Rupert Everett: “I stuck out like a sore thumb in Hollywood"

Full Disclosure with James O'Brien

Global

Society & Culture

4.6 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

For thirty-six year, James has been chasing this interview and now, he's finally secured it. Actor, writer and director Rupert Everett joins him to talk about the highs and lows of his extraordinary 40-year career in show business.

Rupert discovered performing when he was a young boy and got a thrill from showing off in school plays at Ampleforth College - so much so, that he left school at 15 to pursue a career in acting. His breakout role came in 1981 when he was cast as Guy Bennett in Another Country. He went on to find fame in Hollywood, starring opposite Julia Roberts in My Best Friend's Wedding.

Despite his success, Rupert admits he lacked the confidence to fully embrace Hollywood. He continued working in films and theatre but started to concentrate more on his writing. After a decade in the making, he released his first screenplay The Happy Prince in 2018 - a deeply personal project which he also directed and starred in.

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0:32.1	This is a Global Player Original podcast.
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0:50.2	A podcast project conceived entirely to let me spend much more time with interesting people than I would ever get on the radio.
0:54.9	And this week is particularly special for reasons that will emerge quite quickly.
0:57.1	Rupert Everett, welcome. Thank you for having me.
1:03.2	I have been waiting to conduct this interview for 37 years.
1:04.8	Oh my God, that's a long time. Or possibly 36 when you were in the vortex with Maria Aitken.
1:09.4	Was that 36 years ago?
1:10.4	In the West End.
1:11.3	Yeah, it must be.
1:11.9	God, yes, it must be.
1:12.5	Yeah.
1:13.3	And my friend Henry, who was editing a rival school magazine at Ampleforth,
1:18.2	somehow found his way into your dressing room to conduct an interview.
1:22.4	And you gave him pink champagne.
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