24-04-2025
Gwyneth Paltrow reveals why she was left 'devastated' after Woody Allen audition
Gwyneth Paltrow reflected on the 'devastation' of losing a plum part in a Woody Allen film when she was around 19.
'It was my dream to be in a Woody Allen movie,' the 52-year-old Goop CEO-founder told The World's First Podcast With Erin & Sara Foster on Thursday.
'And I went in [to audition], like, six times for this thing and it was between me and one other young woman.'
Neither Gwyneth nor the other woman wound up getting the role and she thought her 'career was over,' but when she discovered who got it she scoffed to her famous mother Blythe Danner that the actress was 'not even that good.'
That's when the 82-year-old Tony winner scolded Paltrow: '"Don't you ever disparage another woman. If you don't get a part that just means it wasn't your part. And there will be parts for you, but don't hold on to the energy of something [being] yours if it's not yours. You will be miserable in life."'
The LA-born nepo baby - whose godfather is Steven Spielberg - said Blythe's advice 'really changed the way that I approached competition with other women, which like, it totally dissolved that idea for me.'
The 52-year-old Goop CEO-founder (M) told The World's First Podcast With Erin & Sara Foster on Thursday: 'It was my dream to be in a Woody Allen movie. And I went in [to audition], like, six times for this thing and it was between me and one other young woman'
'I think it just kind of like imbued me with this idea that what's yours is yours and what's not is not. And that's where we get so upset,' Gwyneth noted.
'It's like, if you don't get invited to something and we feel like I'm left out, like, you're going to sit home and be [sad]. But it just wasn't meant for you to go, so it's okay, do you know what I mean?'
Danner just so happened to star in three films helmed by the disgraced 89-year-old - Another Woman, (1988), Alice (1990), and Husbands and Wives (1992).
Paltrow was most likely referring to the role of Rain, which went to Juliette Lewis, in Husbands and Wives since the two-time Emmy winner portrayed Rain's mother.
Disturbingly, Woody's married character Gabe Roth shares a romantic moment with his student on her 21st birthday after she criticizes his novel manuscript - a common theme in several of his films.
At the time, the 51-year-old Oscar nominee was dating Brad Pitt, who wound up getting engaged to Gwyneth soon after in 1996.
It was in the middle of making Husbands and Wives when Allen's partner Mia Farrow - who starred as his onscreen wife Judy Roth - discovered his secret affair with her 21-year-old adopted daughter Soon-Yi Previn.
Seven months later, the 80-year-old Rosemary's Baby alum publicly accused the four-time Oscar winner of molesting her seven-year-old adopted daughter Dylan Farrow.
In his 33-page decision in 1993, Justice Elliott Wilk rejected Woody's bid for custody of all three of their children and called his behavior toward Dylan 'grossly inappropriate' while also rejecting the sexual abuse allegations.
That's when the 82-year-old Tony winner (L, pictured in 2023) scolded Paltrow: '"Don't you ever disparage another woman. If you don't get a part that just means it wasn't your part. And there will be parts for you, but don't hold on to the energy of something [being] yours if it's not yours. You will be miserable in life"'
Disturbingly, Woody's married character Gabe Roth shares a romantic moment with his student on her 21st birthday after she criticizes his novel manuscript - a common theme in several of his films
In his 33-page decision in 1993, Justice Elliott Wilk rejected Woody's bid for custody of all three of their children and called his behavior toward Dylan 'grossly inappropriate' while also rejecting the sexual abuse allegations (pictured in 1988)
Gwyneth went on to win the Oscar for Shakespeare in Love in 1999
Paltrow eventually caught steam with early roles in Se7en (1995) and Hard Eight (1996) but she didn't gain worldwide fame until her streak of Emma (1996), Sliding Doors (1998), and Great Expectations (1998).
The empty nester went on to win the Oscar for Shakespeare in Love in 1999.
Last year, Gwyneth wrapped her role as Timothée Chalamet's much older love interest in Josh Safdie's solo feature directorial debut Marty Supreme, which hits US theaters December 25.
A24's $70M-budget ping pong drama also stars Tyler the Creator, Fran Drescher, Penn Jillette, Abel Ferrera, and Sandra Bernhard.
Paltrow will also have a cameo in Rachel Israel's indie comedy Miracle on 74th Street alongside Drew Barrymore, Jill Kargman, Justin Bartha, David Krumholtz, Christine Taylor, and Jason Biggs.
