Gwenyth Paltrow and Kate Hudson have given interviews to November's issue of Elle Magazine in which they talk about the down side of being a major Hollywood movie star. Now you'd think that they had it made, however the girls want to remind you that it's not all getting dumped by Brad Pitt and getting snapped in embarrassing situations by paparazzi. In fact according to Paltrow some of the most embarrassing situations occur when there isn't a paparazzi around.According to Paltrow she was just starting out in the business and eager to make a good impression. Now they say that being over eager is a bad thing. In this case the director who was interviewing Paltrow picked up on her desperation and decided he good use that. According to Paltrow he propositioned her. According to Paltrow:
"When I was just starting out, someone suggested that we finish a meeting in the bedroom," she reveals. "I left. I was pretty shocked. I could see how someone who didn't know better might worry, 'My career will be ruined if I don’t give this guy a blow job!'"
It's good that Paltrow 'knew better'. You should only blow some one for love, not for career advancement! However Paltrow goes on to point out that there are worse things that can befall you in Hollywood, like growing old. Then the boys don't ask for blow jobs anymore. Says Gwennie:
"There’s a lot that’s okay, but there’s little that's really good, especially for someone my age," she says. "Sometimes you find out that something you really liked is going to someone 10 years younger. I find it heartening that Meryl Streep and Sandra Bullock have been able to find and create amazing projects."
It could be worse. the moderately cute and, moderation talented Kate Hudson talks about the upside downside of having a famous mother:"Apart from the fact that she’s my mother, she’s a brilliant comedian and a force as a producer," she says. "She paved the way for women to produce and star in their own films and to balance that with being the matriarch of our family is really inspiring."She just sounds like she's choking on her resentment. It must be so rough having everything handed to you (it's certainly rough when everyone else in the world knows that.). Poor Kate, she had to miss out on the character building experiences of giving stranger directors blow jobs. However that doesn't stop her from agreeing with Paltrow on one point - in Hollywood gals get the short end of the stick, one way or another:
"tend to be dispensable. I have faith that we can make female-driven films that are as interesting to men as they are to women."So those ladies sound pretty sore about their red carpet ride. Hillary Swank was also interviewed and managed to come up with some complaints, though hers were more low key. Swank complains that she felt let down after Million Dollar Baby because her other roles weren't as successful. I'm not sure that less pissed off translates into more grateful, but it was a change at least.
If you want to hear more regrets about lives misspent, then check out the upcoming issue of Elle Magazine.
PS this article is not in any way shape or form a promo for Elle Magazine, though I'm receiving many unrelated promotional deals from them ;).
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