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Don't expect Rupert Everett to work with Jennifer Aniston any time soon — especially if she makes another "tasteless rom-com."In an interview with BBC Radio 4, the actor said that certain stars retain A-list status despite underperforming at the box office, and used Aniston to illustrate his point.Get the rest of today's news"If you look and analyze the careers of many, many stars, you'll find that they're mostly sustained by the business," Everett said. "You'll find there's lots of women and lots of men in the business that the powers that be decide are right for their ...
Don't expect Rupert Everett to work with Jennifer Aniston any time soon — especially if she makes another "tasteless rom-com."
In an interview with BBC Radio 4, the actor said that certain stars retain A-list status despite underperforming at the box office, and used Aniston to illustrate his point.
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Since Friends ended in 2004, Aniston has starred in such flops as Derailed, Rumor Has It..., Love Happens, The Bounty Hunter and this summer's The Switch. Her box-office hits were The Break-Up, Marley & Me and the ensemble flick He's Just Not That Into You.Her next movie? The Adam Sandler romantic comedy Just Go With It, due out Feb. 11, her 42nd birthday.Watch the trailer for Just Go With It
But Aniston's résumé isn't the only one Everett took issue with: The My Best Friend's Wedding star also called out Colin Firth's performance in Mamma Mia!"Colin Firth — I don't think was at all good in Mamma Mia! I would have thought it was almost a career-icide," Everett said. "On the other hand, I think his [Oscar-nominated] performance in A Single Man was the best performance of his life."