The rumor that Gwyneth Paltrow stole her Oscar-winning Shakespeare in Love position from good friend Winona Ryder could by no means relaxation.
Amy Odell’s upcoming guide, Gwyneth: The Biography, seemingly reveals how Paltrow, 52, allegedly snagged the 1998 position proper out from below Ryder’s nostril. Because the story goes, Paltrow initially turned down the a part of Viola de Lesseps.
An excerpt from Odell’s guide, revealed through Folks on Wednesday, July 16, claims that Ryder, now 53, by no means obtained “a suggestion” however she “needed to do the half.” An interview with disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein within the biography additional claimed that Paltrow truly “advisable” Ryder for the position.
“After a narrative about Gwyneth allegedly stealing the script from Winona’s espresso desk reached the media, Gwyneth advised associates that Ryder had began the rumor, and insisted she’d obtained the script by her agent,” the excerpt from Odell’s guide reads. When Shakespeare in Love hit theaters in December 1998, the film obtained “ravishing evaluations.”
Us Weekly has reached out to Paltrow and Ryder’s groups for remark.
Paltrow and Ryder’s friendship was a quintessential a part of the Nineteen Nineties in Hollywood. The 2 cast a bond as they dated BFFs Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, respectively. Rumors have been swirling for years that Shakespeare in Love was the rationale for a falling out between the 2 actresses. Whereas Ryder has stayed tight-lipped in regards to the rumors, Paltrow addressed their obvious falling out throughout a 2015 interview.
Gwyneth Paltrow in ‘Shakespeare in Love’. Miramax/Courtesy Everett Assortment
Paltrow referred to the alleged script-stealing drama as an “city fable” whereas showing on “The Howard Stern Present” on the time.
“I swear to God I didn’t, I’m elevating my proper hand on the Bible,” she mentioned on the time. “I swear to God.”
One other layer to the alleged drama got here within the type of a 2009 Goop e-newsletter — the early days of the wellness model — the place Paltrow spoke candidly a couple of previous friendship. Followers had been fast to invest she was discussing Ryder, however this was by no means confirmed.
“Again within the day, I had a ‘frenemy’ who, because it turned out, was fairly hell-bent on taking me down. This particular person actually did what they might to harm me,” Paltrow wrote on the time. “I used to be deeply upset, I used to be offended, I used to be all of these belongings you really feel once you discover out that somebody you thought you preferred was venomous and harmful. I restrained myself from combating again.”
She added, “I attempted to take the excessive highway. However someday I heard that one thing unlucky and humiliating had occurred to this particular person. And my response was deep aid and … happiness. There went the excessive highway.”
Gwyneth: The Biography will probably be launched on July 29.
