Gwyneth Paltrow Says Divorce Fallout Cost Her a Major Film Role

It ’s been a decade since Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin’s much-discussed “conscious uncoupling,” but the Oscar winner is still feeling the aftershocks. During a recent chat with Amy Poehler on the Good Hang podcast, Paltrow shared that she was dropped from a film project in the wake of her high-profile divorce from the Coldplay frontman. The couple, who married in 2003 and share two children, Apple and Moses, finalized their split in 2014. Since then, Paltrow has remarried, tying the knot with Brad Falchuk, co-creator of American Horror Story.

Reflecting on that turbulent period, Paltrow revealed,

“I was supposed to do a movie at one point, and it was right after the kind of ‘conscious uncoupling’ thing with Chris. There was a lot of harsh stuff in the press, and I think the distributor was like, ‘I think this might be too hot to touch.’”

Poehler, who has also experienced a public breakup, responded,

“They were like, ‘We don’t need the heat,’”

to which Paltrow quipped,

“Yeah. So, that was great, because I was getting a divorce and then I got fired. It was so awesome.”

The name of the film in question was never disclosed during their conversation.

Life After the Headlines

Despite the setback, Paltrow has kept busy, especially during this year’s awards season. She’s currently promoting the A24 drama Marty Supreme, directed by Josh Safdie and featuring Timothée Chalamet. The story centers on a ping-pong prodigy from New York’s Lower East Side, with Paltrow playing Kay Stone, a woman who embarks on an affair with Chalamet’s character, Marty Mauser, while married to Milton Rockwell.

In a recent interview, Paltrow discussed her approach to filming intimate scenes, revealing that she and Chalamet opted out of using an intimacy coordinator, a role that’s become standard in Hollywood since the #MeToo movement.

“We said, ‘I think we’re good. You can step a little bit back. I don’t know how it is for kids who are starting out, but… if someone is like, ‘Okay, and then he’s going to put his hand here.’ I would feel, as an artist, very stifled by that.”

She admitted she only learned about the coordinator’s presence when asked about her comfort level with a particular scene.

“Girl, I’m from the era where you get naked, you get in bed, the camera’s on,”

she said.

Behind the Scenes on Marty Supreme

Paltrow wasn’t the only one to push boundaries on set. Kevin O’Leary, who plays Milton, shared that Chalamet insisted on performing his own stunts for a spanking scene, rather than using a body double. The director reportedly needed 40 takes to capture the perfect shot.

“Josh was saying, ‘You’ve got to wind up harder.’ I was really whacking him.”

O’Leary recalled.

While the identity of the film Paltrow lost remains a secret, her candidness about the impact of public scrutiny on her career offers a rare glimpse into the challenges faced by celebrities navigating both personal and professional upheaval.