{"id":109549,"date":"2026-04-16T23:52:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T02:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/eric-roberts-thought-his-days-as-an-actor-were-probably-over-until-he-was-cast-in-bob-fosses-last-film\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T23:52:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T02:52:57","slug":"eric-roberts-thought-his-days-as-an-actor-were-probably-over-until-he-was-cast-in-bob-fosses-last-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/eric-roberts-thought-his-days-as-an-actor-were-probably-over-until-he-was-cast-in-bob-fosses-last-film\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Roberts Thought His Days as an Actor \u2018Were Probably Over\u2019 Until He Was Cast in Bob Fosse\u2019s Last Film"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Eric Roberts explained how he almost gave up on acting before he was cast in <em>Star 80<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The film ended up earning him a Golden Globe nomination and allowed him to work with one of his idols, Bob Fosse<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Roberts has since appeared in over 700 movies and TV shows<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/all-about-julia-roberts-brother-eric-roberts-8623039\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Eric Roberts;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Eric Roberts&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Eric Roberts<\/a> thought his Hollywood career was over at the age of 27.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Roberts appeared on the April 14 episode of the <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/0NvW32rfcP7bzurWefSF72\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:It Happened in Hollywood;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;It Happened in Hollywood&quot;}\" class=\"link \"><em>It Happened in Hollywood<\/em><\/a> podcast, hosted by Seth Abramovitch, to talk about his 1983 film <em>Star 80<\/em>. The movie was directed by Bob Fosse and told the story of Playboy model Dorothy Stratten (Mariel Hemingway) and her husband Paul Snider (Roberts). For a short time, Stratten was set to become a major star, but before she could, Snider murdered her and himself.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Abramovitch asked Roberts, 69, what his life was like when he was cast in the movie, and he admitted he was having a really difficult time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIt was a really odd, peculiar, hard time for me because the year before that I had an automobile accident and I was in a coma for a little bit,\u201d he revealed. He encountered \u201cshort-term memory loss\u201d as well as difficulties with his hand-eye coordination.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cAnd, so I thought my days as an actor were probably over, if not very much numbered and, was going through the deepest depression I&#8217;ve ever had in my life,\u201d he admitted.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><i>Mariel Hemingway (left) and Eric Roberts in &#8216;Star 80&#8217;<br \/>Credit: Warner Brothers\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">But then his manager called and told him he had \u201ca Bob Fosse script\u201d that he&#8217;d gotten from a casting director who wasn&#8217;t supposed to give it to him. \u201cI&#8217;m giving it to you to read because I think you should go for it,\u201d Roberts remembered his manager telling him. \u201cI know you&#8217;re a big fan of Bob Fosse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Roberts was, and he happily took the script and read it. \u201cI didn&#8217;t like it because it seemed too black and white to me,\u201d he confessed. \u201cIt seemed too bad guy, good girl, put upon, oppressive. It just seemed too black and white, and it wasn&#8217;t interesting. Even though it was a true story, it didn&#8217;t light me up.\u201d He didn&#8217;t understand why Fosse, who died in 1987 at the age of 60, wanted to make the movie.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cSo I was not really interested in it as a script, but I was interested in it because of Bob Fosse,\u201d Roberts said. He worked \u201cvery hard\u201d on his audition, and Fosse told him he would get a callback. He returned for more auditions, guessing it took \u201cfive or six times\u201d before Fosse called and offered him the film.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Roberts said he spent \u201cthree months\u201d doing research with Fosse and eventually he did understand the point of the movie. \u201cEverybody thinks it&#8217;s [an] unusual tale because of how it ended, but Paul Sniders are a dime a dozen,\u201d he said. \u201cThey surround us. They&#8217;re all around us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Especially in show business, he said, you&#8217;re surrounded by the \u201cobnoxiousness,\u201d \u201cego\u201d and \u201cpointless coolness\u201d all day.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Eric Roberts in January 2026Credit: Savion Washington\/Variety via Getty\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"641\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/Jql0a64BzcniFD_seK2nOg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MTtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/people_218\/be9447dedb07335865e72ab57da19b43\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><i>Eric Roberts in January 2026<br \/>Credit: Savion Washington\/Variety via Getty<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThey are not unusual,\u201d he said. \u201cThat&#8217;s why the story is so valuable. These guys are not unusual. . . . They just don&#8217;t end up murder suicides. But that goes on all the time.\u201d Roberts said that when he first read the script, he thought it was \u201ceither very hard to get to or very clich\u00e9 if you do get to it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Instead, he walked the \u201cfine line\u201d of Snider, with Fosse&#8217;s help. \u201cHe was the coolest man,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Roberts was nominated for best actor in a motion picture \u2014 drama at the Golden Globes for his performance in the film. It was Fosse&#8217;s last film before his death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As for Roberts, he became one of the most prolific actors of film and television, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/movies\/eric-roberts-lost-count-after-appearing-in-over-700-movies-and-tv-shows\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:with over 700 appearances under his belt;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;with over 700 appearances under his belt&quot;}\" class=\"link \">with over 700 appearances under his belt<\/a>. He told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-features\/eric-roberts-interview-hollywood-film-tv-1235254555\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Hollywood Reporter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;The Hollywood Reporter&quot;}\" class=\"link \"><em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em><\/a> in 2022 that he considers himself &#8220;one of the luckiest guys in Hollywood.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;We get anywhere from eight to 30 offers every single day from all over the world,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It&#8217;s just so much fun to have all these offers and get to play such an extreme range of characters.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">His many film credits include 1985&#8217;s <em>Runaway Train<\/em> (which earned him an Oscar nomination), 2008&#8217;s <em>The Dark Knight<\/em>, 2014&#8217;s <em>Inherent Vice <\/em>and 2022&#8217;s <em>Babylon<\/em>. He also had recurring roles on <em>Heroes<\/em>, <em>The Young and the Restless<\/em>, <em>Suits<\/em> and <em>The Righteous Gemstones<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/eric-roberts-thought-his-acting-career-was-over-until-he-was-cast-in-bob-fosse-last-film-11950034\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;People&quot;}\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/movies\/articles\/eric-roberts-thought-days-actor-173225512.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW Eric Roberts explained how he almost gave up on acting before he was cast in Star 80 The film ended up earning him a Golden Globe nomination and allowed him to work with one of his idols, Bob Fosse Roberts has since appeared in over 700 movies and TV shows Eric Roberts [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":109550,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAow2JLhCw:productID":"","_gspb_post_css":"","maa_idioma":"","maa_pais":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2725],"tags":[7368,7038,5665,12820,12750,3375,29158,13194,4928],"class_list":["post-109549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe","tag-actor","tag-bob","tag-cast","tag-days","tag-eric","tag-film","tag-fosses","tag-roberts","tag-thought"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - 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