Gwyneth Paltrow Says Divorce Fallout Cost Her a Film Role
Gwyneth Paltrow has opened up about being dropped from a secret film project after her split from Chris Martin, revealing how public scrutiny impacted her career.
It’s been a decade since Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin’s so-called “conscious uncoupling” made headlines, and now Paltrow has shared a fresh detail about the fallout. The Oscar winner, who shares two kids with the Coldplay frontman, recently told Amy Poehler that she lost out on a film gig thanks to the media storm that followed their split.
Chatting on the Good Hang podcast, Paltrow recalled,
“I was supposed to do a movie at one point, and it was right after the kind of 'conscious uncoupling' thing with Chris. There was a lot of harsh stuff in the press, and I think the distributor was like, 'I think this might be too hot to touch.'”
Poehler, who’s also been through a public breakup, chimed in,
“They were like, 'We don't need the heat,'”
to which Paltrow replied,
“Yeah. So, that was great, because I was getting a divorce and then I got fired. It was so awesome.”
The name of the film never came up, leaving punters guessing.
Life After the Headlines
Since parting ways with Martin, Paltrow has remarried, tying the knot with Brad Falchuk, known for his work on American Horror Story. Despite the rough patch, she’s kept busy, both personally and professionally. Her latest project, the A24 drama Marty Supreme, has her back in the spotlight during awards season.
Directed by Josh Safdie, the film stars Timothée Chalamet as a ping-pong prodigy from New York’s Lower East Side. Paltrow plays Kay Stone, who gets involved in an affair with Chalamet’s character, Marty Mauser, while married to Milton Rockwell. The role has drawn attention, not just for the story, but for what went on behind the scenes.
On-Set Choices and Industry Shifts
In a recent interview, Paltrow revealed that she and Chalamet opted out of using an intimacy coordinator for their scenes, a move that bucks the trend in the industry since the #MeToo movement.
“We said, 'I think we're good. You can step a little bit back. I don't know how it is for kids who are starting out, but… if someone is like, 'Okay, and then he's going to put his hand here.' I would feel, as an artist, very stifled by that.”
She admitted she only learned about the role of intimacy coordinators when asked about her comfort level with certain scenes.
“Girl, I'm from the era where you get naked, you get in bed, the camera's on,”
she quipped.
It wasn’t just Paltrow making bold calls on set. Kevin O'Leary, who plays Milton, shared that Chalamet insisted on doing his own stunts for a spanking scene, rather than using a double. The director reportedly needed 40 takes to get the shot just right.
“Josh was saying, 'You've got to wind up harder.' I was really whacking him.”