“Behind the Scenes Drama: Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts’ Explosive Clash on the Set of Notting Hill!”
Most notoriously, she was reported to have been at loggerheads with director Steven Spielberg when she starred in his 1991 film Hook. Cast as the fairy Tinkerbell, the actress wound up being nicknamed ‘TinkerHell’ due to how hard she was to work with. While Spielberg acknowledged that Roberts was going through “an unfortunate time” (her relationship with Kiefer Sutherland had recently fallen apart), the director flatly declared that he would never work with her again.
Roberts had also clashed with Nick Nolte when they made 1994’s I Love Trouble. Nolte declared that the actress was “not a nice person,” whilst Roberts said that although her co-star could sometimes be “charming and nice, he’s also completely disgusting.” Roberts is also said to have had a bad relationship with Steel Magnolias director Herbert Ross, and it’s been reported in the years since that she butted heads with Meryl Streep.
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Grant has also admitted to experiencing tension with some of his co-stars. His Four Weddings and a Funeral co-star Andie MacDowell has said he was “cranky” on set, and Grant himself says that his Nine Months co-star Julianne Moore “loathes me” and his About a Boy co-star Rachel Weisz “despises me.”
Grant also later feuded with Drew Barrymore on 2007’s Music and Lyrics: “Drew, I think did hate me a bit… we were just very different human beings. She was very LA, and I was a grumpy old Londoner.”
