Josh Hartnett Rejected Superman Twice and Left Hollywood Once ‘People Were Stalking Me’: ‘A Guy Showed Up at One of My Premieres With a Gun’
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director Josh Hartnett recently spoke to The Guardian about his decision to leave Hollywood at a time when his career was thriving following major roles in “Pearl Harbor,” “Black Hawk Down,” “40 Days and 40 Nights” and more.
Although Hartnett only stopped working for 18 months, he left Los Angeles and moved back home to Montana and drastically changed the kinds of movies he wanted to star in.
This was also a period where Hartnett passed on Superman twice. “I just didn’t want my life to be swallowed up by my work,” Hartnett said. “And there was a notion at that time you just kind of give it all up.
And you saw what happened to some people back then. They got obliterated by it. I didn’t want that for myself.” But there was an other reason why Hartnett left Hollywood, and it was much darker.
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