“The whole thing fell through just six weeks before filming was due to begin.” “Daniel wasn’t interested, so Julia withdrew,” star Simon Callow wrote in the Daily Mail.

Julia Roberts was attached to the project, and Daniel Day-Lewis was in consideration for the part of Shakespeare. The script for Shakespeare in Love bounced around for a while before being picked up by Universal Pictures. Paltrow called the script “perfect.” Her agent tried to dissuade her because it felt like “more of a guy’s part.” But the actor-turned-businesswoman was all in saying, “Well, I want to do it.” Julia Roberts was considered for the role “I just couldn’t put it down,” she admitted. I’m having a really hard time.”Ī few months later, she was approached again by Miramax studio executives. Paltrow remembers refusing to look at the script and thinking, “I can’t read anything right now. She didn’t want to be so far away from home. The couple dated from 1994 to 1997 and were engaged to be married. The actor told Variety the idea of going to England to film didn’t feel right. In an interview with Variety, Gwyneth Paltrow revealed that when she was first offered the starring role in Shakespeare in Love, she “was in the middle of a terrible breakup” with Brad Pitt.

So, what convinced her to star in the unique period rom-com? Why Gwyneth Paltrow originally turned down ‘Shakespeare in Love’ Actress Gwyneth Paltrow attends the ‘Two Lovers’ Premiere at the Palais des Festivals during the 61st International Cannes Film Festival on May 19, 2008, in Cannes, France | Sean Gallup/Getty Images Obviously, she later reconsidered, eventually earning her first and only Oscar. In 1999, Gwyneth Paltrow won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Viola de Lesseps in the critically acclaimed film Shakespeare in Love. Ironically, the Goop entrepreneur claims she turned down the role.

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