Julianne Moore Was Fired From Can You Ever Forgive Me? and Says 'It's Still Kind of Painful'
EntertainmentMoviesIn the Oscar-nominated film Can You Ever Forgive Me?, a dynamic Melissa McCarthy stars as celebrity biographer-turned-literary forger Lee Israel. As IndieWire reported in October 2018, Julianne Moore was originally on board for the role of Israel, but “the movie fell apart over creative differences with Moore,” which ended with her departure. On Thursday night’s Watch What Happens Live, Moore said she was actually fired from the film. “I didn’t leave that movie, I was fired. [Director] Nicole [Holofcener] fired me,” she said, addressing a caller. “That’s the truth. I think she didn’t like what I was doing.”