On BBC’s HARDtalk, perpetually cantankerous thespian Rupert Everett reiterated his belief that coming out is a career-killer and that his history as a gay prostitute had absolutely nothing to do with his lack of leading man roles.
“Straight men get every opportunity to play a gay part they want and then win tons of awards doing so but the other way doesn’t really work out,” the actor that once looked like Rupert Everett told host Stephen Sackur.
“It’s become possibly worse for an actor to come out because now perfumes are involved, skincare lines are involved. That means shareholders and so the mainstream actor has had to become straighter and straighter and straighter.”
Sackur then brings up Everett’s “brief period as a male prostitute” and wonders if it was not his gayness that was an issue so much as his “particularly wild past.”
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Everett mulls Sackur’s point briefly before responding, “Who’s to know? I don’t think so.”
While Everett’s “particularly wild past” probably didn’t help his career any — after all, he’s not the first actor to whore himself out in one way or another — neither did crap like The Next Best Thing or the self-described “burned bridges” he left in his acerbic wake.
doug105
I would say F him but I like my dick.
MikeE
His bitterness, vindictiveness, former whoring, unstoppable mouth, and quite a number of other factors are responsible for his not getting jobs – notably, his lacklustre acting ability. NOT the fact that he’s gay. There are tons of gay actors who get work. He’s just a shallow, bitter old queen. Who the hell wants to work with that?
Cam
I”m sorry, but he went on, I think it was, Jay Leno or Letterman not long after “My Best Friends Wedding” and said that one time he got a letter from a person who didn’t like his work in something and he sent her back some of his pubic hair.
Just a thought that saying that on mainstream TV might not have been the best idea for him.
MK Ultra
He is jealous and bitter about young gay actors getting the opportunity that he didn’t get.
Look at him. The bitterness has manifested itself on his face!
GeriHew
Please someone. Give Rupert a life time’s achievement award already!
Seriously. I think most actors, straight, gay or bisexual would give their right arm for a résumé like this:
2013 Of Corset’s Mine (pre-production) Of Corset’s Mine (pre-production)
Basil (rumored)
2013 Justin and the Knights of Valour (post-production)
Sota (voice)
2012 Parade’s End (TV series)
Mark Tietjens
– Episode #1.5 (2012) … Mark Tietjens
– Episode #1.4 (2012) … Mark Tietjens
– Episode #1.3 (2012) … Mark Tietjens
– Episode #1.2 (2012) … Mark Tietjens
– Episode #1.1 (2012) … Mark Tietjens
2012 The Other Wife (TV series)
Martin Kendall
2011 Black Mirror (TV mini-series)
Judge Hope
– Fifteen Million Merits (2011) … Judge Hope
2011 Hysteria
Edmund St. John-Smythe
2009 St Trinian’s 2: The Legend of Fritton’s Gold
Camilla / Captain Archibald / Fortnam Fritton
2009 Wild Target
Ferguson
2007 St. Trinian’s
Camilla Fritton / Carnaby Fritton
2007 Stardust
Secundus
2007 Shrek the Third
Prince Charming (voice)
2006 Tikhiy Don (TV series)
2006 Quiet Flows the Don
Grigory
2005 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Mr. Fox (voice)
2005 Boston Legal (TV series)
Malcolm Holmes
– Schadenfreude (2005) … Malcolm Holmes
– The Black Widow (2005) … Malcolm Holmes
2005 Separate Lies
Bill Bule
2004 Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking (TV movie)
Sherlock Holmes
2004 A Different Loyalty
Leo Cauffield
2004 People
Charles de Poulignac
2004 Shrek 2
Prince Charming (voice)
2004 Stage Beauty
King Charles II
2003 Les liaisons dangereuses (TV mini-series)
Vicomte Sébastien de Valmont
– Episode #1.1 … Vicomte Sébastien de Valmont
– Episode #1.2 … Vicomte Sébastien de Valmont
– Episode #1.3 … Vicomte Sébastien de Valmont
2003 To Kill a King
King Charles I
2003 Mr. Ambassador (TV movie)
Ambassador Ronnie Childers
2002 The Wild Thornberrys Movie
Sloan Blackburn (voice)
2002 Unconditional Love
Dirk Simpson
2002 The Importance of Being Earnest
Algernon ‘Algy’ Moncrieff
2001 South Kensington
Nick
2000 The Next Best Thing
Robert Whittaker
1999 Inspector Gadget
Sanford Scolex
1999 A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Oberon
1999 An Ideal Husband
Lord Arthur Goring
1998 Shakespeare in Love
Christopher Marlowe (uncredited)
1998 B. Monkey
Paul Neville
1997 My Best Friend’s Wedding
George Downes
1996 Dunston Checks In
Lord Rutledge
1994 The Madness of King George
Prince of Wales
1994 Prêt-à-Porter
Jack Lowenthal
1994 Remembrance of Things Fast: True Stories Visual Lies
1994 Strelyayushchiye angely
1994 Dellamorte Dellamore
Francesco Dellamorte
1992 Inside Monkey Zetterland
Sasha
1990 The Comfort of Strangers
Colin
1989 Tolérance
Assuerus, aka Horace Walop
1987 Hearts of Fire
James Colt
1987 The Right Hand Man
Lord Harry Ironminster
1987 Gli occhiali d’oro
David Lattes
1987 Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Bayardo San Roman
1986 Duet for One
Constantine Kassanis
1985 Dance with a Stranger
David Blakeley
1985 Arthur the King (TV movie)
Lancelot
1984 Another Country
Guy Bennett
1984 The Far Pavilions (TV mini-series)
George Garforth
– Part Three: Wally and Anjuli (1984) … George Garforth
– Part One: Return to India (1984) … George Garforth
1984 Real Life
Tim
1983 Princess Daisy (TV movie)
Ram Valenski
1983 Dead on Time (short)
Bank Customer/Blind Man
1982 The Agatha Christie Hour (TV series)
Guy
– The Manhood of Edward Robinson (1982) … Guy
1982 A Shocking Accident (short)
Jerome and Mr. Weathersby
1982 Play for Today (TV series)
Boy at party
– Soft Targets (1982) … Boy at party
1982 Strangers (TV series)
Lord Plural
– The Lost Chord (1982) … Lord Plural
Tommy25
I can’t get upset about the things Rupert says. I don’t think he means them. He just says outrageous things to get attention and keep himself in the news. A lot of celebrities do that like for example Boy George and Elton John. If he went around saying I”m all for gay marriage and adoption everyone would be like Ho hum,how predictable. But because he says the opposite,he gets noticed and people get all worked up. It’s all part of his persona, not something real.
Jack E. Jett
He doesn’t play the Hollywood game and I kind of admire that. I don’t think it helps his career and he is talented…..
I do love the comment about …..would say fuck him but I love my dick.