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| ‘I like British writing’: Julie Walters on why she spurned Hollywood | ‘I like British writing’: Julie Walters on why she spurned Hollywood |
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| Dame Julie Walters has revealed she turned down the opportunity to forge a career in Hollywood because she loves British writing and never had the urge to take her work in a different direction. | Dame Julie Walters has revealed she turned down the opportunity to forge a career in Hollywood because she loves British writing and never had the urge to take her work in a different direction. |
| The actor, who was made a dame this month, has appeared in some of the highest-grossing movies of recent years, including the Harry Potter series, Mamma Mia! and Billy Elliot. | The actor, who was made a dame this month, has appeared in some of the highest-grossing movies of recent years, including the Harry Potter series, Mamma Mia! and Billy Elliot. |
| However, Walters could have starred in high-profile films earlier in her career by moving to Hollywood after being nominated for the 1984 best actress Oscar for her role in Educating Rita. | However, Walters could have starred in high-profile films earlier in her career by moving to Hollywood after being nominated for the 1984 best actress Oscar for her role in Educating Rita. |
| Instead she remained in the UK, appearing in television shows alongside her long-time collaborator and friend Victoria Wood, who died last year. | Instead she remained in the UK, appearing in television shows alongside her long-time collaborator and friend Victoria Wood, who died last year. |
| “I did have plenty of offers then but I don’t ever regret not taking them,” Walters told the Radio Times in an interview. “Because I’m British, I guess, and I like British writing and British work, and I love it here. I think the way you look is much more important in Hollywood than possibly it is here. | “I did have plenty of offers then but I don’t ever regret not taking them,” Walters told the Radio Times in an interview. “Because I’m British, I guess, and I like British writing and British work, and I love it here. I think the way you look is much more important in Hollywood than possibly it is here. |
| “If something amazing came ... but nothing ever has, nothing really amazing. People go and move there to try to do something else with their careers, but I don’t want to do anything else with my career particularly.” | “If something amazing came ... but nothing ever has, nothing really amazing. People go and move there to try to do something else with their careers, but I don’t want to do anything else with my career particularly.” |
| Walters played Mo Mowlam, the former Northern Ireland secretary, in a Channel 4 drama in 2010, for which she won a Bafta and an International Emmy. She has roles in some big new films, including Paddington 2 and Mary Poppins Returns. | Walters played Mo Mowlam, the former Northern Ireland secretary, in a Channel 4 drama in 2010, for which she won a Bafta and an International Emmy. She has roles in some big new films, including Paddington 2 and Mary Poppins Returns. |
| The actor said the sexual assault and harassment allegations against the Hollywood film producer Harvey Weinstein had left her “very angry”. | The actor said the sexual assault and harassment allegations against the Hollywood film producer Harvey Weinstein had left her “very angry”. |
| “I only worked with him once and I wasn’t a young girl, either, so I didn’t see it. But the stories that have come out have made me very angry more than anything,” Walters said. “It was shocking – but also not shocking, somehow. The extent of it was so disgusting and awful.” | “I only worked with him once and I wasn’t a young girl, either, so I didn’t see it. But the stories that have come out have made me very angry more than anything,” Walters said. “It was shocking – but also not shocking, somehow. The extent of it was so disgusting and awful.” |
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