role.

As for Julia Roberts, she started out her career doing various character roles, but she ended up being typecast after her breakout performance in Pretty Woman. It appeared that nearly all of her movie roles for the next ten years had her either in romantic comedies or playing the sweet damsel in distress ala Sleeping With The Enemy or The Pelican Brief. It wasn't until she did Erin Brockovich that people realized she had range and could play someone strong and sassy.

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^ I saw Erin B and I don't think Julia deserved an oscar. Nomination? Yeah. Win? Nah.

agree with everything else you said. They are all one note actors who hit a one time peak and actually displayed some real talent.

Rupert Everett makes me sick.He's always whining and bitching about something.Instead of dissing Jennifer Aniston (or any other celebrity),he needs to focus on his own declining "career" He's become a bitter,annoying has-been.

JustErin said:

First rule on getting publicity. When you're not getting any, trash someone more famous than you.

Same old, same old.

He does this alot and it's getting tired.

SoulAlive said:

Rupert Everett makes me sick.He's always whining and bitching about something.Instead of dissing Jennifer Aniston (or any other celebrity),he needs to focus on his own declining "career" He's become a bitter,annoying has-been.

He sounds like it's "sour grapes". Mr. Everett made some nice films ealier in his career but I don't know many actors who compare themselves (Colin Firth) to fellow actors; one would hope you'd think your talent are "yours" and unique. Even so his depth in terms of the craft, isn't all of that either. Look, the quality of movies, scripts, and actors all seem inferior, to me. The only person I check for these days is, Philip Seymour Hoffman.

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SCNDLS said:

robertlove said:

I don't get it, the Bounty Hunter costed 40 million and made 136 million worldwide, The Switch costed 19 million and made 47 million and the lists continues.....

You can criticize her for taking save rolls, but her movies are making big profits, so saying her movies flop is just stupid.

Really? Then why's the press always calling her movies flops? I don't follow her career or watch her movies but it certainly FEELS like she's releasing flop after flop.

the critics never like them, they are too "lowbrow"

robertlove said:

SCNDLS said:

Really? Then why's the press always calling her movies flops? I don't follow her career or watch her movies but it certainly FEELS like she's releasing flop after flop.

Here's the link for her movies:

http://www.boxofficemojo....niston.htm

The figures on the main page are US only, click on a movie to see the worldwide gross....you can also see the production budget...

i hardly see any flops...her lifetime gross is over 1 billion for the US alone...what are you people talking about! LOL!

[Edited 12/31/10 9:19am]

You have to click on each name of the movies to see their production budgets. The only one that made any serious money over the cost of production was Bruce Almighty and that had way more to do with Jim Carey than it did Jennifer Aniston. I didn't even know she was in that until I saw it on cable late one night.

The movies where I don't believe they broke even between production costs and gross sales, conveniently have the production costs listed as N/A.

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

robertlove said:

Here's the link for her movies:

http://www.boxofficemojo....niston.htm

The figures on the main page are US only, click on a movie to see the worldwide gross....you can also see the production budget...

i hardly see any flops...her lifetime gross is over 1 billion for the US alone...what are you people talking about! LOL!

[Edited 12/31/10 9:19am]

You have to click on each name of the movies to see their production budgets. The only one that made any serious money over the cost of production was Bruce Almighty and that had way more to do with Jim Carey than it did Jennifer Aniston. I didn't even know she was in that until I saw it on cable late one night.

The movies where I don't believe they broke even between production costs and gross sales, conveniently have the production costs listed as N/A.

Nonsense. Factually incorrect. Like, 100% incorrect. What figures are you looking at? Are you just pretending that the rest of the worlds money doesn't exist? It does, and it's worth more than ours, actually. And Rupert ain't from here, anyway.

All of these totals are before video sales and rentals or licensing to Netflix, cable and network tv. All of which are hugely profitable for studios.

Also, as I mentioned before, most movies become profitable at around twice their budget (because of theaters taking part of the gross, promotion costs and the cost to print and ship reels of film all over the world).

The Switch - $19 m budget, $47 m worldwide

The Bounty Hunter - $40 m budget, $136 m worldwide

Love Happens - $18 m budget, $36 m worldwide

He's Just Not That Into You - N/A budget, $178 m worldwide

Marley & Me - N/A budget, $242 m worldwide you really believe those movies didn't make money? That is huge money. Some studios just don't supply budgetary figures.

The Break-Up - $52 m budget, $204 m worldwide

Friends With Money - $6.5 m budget, $18 m worldwide

Rumor Has It - N/A budget, $88 m worldwide

Derailed - $22 m budget, $55 m worldwide

Along Came Polly - $42 m budget, $171 m worldwide

Bruce Almighty - You wanna leave this out, cool

The Good Girl - $8 m budget, $16 m worldwide

Rock Star - $57 m budget, $19 m worldwide - her fault, or does this get a pass because it's actually a crap ass Mark Wahlberg movie?

That string of movies right there makes her one of the most bankable women in Hollywood. Much bigger stars than her make movies that lose money on a yearly basis. Check the weekend grosses at BOM on a regular basis and look at how many movies never come close to making back their budgets, let alone doubling them. And Bruce Almighty is one of highest grossing films of all time (number 66 in the US, 148 worldwide), so comparing all but a very few films to that one is going to cause all others to fall short. Hate Jennifer Aniston if you like, but she IS a bankable star and Rupert Everet WAS talking out his ass.

Cerebus said:

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

You have to click on each name of the movies to see their production budgets. The only one that made any serious money over the cost of production was Bruce Almighty and that had way more to do with Jim Carey than it did Jennifer Aniston. I didn't even know she was in that until I saw it on cable late one night.

The movies where I don't believe they broke even between production costs and gross sales, conveniently have the production costs listed as N/A.

