Julia Robert’s famous brother slates one of her biggest films

Julia Roberts has lit up the surface successful immoderate of the biggest movies around, but there’s 1 peculiar movie that her member isn’t excessively fond of.

The 56-year-old stole the amusement successful Pretty Woman, Notting Hill, Erin Brockovich and many, galore much implicit the years, becoming 1 of the biggest names successful Hollywood.

Giving his honorable thoughts astir immoderate stand-outs from her backmost catalog, Eric Roberts – an manufacture icon successful his ain right – admitted that he’s not a instrumentality of her efforts successful Steel Magnolias.

In his caller memoir, Runaway Train: Or The Story Of My Life So Far, the 68-year-old wrote, via Entertainment Weekly: ‘​​Julia was bully in Mystic Pizza, large in Pretty Woman, but not truthful overmuch in Steel Magnolias, successful my opinion, adjacent though it brought Julia her archetypal Academy Award nomination.

‘I don’t privation to dependable similar an histrion talking, oregon a jealous sibling, but I don’t deliberation her show held up successful that movie. When I saw her in Steel Magnolias, I thought, “Okay. Good. She’s astir a bully actor, and 1 time she’s gonna beryllium one.”’

The 1989 flick follows the adjacent enslaved shared by a radical of women surviving successful a tiny municipality successful Louisiana, and is based connected the signifier play of the aforesaid name.

Julia earned a information for supporting actress acknowledgment to her relation arsenic Shelby astatine the Oscars, and besides took location the Golden Globe for the aforesaid category.

It wasn’t conscionable his sister that the Dark Knight Rises histrion had an contented with, arsenic helium claimed that Sally Field, Shirley MacLaine, Dolly Parton and truthful ‘overacted their asses off’.

‘Nobody’s large successful that movie,’ helium continued. ‘They each chewed a batch of scenery, and we cognize that if an histrion cries connected film, they spell to the apical of the class. They get the Oscar motion due to the fact that crying gets a batch of credit.’

Despite his criticisms, Eric besides took a infinitesimal to contented an apology to his younger sibling aft famously claiming that helium made her famous, and taking recognition for her occurrence successful the spotlight.

The Dancing With The Stars contestant – and begetter to Scream 4 prima Emma Roberts – vowed: ‘Now 1 of the things I’d similar to apologize for successful this publication is for publically saying connected much than 1 occasion, “If it wasn’t for me, determination would beryllium nary Julia Roberts”.

‘That’s not lone unfortunate, but it’s besides untrue. And I anticipation Julie volition judge this much nationalist apology. It was an asinine happening to person said. I was arrogant of her, but it was pridefulness turned connected its head, to my ain advantage.’

‘I ne'er paid capable homage to her. I inactive saw her arsenic my babe sister, and I knew that she – similar maine – came from achromatic trash, yet she became 1 of the biggest stars that ever breathed. And she knew it, bless her heart. What a trajectory!’

The siblings travel from a precise celebrated household and began their ain careers successful Hollywood aft catching the acting bug from their parents, Walter Grady Roberts and Betty Lou Bredemus.

Eric past went connected to invited Emma with ex Kelly Cunningham, and she followed suit, popping up successful Scream Queens, American Horror Story, Space Cadet and galore more.

In July, helium appeared connected the Still Here Hollywood podcast erstwhile big Steve Kmetko took a infinitesimal to delve into his notable household beingness – but was rapidly stopped successful his tracks.

‘May I inquire astir Julia astatine all?,’ the presenter questioned, to which Runaway Train fable responded: ‘What bash you privation to know?’

When asked however she is, helium rapidly continued: ‘You’ll person to inquire her. I emotion my sister, but I can’t speech astir her. She doesn’t privation to speech astir it. My girl told maine besides not to speech astir her, but I stumble and do.

‘I’m not expected to speech astir either of them. But I do.’

However, Eric appeared to interruption his ain regularisation erstwhile discussing his favourite performers successful Hollywood, arsenic helium namedropped his girl astir immediately.

‘I americium successful emotion with my daughter’s enactment these days. I can’t judge however large she’s become,’ Eric enthused. ‘I’m truthful arrogant of her, I can’t spot straight. Since her show in Maybe I Do until close now, she overwhelms maine with pridefulness and just, “Oh my God. Here she goes again.”

‘I’m conscionable truthful blessed to beryllium her dada due to the fact that she’s kicking ass, and I’m truthful proud.’

Got a story?

If you’ve got a personage story, video oregon pictures get successful interaction with the Metro.co.uk amusement squad by emailing america [email protected], calling 020 3615 2145 oregon by visiting our Submit Stuff leafage – we’d emotion to perceive from you.

MORE : Ashton Kutcher slammed arsenic awkward video astir Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ parties resurfaces

MORE : Rihanna’s instrumentality to euphony ‘revealed’ aft concealed sojourn to London signaling studio

MORE : Halle Berry’s ‘anxiety-inducing’ caller fearfulness movie leaves critics ‘chilled’ up of cinema release