America's Sweethearts (2001)
Romantic comedy film, directed by Joe Roth, starring Julia Roberts, Billy Crystal, John Cusack and Catherine Zeta-Jones.
Trivia
Robert
Downey Jr. was originally slated to play Eddie. John Cusack was cast instead when
Downey's legal problems raised doubts as to whether he would be available for
filming.
Julia Roberts turned down the lead role of Gwen because she was afraid
that people would think that the character was really her and lose her image.
This
was Joe Roth's first picture as director in 11 years. Initially Billy Crystal
was slated to direct the picture. When Roth read the script, he was totally immersed
and liked the script so much that he wanted to direct. Crystal granted Roth's
request to direct the picture and stayed on as producer.
When Hal is talking
to the press at the press junket his microphone shorts. As he says the line "...this
is the most honest movie I have ever made" after the word "made"
you hear a click and can see the flash in the microphone headpiece as it shorts.
Gwen uses "Holly Golightly" as an alias for the hotel register,
something Catherine Zeta-Jones has wanted to do for real for years.
Billy
Crystal had written the part of Eddie for himself years ago, but director Joe
Roth persuaded Crystal to take on the role of Lee the publicist, as he felt Crystal
was too old to play the part by then.
Lee Philips (Crystal)
is a movie publicist with a problem. The latest movie his studio has made stars
America's Sweethearts , Gwen Harrison (Zeta-Jones) and Eddie Thomas (Cusack).
However, the couple recently split, with Gwen running off with a Latin actor,
Hector (Hank Azaria). Not only that, but their latest film is being held hostage
by a eccentric director, Hal Weidmann (Christopher Walken), who demands the film
first be shown at a press junket. Needing to keep up the illusion that Gwen and
Eddie are still a couple, Lee needs to somehow work his magic to get them back
together long enough until the press junket for the movie. However, complicating
matters, is the fact that Eddie is starting to fall for Gwen's personal assistant,
Kiki (Roberts) - who happens to also be Gwen's sister. When the movie is finally
shown at the press junket, the actors and others involved with film, and the press,
discover that director Hal Weidmann has created a film unlike anything that anyone
else who'd been involved in the movie's production intended or expected, including
footage filmed when individuals thought they were talking privately with one another.
Cast
Julia
Roberts Kathleen "Kiki" Harrison
Billy Crystal Lee Phillips
Catherine
Zeta-Jones Gwen Harrison
John Cusack Eddie Thomas
Hank Azaria Hector Gorgonzolas
Christopher Walken Hal Weidmann
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