Rupert Everett: Hollywood Is Like Al-Qaeda

British movie star Rupert Everett has continued his critique of Hollywood days after bashing Hollywood heavyweights such as George Clooney, Diane Keaton, Al Pacino, and others as "parodies of themselves."

In an interview with The Times, Everett tells interviewer Ben Hoyle:
"Hollywood is a place that pretends it's very liberal but it's not remotely. It's like Al-Qaeda."

Everett, who is openly gay, says he has lost "tons" of roles do to his sexuality. Playing the voice of Prince Charming in "Shrek" is "a role I would never get in a live-action film."

He later says making movies in Hollywood is "like being in Afghanistan."

"The treatment of women there is quite extraordinary. If you compare being a 70 year old woman to a 70 year old man, the old woman will maybe get to play a grandmother. The old man will do a film with a 20 year old girl (opposite him).

"On abortion, (the studios) are for it in private because they don't want actresses to clog up their schedules (by taking time off to have babies). But in films, if you get pregnant you have to keep the baby and end up with the man.

Rather than name names to bash in his latest interview, Everett cites only one specific example of Hollywood's double standards

"A 50 year old male drug addict will be supported. Everyone feels enormous compassion for them. Without naming names, female alcoholics and drug addicts are absolutely rejected. It's not accepted.

"No one suggests that Robert Downey Jr (who went to prison twice while battling drink and drug problems) was really that crazy whereas Britney Spears is almost witch hunted."

Everett is promoting his role as a headmistress in "St. Trinian's"

Comments

[djg55555]

"he has lost "tons" of roles do to his sexuality"

Who edits this? It's "due to his..."

Another example of the dumbing down of America.

[Ginzaman]

If it's so f****d up, then why does he keep making films?

[Bulbul]

Comments aside, Rupert is one rare actor these days with that chiseled masculine facial features, almost perfect !
Then one blogger here stated he got cosmetic surgery very recently , why oh why ?

Anyways no reason to hyperventilate on his remarks which may or may not be true !
After all he did not attack Will Smith, who is the best these days.

[seekanddestroy]

I'll ask this question again... is Rupert sick? I'm not joking, he looks horrible.

[gulopartisan]

Well, I confess. Hollywood is has convinced me. Rupert Everett is a flaming asshole. I don't particularly want to hear his explanation of how "sexuality challenged" Ian McKellan keeps getting roles Rup isn't big enough for....

[shellyinaustin]

Hah! It's so true! Knocked Up was nothing more than a dirtied up version of an ABC afternoon special. Gays are always relegated to roles where there are little more than caricatures. And good point about Robert Downey V. Britney Spears. He IS a mess! Rupert is my new hero!