The Trap actor cites “people’s attention to me” as one of the reasons he decided to take a step back from Hollywood in the early 2000s
actor cites “people’s attention to me” as one of the reasons he decided to take a step back from Hollywood in the early 2000sat a Taylor Swift concert.” What’s not to love?) Still, the roles the actor has taken on in recent years—which also include a stellar performance opposite Aaron Paul in—don’t put him anywhere close to the level of fame he underwent in the early aughts, when he was consistently cast in huge projects likeIt sounds like that’s just the way he likes it.
Harnett says he turned down the role of Superman twice. He was also in conversations with Christopher Nolan about a role in but “wasn’t much interested in playing Batman” in the director’s take on the franchise. But while the actor partly chalks up his recent return to “the rest of the industry sort of catching up with what I was always hoping to do,” his previous exit wasn’t inspired only by creative differences. At the height of his fame, there was no clear line between “happy Josh and unhappy Josh,” the actor said, explaining that “people’s attention to me at the time was borderline unhealthy.”
“There were incidents,” he continued, emphasizing that this was only one part of the multifaceted motivation behind his 18-month hiatus. “People showed up at my house. People that were stalking me,” he continued. “A guy showed up at one of my premieres with a gun, claiming to be my father. He ended up in prison… There were lots of things. It was a weird time. And I wasn’t going to be grist for the mill.” This happened 19 years ago, when the actor was 27 years old.
Even though Hartnett managed to find a way out of that awful situation without compromising his career entirely, younger stars are still contending with the very real price of fame every day. A few months ago,pump the brakes” on her time in the public eye because “people have started to be freaks.” That’s not to mention thefor making threats against the singer and her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, on social media earlier this month.
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