Dermot Mulroney said he knew who was at fault for not landing another acting role for a year after 1997. The wedding of my best friend.
The actor, who starred alongside Julia Roberts, Cameron Diaz and Rupert Everett in the Oscar-nominated romantic comedy, recently said The New York Times that he had few acting opportunities after its release, despite it being a successful film.
“I was sitting there ready to get the gift with purchase that was supposed to come with starring in a popular movie, and instead I probably didn’t work for a year,” Mulroney explained. “I put it down to the fact that I was so small on the poster, the little man on the cake. I thought, God, guys, if you had made me a little taller, maybe I could have gotten a job.
The wedding of my best frienddirected by PJ Hogan, follows a woman who realizes she is in love with her longtime friend after he announces his engagement, leading her to try to convince him just days before the wedding .
However, Mulroney still found a way to continue his career in Hollywood after the hit 1997 film, starring in dozens of other projects. And recently, he returned to the romantic comedy genre with Anyone but youplaying Bea’s (Sydney Sweeney) father.
As a veteran of romantic comedies, he also told the Times that he shared some advice with the other director of the film, Glen Powell, on the impact of these types of films.
“I didn’t want him to do what I did, which was downplay something that might seem a little light or a little fluff when you’re doing it,” Mulroney said. “What these films mean to people,” I told Glen, “will last for decades.” » This will last until you leave, in a way that maybe the other cool stuff he does won’t last. There is another type of absorption.
