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Colin Farrell spiraled into a deep depression after his blockbuster Alexander flopped - and even considered turning his back on acting for good.
The Irish actor starred as Alexander the Great in Oliver Stone's 2004 epic, and was crushed by the negative reviews his performance generated. Farrell subsequently fell into a slump and admits he felt the need to apologize to everyone who might have seen the movie.
He recalls, "That was tough. I say tough relative to a charmed life, but I'm not going to apologize for how much it affected me emotionally and psychologically. I was going to walk away from acting. I couldn't even buy a packet of cigarettes without feeling like I needed to say sorry to the guy behind the counter just in case he happened to see the thing."
The star became even more withdrawn following the box office failure of Miami Vice in 2006.
He adds, "I just completely fell to s**t on that one. It was literally the first time I couldn't say to anyone around me, 'Have I been late for work, have I missed any days, have I been hitting my marks?' Because the answers would have been yes, yes, and no... I lost the ability to be confident that I could make a change myself."
When the film wrapped, Farrell managed to turn his life around after a stint in rehab.
The Irish actor starred as Alexander the Great in Oliver Stone's 2004 epic, and was crushed by the negative reviews his performance generated. Farrell subsequently fell into a slump and admits he felt the need to apologize to everyone who might have seen the movie.
He recalls, "That was tough. I say tough relative to a charmed life, but I'm not going to apologize for how much it affected me emotionally and psychologically. I was going to walk away from acting. I couldn't even buy a packet of cigarettes without feeling like I needed to say sorry to the guy behind the counter just in case he happened to see the thing."
The star became even more withdrawn following the box office failure of Miami Vice in 2006.
He adds, "I just completely fell to s**t on that one. It was literally the first time I couldn't say to anyone around me, 'Have I been late for work, have I missed any days, have I been hitting my marks?' Because the answers would have been yes, yes, and no... I lost the ability to be confident that I could make a change myself."
When the film wrapped, Farrell managed to turn his life around after a stint in rehab.
SOURCE:
http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2010/12/31/colin_farrell_fell_apart_after_alexand
HI GEMINI. Happy new year. Hope you can persist on your resolution. Hipotireoid problems plague my family, so I guess it is somewhere in my future too. But i will not worry now. This article has a major mistake IMHO. Colin had already filmed Pride and Glory and was filming with Woody Allen when miami vice premiered. Miami vice was not a flop. It didn't do as well as it could , but it paid itself fine. And colin went to rehab as soon as MV wrapped , so he had no idea if the movie would go well or not. I would blame it all on his Alexander expectation.
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Hi Ferb, Happy New Year to you too :-*
ReplyDeleteI also think the expectation of 'Alexander' was too high. I also think the 'critics' just couldn't accept CF being cast as the lead in such a role at this point in his career.
His personal life went very much before him and clouded people's judgement of him as an actor. Which was a shame because as far the acting goes Colin did what was required of him, but he couldn't control the way the film was directed, which in my humble opinion was where this film failed.
But I still think Oliver Stone is a great writer, and the experience probably served to make CF a better actor in the long run.
Sometimes it's better not to peak too soon, or too young in Hollywood otherwise where is there left to go?!