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Julia Roberts sucked, and it “was worth it“
9-Jun-2006
Written by: J. Rachel Anderson
“Three Days of Rain,“ directed by award-winning veteran Joe Mantello, managed to scrape together two Tony noms in a very weak year. And one’s for lighting. Woohoo!
No one liked Julia Roberts in “Three Days of Rain,” her Broadway debut. And yet, it was worth it to move her entire family from their New Mexico ranch to New York.
The “Erin Brockevich” actress disappeared from the spotlight in 2004 to spend time with her husband, Daniel Moder, a cameraman, and their twin children, Phinnaeus and Hazel. She became a homebody, needing “an exemplary reason to leave the house.”
Roberts said that Moder was supportive, encouraging her to take the role. She added, “It’s always worth a little upheaval to make a dream come true.”
If only her upheaval hadn’t made the critics heave.
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