Nick Nolte addresses on-set drama with Julia Roberts – Julia Roberts and Nick Nolte were rumored to have not gotten along while shooting the film I Love Trouble (1994), resulting in some behind-the-scenes drama.
The two lead actors had completed about half of the romantic-comedy crime film, directed by Charles Shyer, when Roberts described Nolte as ‘completely disgusting’ during an interview with The New York Times in December 1993.
And now, nearly 30 years later, Nolte is opening up about the tension between them and whether there’s still any lasting bitterness.
3 decades later: Nick Nolte, 81, opened up about behind-the-scene drama with Julia Roberts while shooting the romantic-comedy crime film I Love Trouble in 1993
Nick Nolte addresses on-set drama with Julia Roberts during I Love Trouble film shoot
In I Love Trouble, the two actors play Sabrina Peterson and Peter Brackett, rival newspaper reporters in Chicago. Sabrina is young and ambitious, while Peter is a fading star who just published his first novel.
They reluctantly join forces to investigate a train derailment, and in the process argue over almost everything but eventually discover a conspiracy involving genetically altered milk.
‘From the moment I met him we sort of gave each other a hard time, and naturally we get on each other’s nerves,’ Roberts, 55, shared at the time, when asked about Nolte’s reputation for being crude on a set.
She added, ‘[While he can be] completely charming and very nice, he’s also completely disgusting. He’s going to hate me for saying this, but he seems to go out of his way to repel people. He’s a kick.’
Nearly 29 years after Roberts’ ‘disgusting’ quote, Nolte maintained that there’s no feud between the two stars
After learning of his co-star’s quotes, Nolte shot back at the Pretty Woman actress during an interview with the LA Times: ‘It’s not nice to call someone “disgusting.”‘
He then followed up, ‘But she’s not a nice person. Everyone knows that.’
Fast forward some 29 years, and the three-time Oscar-nominated actor was reminded of his alleged behind-the-scene rows with Roberts while promoting his new film Rittenhouse Square.
When asked if he had ever reached out to Roberts after the production wrapped, Nolte maintained that there’s no feud between the two stars.
‘No, I haven’t,’ he said in response to whether he ever extended an olive branch, adding, ‘Though it’s buried.’
Blame game: When elaborating about their reported row in 1993, Nolte took some responsibility: ‘I mean, it was absurd what we went through. It was partly my fault and a little bit of hers. Julia got married at the beginning of that film and it was one of those things where I just approached it all wrong’
He then elaborated, ‘I mean, it was absurd what we went through. It was partly my fault and a little bit of hers. Julia got married at the beginning of that film and it was one of those things where I just approached it all wrong.’
At the time of the film, Roberts had just married musician Lyle Lovett, which ultimately ended in divorce in 1995.
The leading lady has since found love again when she met cameraman Danny Moder on the set of The Mexican in 2000. They ended up tying-the-knot in July 2002, and are now the proud parents of three children: 17-year-old twins Hazel and Phinnaeus and 15-year-old Henry.
I Love Trouble was widely dismissed by critics at the time of its release in June 1994, according to Variety, and an eventual disappointment at the box office, earning $61.9 million worldwide on a $45 million budget.
Disappointing: I Love Trouble was widely dismissed by critics at the time of its release in June 1994, according to Variety, and eventually was a disappointment at the box office, earning $61.9 million worldwide on a $45 million budget
