The Telegraph: 30 Minutes with Rupert Everett

by Rupert Everett

In the fifth interview in The Telegraph and Audible’s '30 minutes with…' interview series, journalist Matthew Stadlen talks to Rupert Everett about Hollywood stardom, the challenges of being an actor and the addictive and fickle nature of fame. Everett also talks about growing up as a Catholic boy, fear of AIDS in the 1980s, and the impact that being openly gay has had on his career.

Everett (born 29 May 1959) is a British actor and writer. He has starred in films such as My Best Friend's Wedding, Another Country, and An Ideal Husband. In recent years he has acted in Pygmalion and The Judas Kiss and is about to play the part of Antonio Salieri in Peter Schaffer's Amadeus at the Chichester Festival.

Stadlen is an interviewer, broadcaster and writer. He produced and presented the BBC's Five Minutes With interview series and the BBC's documentary series On the Road With. Please note that this audio was recorded on location rather than in a studio, so the nature of the audio track may differ slightly when compared with that of the rest of the '30 minutes with' interview series.

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Published June 25, 2014

About the author

Rupert James Hector Everett is a two-time Golden Globe-nominated English film actor, author and former singer.

He first came into public attention in the early 1980s when he was cast in Julian Mitchell's play and subsequent film Another Country for playing an openly homosexual student at an English public school, set in the 1930s. Since then he has appeared in many other films with mostly major roles, including My Best Friend's Wedding, The Next Best Thing and the Shrek sequels.