Gwyneth Paltrow, the formidable force behind Goop, was poised to re-enter Hollywood's limelight with her highly anticipated comeback in Marty Supreme, following a nearly seven-year hiatus from acting and over 15 years since her last major role. In a candid conversation with Jacob Elordi for Variety & CNN's Actors on Actors, aired on December 9th, she shared the profound reason for her departure. "I felt a profound loneliness in my 20s," Gwyneth admitted, "I didn't know myself yet, and I was constantly traveling. I needed to mature and understand who I truly was, and I found those answers through my family. Then I embarked on a business journey."
However, when the film led by the enigmatic Timothée Chalamet loomed on the horizon, Gwyneth—a mother to Apple, 21, and Moses, 19, with ex-husband Chris Martin, and stepmother to Brett Falchuk's children Izzy, 21, and Brody, 18, with ex-partner Suzanne Bukinik—felt it was destiny. "Marty Supreme came about in an incredible way," she continued. "Our boys were going off to college, and I was left with a sense of shock and disbelief. Like, 'Who am I?' Then I met Josh Safdie, and I knew this would be worthwhile. It felt like the movies we used to make in the '90s."
While Gwyneth had previously admitted to not exactly yearning for a return to the silver screen, she explained her change of heart more candidly to The Hollywood Reporter earlier this month. "If I'm being completely honest, it's not that the acting bug had bit," she said. "My children, all four of them, had left."
Despite being occupied with her wellness company, Gwyneth recounted that an unusual feeling settled in with the empty nest. "I started to have a real panic around my purpose," she explained. "Where do I want to live? Who am I? It was pretty profound." And make no mistake, the acting bug did eventually come back to bite her. "I was like, 'Oh, what is this weird feeling I'm having?'" Gwyneth recalled of her first moments on the Marty Supreme set. "Oh my God, this is excitement. I'm actually really excited to be here."
