January 14, 2025
Julia Stiles has opened up about her experience working with Julia Roberts.
Stiles and Roberts worked together in 2003 film Mona Lisa Smile.
Now, during her conversation on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen on January 13, Stiles praised Roberts for her "maternal instincts," adding about their time on set, she said, "She took care of all the girls on that set in ways she didn’t have to."
The actress contuiues to praise Roberts, saying, "The movie hinged on [Roberts] — she's a huge star; everything was riding on her performance in this movie. And yet she took the time to be really kind and generous to all the young women that were in it."
However, Stiles also praised her collaboration with other artists like Angela Bassett in 1008 film, Gospel hill and Jennifer Lopez in Hustlers, a 2019 film.
Praising Bassett, Stiles said, "Oh my God, [she's] so regal and dignified and just strong," meanwhile she calls Lopez as "incredibly hardworking."
"I didn't recognize her as Jennifer Lopez the pop star and major actress — I recognized her as the character she was playing," Stiles went on to add.
It is worth mentioning that now Stiles si stepping behind the camera for her directorial debut with Wish You Were Here, which is set for release on January 17.