Nick Nolte discusses Julia Roberts’ ‘absurd’ drama on set
It seems like they’ve put the “trouble” behind them.
After nearly three decades, actor Nick Nolte is addressing the alleged backstage argument he had with Julia Roberts while filming ’90s flick I Love Trouble.
“It was absurd what we went through,” Nolte, 81, admitted to Insider while promoting his new drama Rittenhouse Square.
In a 1993 interview with The New York Times prior to the release of “I Love Trouble,” Roberts accused Nolte of exhibiting repulsive behavior during production.
“From the moment I met him, we kind of made life difficult for each other, and obviously we get on each other’s nerves,” Roberts said when asked about her co-star’s reputation, rudely speaking on set to behave. While he can be “quite charming and very nice,” she said, “he’s also completely obnoxious.”
Julia Roberts and Nick Nolte in I Love Trouble (1994).
Actor Nick Nolte is filmed on the set of the film “Rittenhouse” on October 25, 2021 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Just like their rival reporter characters in I Love Trouble, Nolte and Roberts seem to have put their differences aside.
The Pretty Woman star added, “He’s gonna hate me for saying that, but he seems [to] get out of the way to ward off people. He’s a kick.”
Nolte reportedly replied in an interview with the Los Angeles Times at the time: “It’s not nice to call someone ‘disgusting.’ But she’s not a nice person. Everyone knows that.”
It was a lot of drama for a critically planned romantic comedy about rival Chicago reporters who team up to investigate corruption.
It seems Nolte no longer holds grudges against his former co-star. When asked if he’d “buried the hatchet,” the Nebraska native said, “No, I haven’t. Even though it’s buried.”
He also bore some of the blame for the alleged on-set feud. “It was partly my fault and a little bit hers,” Nolte admitted. “Julia got married at the beginning of this film and it was one of those things where I just went about it all wrong.”
He was referring to Roberts’ highly publicized marriage to Lyle Lovett in 1993, which ended in divorce less than two years later.
The Runaway Bride star is married to Danny Moder, a cinematographer she met on the set of The Mexican in 2000, and with whom she has three children: twins Hazel and Phinnaeus, who will turn 18 this month; and 15-year-old Henry.
Roberts recently claimed her secret to a successful marriage is extensive snogging. “I always say the same thing and I stick to it,” the Oscar-winner told E! News in October. “It’s messing up. make out a lot.”
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