We like a good-natured dogpile on Gwyneth Paltrow here at GOAT whenever it is warranted, and boy did she serve up a doozy this time around as she somehow managed to involve her Netflix show The Politician and Goop.
Speaking to Variety, her costar in The Politician, Ben Platt, said they didn’t have to do many takes while on set because:
“a) she’s brilliant and she never needs more than a few [takes] and b) she simply doesn’t have time so whenever Gwyneth was there, everyone is on their toes and working at their most efficient level.”
That’s a pretty positive recollection of Ben’s time with Gwyneth on The Politician but it all reads differently when you hold his quote side-by-side to what Politician creator (and her husband) Brad Falchuk said about her.
Speaking to Elle, Brad said not only did The Politician production team agree to work around her schedule, it even agreed to cut some of her lines in an attempt to streamline everything for her.
“She’d show me a giant chunk of her dialogue and be like, ‘I have a board meeting in two days. Please don’t make me do this.'”
So in short, Gwyneth Paltrow wanted to work less hours and memorise less lines because she’d rather run Goop than act in The Politician and wanted to be more efficient with her time.
To be fair though, Gwyneth is a pretty damn good actress (she won an Oscar for crying out loud) so there’s merit in Ben’s recollection of her nailing scene after scene in a small number of takes.
But seeing as how Gwyneth can’t seem to remember her Marvel co-stars or all those MCU films she’s been in, we also shouldn’t be surprised Gwyneth phoned it in just a little bit on the Politician set. Jade eggs and whatever the hell Goop sells are clearly higher on the priority list than some “tiny” Netflix show.
Oh Gwyneth Paltrow, please keep serving up the tea because it’s hot and we can’t get enough, especially if Goop and her husband is involved.