he’ll never eat lunch in that town again

Rupert Everett unloads on Hollywood:

“De Niro, Redford, Keaton, Allen, Pacino … They’re all just tragic parodies of themselves,” he says. “Al Pacino looks like a mad old freak now. I say give it a rest, or go and do some serious stuff.” …

“The other day I saw a film called Because I Said So with Diane Keaton, and I thought, ‘here’s one of the women we loved most in 1970s cinema, debasing and humiliating herself in this load of trash’.

“Why? Because we’re sheep, we just follow the herd … It’s just part of the huge amount of product that’s put out now that’s really bad. And it’s our fault. We’re all responsible for how the culture is.

Hollywood’s denizens responsible for the culture? What a thought! But never fear. The future looks rosy, Everett says:

Clooney the man? “He’s not the brightest spark on the boulevard. He’ll be president one day. Mark my words, if he’s straight, he’ll be president.”