Minnie Driver

The Good Will Hunting star's new book Managing Expectations is far funnier – and more shocking – than the average celebrity memoir.

She has sailed her own course as a lone parent and finally appears to have met the man of her dreams in documentary-maker Addison O’Dea. I bet the stories she’d tell in private over a few martinis are way funnier and more shocking than the ones she has dished here. Or her humiliation when he dumped her, live, on a talk show and – pursued by the paparazzi – she was left wandering supermarkets in the small hours, wheeling her trolley past aisles of gossip magazines with photos of her ex snogging his new lover on their covers. Even though fans know what happened next, her writing drags you with her as she describes the thrill of being a star ascendant, as her on-screen romance with Damon blossomed into the real thing. Attempting to enjoy the famous pool alone, she realises she has nobody to play with, and the other kids’ cries of “Look at me, Mum!” make her realise that “90 per cent of parenting is bearing witness”. She was unbearably vulnerable. But also a truth that ensured she kept her face straight as Kim Basinger accepted the award. She reveals that, a few days after she auditioned for Good Will Hunting (1997), producer Harvey Weinstein tried to have her removed from the project. When a strange man invited her into his poolside cabana with the warning about the “bad people” who might prey on a child alone, I wanted to scream at her failure to clock that he might be one of them. I held the bags.” And she rejoices in her victories against it, waiting until the cameras were dropped to flash her knickers at paparazzi who had been lying in gutters trying to “upskirt” her. She punishes her dad by putting a mountain of tat from the hotel gift shop on his credit card. Driver’s affable, blond-haired elder sister, Kate, was able to make nice with both her new stepdad and her father’s new girlfriend. She reduces her complicity in the dull churn of celebrity to “I wore the dresses. “A tell-most,” is how Minnie Driver describes her moreish memoir.

Minnie Driver was devastated when Harvey Weinstein said she wasn't f*ckable enough to star in 'Good Will Hunting' — but boy was she lucky!

“And how amazing and wonderful that it has turned around and young men and women in my industry are not going to experience that.” “I remember feeling so devastated until I realized, ‘Hold on, just consider the source for a minute. That is an unutterable pig—why on earth are you worried about this f*ck saying that you are not sexy?’ But there are ramifications of that: that maybe I am not going to be hired because people don’t think I have the sexual quality that is required.”

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However, the actress was unable to enjoy Costa Rica, since a mistake in taking an internal flight took her to Panama instead, to a place where there was only jungle. “I was so incredibly sad about what had been taken from me that my best friend Emma Forrest told me that the best thing we could do was go to Costa Rica for the holidays,” she said. The leading character of “Good Will Hunting” said that she planned a trip to Costa rica, but by mistake, she was stranded in Panama for a week.

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That she was defined with the prototype of ‘not being sexy’, as if it were a job requirement, does nothing more than uncover the short-sightedness that swarmed freely in the industry. She even defied all those prejudices of hers by garnering her first and only Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress. She lost it to Kim Basinger (LA Confidential) in the year that titanica He swept the awards, but also left his name tattooed in the history of the Academy. And it is that Weinstein was not the only one. One of them was Harvey Weinstein, who believed that “no one was going to want to f*ck her.” He had even sent a note to the casting director with his ‘comment’. “I remember feeling so devastated until it hit me.” says the actress, highlighting that she reflected on where the source of the opinion came from so as not to let it affect her more than necessary. And now Minnie Driver reveals that she was almost left without the most acclaimed role of her career due to male prejudices that defined what is sexy as if it were a holy word. actresses like Kate Winslet they had to turn a deaf ear and prevent their self-esteem from being affected when a drama teacher told her that they were only going to hire her for “chubby” roles.

"When a producer ... distills an actor down to what they perceive as their sexiness, it's so dismissive of that person," Driver told The Cut.

The idea that that was the currency I was then meant to pursue, and I was meant to try and find ways of making myself prettier. Driver has talked about the hurtful comments before, while answering a question on “Watch What Happens Live” with Andy Cohen in 2016. “That I was not gorgeous.

Actress Minnie Driver talked about Harvey Weinstein thinking she was "not hot" enough for role in Good Will Hunting.

The idea that that was the currency I was then meant to pursue, and I was meant to try and find ways of making myself prettier. Driver was thankful to co-stars Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, and Director Gus Van Sant for advocating for her participation in the film. She also mentioned that a separate producer echoed the sentiment and didn't think she was suitable for the part based on her looks.

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"I really can't [name names] because then I'll never work again, and I have to work because I have a mortgage," said Driver at the time. The idea that that was the currency I was then meant to pursue, and I was meant to try and find ways of making myself prettier. "That I was not gorgeous.

It's been revealed that Simon Pegg and Minnie Driver will star in a new dark comedy called 'Nandor Fodor and The Talking Mongoose', directed by Adam Sigal.

Opening up about the cinematic offering in a Deadline exclusive, Adam Sigal said: “Nandor Fodor and The Talking Mongoose is such a unique story that I couldn’t believe it was true. Yelaun went on to add: “The reason I love working with Adam is he comes up with fresh ideas and original content, which is rare to find. Driver, meanwhile, will star as Fodor’s assistant Anne, who travels with him as he ventures into uncharted territory.

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I see a lot of remakes, this is not one of them and it's exciting to bring amazing stars to the table that feel the same such as Simon and Minnie. I'm excited to see them in action together and watch Adam deliver another cerebral movie that makes you think." There's nobody else other than Simon who could embody this character and take us on this insane journey and I can't wait to get started." Sigal said in a statement accessed by 'Deadline': "'Nandor Fodor and The Talking Mongoose' is such a unique story that I couldn't believe it was true.

The likes of Tim Downie, Ruth Connell, Paul Kaye, Gary Beadle and Drew Moerlin have also been confirmed as part of the cast. Sigal said in a statement: "Nandor ...

In Adam Sigal's upcoming Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose, Simon Pegg and Minnie Driver look to uncover the truth about the talking animal.

"Nandor Fodor and The Talking Mongoose is such a unique story that I couldn’t believe it was true. While the family insisted that they had seen and heard Gef on many occasions, some naysayers argued that Gef was likely a hoax. Filming for the supernatural tale has recently begun in Leeds.

The 52-year-old Oscar nominee claimed to the Times of London that Weinstein - who's now in prison - thought she wasn't sexy enough to star in Good Will ...

The idea that that was the currency I was then meant to pursue, and I was meant to try and find ways of making myself prettier,' she continued. 'I thank God that I didn’t do a ton of stuff that I could have then gone and done … It could have been way more damaging than it was. 'But there are ramifications of that: that maybe I am not going to be hired because people don’t think I have the sexual quality that is required,' she continued. 'It was devastating,' she said of the criticism. The film earned her an Oscar nod; seen with Damon in Good Will Hunting That is an unutterable pig — why on earth are you worried about this f*** saying that you are not sexy?"

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Minnie Driver gives a sneak peek into Good Will Hunting's audition's experience in 'Managing Expectations'

I was not super pretty," she told the magazine. That I was not gorgeous. While speaking to The Cut, Driver revealed she was only 26 years old when she was told by a producer of the movie that she was not attractive enough to “play Matt Damon’s on-screen girlfriend”.