Why was Weinstein so nice to her?
How can I get him to get me an oscar too?
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shareShe's told a story of Weinstein coming on to her, I can't remember how forcefully, but she told her boyfriend of the time - a certain Brad Pitt. Pitt went to Weinstein and told him, “If you ever make her feel uncomfortable again, I'll kill you.”.
I don't think Pitt has talked about this incident except to obliquely acknowledge it but he's bigger than he looks, very physical and I suspect got the message across.
I'm sure that Pitt can be threatening. Even more so to a fat pig like Weinstein.
If any of this story is true, then good for her and Pitt.
Still, why was Weinstein so nice to her if he didn't actually get any favors from her?
Money? He didn't run the company alone and she was one of the big stars at the time, someone who could open a movie - which gave her and her management team a certain amount of power as well.
shareI think you are mistaking the cause for the effect here.
She was (barely) a star because of the constant push she was given by miramax.
Her biggest draw became the oscar she was gifted solely by Harvey's hands.
After that, of course she became bankable.
So, thinking that money is the reason why she was pushed so hard is like believing that snow falls from the sky so we can ski on it.
I don't know at what stage she became associated with Mirimax and Weinstein but she came up very quickly. It's only 6/7 years from first TV movie to starring in Emma which I would say made her a star.
She was definitely on a fast track but that's not uncommon - someone with the right face at the right time, plus sufficient talent, luck and drive, will land a series of increasingly larger roles and will either become a star - or the subject of repeated 'WTF happened to ...' threads.
I don't think that necessarily means she was pushed. People write as if Hollywood was one big studio grooming their stars of tomorrow (as the individual studios undoubtedly did in the good old, bad old days) but I suspect the reality is they cast on the ability to deliver a performance and draw an audience.
What you write is all true.
But I also believe that more truth lies deeper than that (unfortunately).
There is no one studio doing the grooming nowadays. But there is a general consensus that forms around the ones that should be pushed forward that is not always based on ability or popularity.
Like money, those are often the mere consequences of a push, not their cause.
It's often a snowball effect where you don't know what comes first, but there is a initial push and there are motives behind that first moment that are seldom public and often shady.
I just know it's quite evident when they start casting the same talentless actress or actor for no apparent good reason, other than "that's the it girl now! We gotta have her!"
I also know that the common response is "whose dick did she suck to get there?"
I guess I'm a little less cynical. You're surly right in some cases and there are people who take advantage of their power. But generally I take the view that there are a large number of talented people out there and (hopefully) most progress without having to make that kind of compromise.
shareGwyneth Paltrow was not a nobody country girl trying to make it big in Hollywood. She was the daughter of Bruce Paltrow, who was a Hollywood director and producer.
So I bet she knew the inside of Hollywood and how to navigate, there were relationships and favors she could call upon. I bet that helped.
I bet that your bet would lose.
Facts:
1 Her father is nobody, not a huge producer nor a powerful one. She was not royalty by any means.
2 She got famous for who she was fucking.
3 Why would HW be a fuck too far? He was notoriously THE guy that could make you a star, she IS a greedy climber, he DID buy her an oscar.
I think the clues speak for themselves...
I don't know what is wrong with you, but that level of hatred towards a celebrity is unhealthy.
sharePitts a pussy
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