Nonsense. Factually incorrect. Like, 100% incorrect. What figures are you looking at? Are you just pretending that the rest of the worlds money doesn't exist? It does, and it's worth more than ours, actually. And Rupert ain't from here, anyway.

All of these totals are before video sales and rentals or licensing to Netflix, cable and network tv. All of which are hugely profitable for studios.

Also, as I mentioned before, most movies become profitable at around twice their budget (because of theaters taking part of the gross, promotion costs and the cost to print and ship reels of film all over the world).

The Switch - $19 m budget, $47 m worldwide

The Bounty Hunter - $40 m budget, $136 m worldwide

Love Happens - $18 m budget, $36 m worldwide

He's Just Not That Into You - N/A budget, $178 m worldwide

Marley & Me - N/A budget, $242 m worldwide you really believe those movies didn't make money? That is huge money. Some studios just don't supply budgetary figures.

The Break-Up - $52 m budget, $204 m worldwide

Friends With Money - $6.5 m budget, $18 m worldwide

Rumor Has It - N/A budget, $88 m worldwide

Derailed - $22 m budget, $55 m worldwide

Along Came Polly - $42 m budget, $171 m worldwide

Bruce Almighty - You wanna leave this out, cool

The Good Girl - $8 m budget, $16 m worldwide

Rock Star - $57 m budget, $19 m worldwide - her fault, or does this get a pass because it's actually a crap ass Mark Wahlberg movie?

That string of movies right there makes her one of the most bankable women in Hollywood. Much bigger stars than her make movies that lose money on a yearly basis. Check the weekend grosses at BOM on a regular basis and look at how many movies never come close to making back their budgets, let alone doubling them. And Bruce Almighty is one of highest grossing films of all time (number 66 in the US, 148 worldwide), so comparing all but a very few films to that one is going to cause all others to fall short. Hate Jennifer Aniston if you like, but she IS a bankable star and Rupert Everet WAS talking out his ass.

Actually, I did just look at the US numbers. My bad. I'm an American. Forgetting that we aren't the only people in this world is just something we tend to do.

I also actually did think that Rupert Everet WAS only talking out of his ass. However, looking at all the numbers...worldwide. I now see his point.

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

Cerebus said:

Nonsense. Factually incorrect. Like, 100% incorrect. What figures are you looking at? Are you just pretending that the rest of the worlds money doesn't exist? It does, and it's worth more than ours, actually. And Rupert ain't from here, anyway.

All of these totals are before video sales and rentals or licensing to Netflix, cable and network tv. All of which are hugely profitable for studios.

Also, as I mentioned before, most movies become profitable at around twice their budget (because of theaters taking part of the gross, promotion costs and the cost to print and ship reels of film all over the world).

The Switch - $19 m budget, $47 m worldwide

The Bounty Hunter - $40 m budget, $136 m worldwide

Love Happens - $18 m budget, $36 m worldwide

He's Just Not That Into You - N/A budget, $178 m worldwide

Marley & Me - N/A budget, $242 m worldwide you really believe those movies didn't make money? That is huge money. Some studios just don't supply budgetary figures.

The Break-Up - $52 m budget, $204 m worldwide

Friends With Money - $6.5 m budget, $18 m worldwide

Rumor Has It - N/A budget, $88 m worldwide

Derailed - $22 m budget, $55 m worldwide

Along Came Polly - $42 m budget, $171 m worldwide

Bruce Almighty - You wanna leave this out, cool

The Good Girl - $8 m budget, $16 m worldwide

Rock Star - $57 m budget, $19 m worldwide - her fault, or does this get a pass because it's actually a crap ass Mark Wahlberg movie?

That string of movies right there makes her one of the most bankable women in Hollywood. Much bigger stars than her make movies that lose money on a yearly basis. Check the weekend grosses at BOM on a regular basis and look at how many movies never come close to making back their budgets, let alone doubling them. And Bruce Almighty is one of highest grossing films of all time (number 66 in the US, 148 worldwide), so comparing all but a very few films to that one is going to cause all others to fall short. Hate Jennifer Aniston if you like, but she IS a bankable star and Rupert Everet WAS talking out his ass.

Actually, I did just look at the US numbers. My bad. I'm an American. Forgetting that we aren't the only people in this world is just something we tend to do.

I also actually did think that Rupert Everet WAS only talking out of his ass. However, looking at all the numbers...worldwide. I now see his point.

He has no point. He's FACTUALLY incorrect.

meh. it worked. why else would we be talking about Rupert Everett?

whistle said:

meh. it worked. why else would we be talking about Rupert Everett?

Well, in truth we're talking an awful lot about both of them. But you're totally right. Damn it!

rupert used to be cute before his surgery

Cerebus said:

whistle said:

meh. it worked. why else would we be talking about Rupert Everett?

Well, in truth we're talking an awful lot about both of them. But you're totally right. Damn it!

Just so we're clear... damn it that we're talking about Rupert... not that you're right.

One of the worst movies I've ever seen is the one staring Rupert and Madonna.

I wonder what he thinks of Tyler Perry. Talk about dreadful skills being sustained by the Universe around him.

2 St Ninians movies Rupert?

DesireeNevermind said:

purpledoveuk said:

He lost any ounce of credibility when he walked out of Celebrity Aprentice because he claimed he couldn't talk to people unless the words were written down for him like a script.

This season of Celeb Apprentice? Wha?????

nah,it was for Comic Relief a few years ago....he walked out on it because his team wanted him to do the talking....and he said he couldnt do it...the rest of the team pointed out that he was an actor,it was his job and this was all for charity but he walked anyway because he could only say things if they were written down and HE DIDNT LIKE BEING ON CAMERA!!!!

All after just 1 day