Peter Jackson was in early talks with Weinstein to produce his Lord of the Rings trilogy in 1998 when he expressed interest in casting Sorvino and Ashley Judd, who came forward with her own allegations against Weinstein in Kantor and Twohey’s story. “I recall Miramax telling us they were a nightmare to work with and we should avoid them at all costs,” Jackson told a New Zealand publication. Their names were removed from consideration and Liv Tyler and Cate Blanchett were later cast in the roles. Not even 24 hours later, Terry Zwigoff tweeted a similar story recounting how he’d “hear a click” every time he mentioned wanting to cast Sorvino in Bad Santa: “What type of person just hangs up on you like that? I guess we all know what type of person now. I’m really sorry, Mira.” Lauren Graham eventually got the role.
Sorvino was gutted. “He absolutely blackballed me,” she says. “I’m a very private person and I’ve never been one to pity myself, so I don’t think I shared my concerns directly with anyone except the people trying to get me jobs. Maybe I should’ve shared more; maybe it would’ve been healthier.”
“At the time, I said, ‘Look, just do the work,’” recounts Kudrow. “You’re great; keep going—that’s all you can do.”
A now infamous GQ cover story around Romy and Michele’s release also didn’t help matters. Written by her former Harvard classmate Andrew Corsello, the profile has since been written off as a sexist hatchet job. But it nonetheless fueled speculation Sorvino was difficult. Corsello portrayed her as a humorless diva who’d let fame go to her Ivy League–educated head, describing the actor as “mercilessly intelligent” and “high-maintenance.”
The fallout was bad enough that Variety wrote a piece about the downside of the celebrity profile. Sorvino’s father told the New York Daily News that Corsello “assassinated” his daughter’s character because “he was attracted to her and she didn’t return it.” A narrative had been crafted that Sorvino would have to spend years dismantling.
Though she speaks frank and openly about the more unpleasant details of her past, Sorvino is grateful for certain aspects of her life during that period—her family in particular. ”They’re the most joy I have ever had and the deepest, most fulfilling and heart-expanding part of my life,” she says. She and her husband, Brackus, an actor who recently appeared in the second season of Big Little Lies, have been creating potential projects together while quarantining. “We’re trying to hold down the fort in so many different ways, and we’re having a great time collaborating,” she says.
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