Julia Roberts might have wanted to run away from this interaction.<\/p>\n
The star, 57, admitted that she was nervous to meet her co-star Chlo\u00eb Sevigny from the upcoming crime thriller, \u201cAfter the Hunt.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cI was so excited and intimidated about meeting Chlo\u00eb,\u201d Roberts admitted to Variety<\/a> in an interview on Thursday.<\/p>\n Ayo Edebiri, Julia Roberts and Chloe Sevigny at the Venice Film Festival. AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n The \u201cNotting Hill\u201d star noted that her co-star\u00a0Ayo Edebiri and the movie\u2019s director, Luca Guadagnino, were also starstruck.<\/p>\n Roberts recounted, \u201cAllan [Mandelbaum], our producer, he came in, and he goes, \u2018Chlo\u00eb should just be here in a couple minutes.\u2019 And I look up, and Ayo looks up, and we match eyes. Luca goes, \u2018What?\u2019 And I go, \u2018I\u2019m scared.\u2019 And Ayo goes, \u2018Me too.’\u201d<\/p>\n The actress\u2019s daughter, Hazel, was also nervous to meet Sevigny, 50.<\/p>\n Andrew Garfield, Luca Guadagnino, Julia Roberts, Ayo Edebiri and Chloe Sevigny at the \u201cAfter the Hunt\u201d premiere. Deadline via Getty Images<\/p>\n \u201cAnd then, like a minute later, the doorbell rang,\u201d continued Roberts, \u201cand Hazel goes, \u2018I\u2019m leaving through the garage.\u2019 And truly we were so excited and intimidated.\u201d<\/p>\n Sevigny has won a Golden Globe and been nominated for an Academy Award, an Emmy and a SAG Award throughout her career. The actress has worked in both television and film and has been recognized for her days in fashion.<\/p>\n Sevigny modeled for brands like Louis Vuitton and Miu\u00a0Miu and worked as a fashion designer<\/a> in the \u201990s.<\/p>\n Julia Roberts, Michael Stuhlbarg, Chloe Sevigny in \u201cAfter the Hunt.\u201d \u00a9MGM\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n \u201cAfter the Hunt\u201d follows a college professor (Roberts) who \u201cfinds herself at a personal and professional crossroads when a star pupil, [Edebiri, 29], levels an accusation against one of her colleagues, [Andrew Garfield, 42], and a dark secret from her own past threatens to come to light,\u201d per the film\u2019s synopsis<\/a>. <\/p>\n Roberts confessed that the movie could cause a bit of an uproar in the wake of the #MeToo movement.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of old arguments that get rejuvenated in this movie in a way that does create conversation,\u201d Roberts explained in August, per\u00a0the Hollywood Reporter<\/a>. \u201cThe best part of your question is you talking about how you all came out of the theater\u00a0talking\u00a0about [the film], and that\u2019s how we wanted it to feel\u2014that everybody comes out with all these different feelings, emotions and points of views.\u201d<\/p>\n Chloe Sevigny, Julia Roberts in the 2025 crime thriller. \u00a9MGM\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n While promoting the film at the Venice Film Festival<\/a>, an interview moment with the Oscar winner, Edebiri and Garfield went viral after the journalist excluded the \u201cBear\u201d vet from a question about Black Lives Matter and\u00a0the #MeToo movement<\/a>.<\/p>\n Italian reporter Federica Polidoro for ArtsLife TV asked, \u201cWhat have we lost in the politically correct era, and what we have to expect in Hollywood after the #MeToo movement and the Black Lives Matter are done?\u201d<\/p>\n She specified that her question was only to Roberts and Garfield, to which the \u201cErin Brockovich\u201d star asked Polidoro to repeat the question, noting, \u201cWith your sunglasses on, I can\u2019t tell which of us you\u2019re talking to.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Luca Guadagnino, Julia Roberts, Ayo Edebiri, Andrew Garfield at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival 2025. IPA\/INSTARimages<\/p>\n The interviewer then repeated that her question was posed for the two co-stars.<\/p>\n \u201cI know that that\u2019s not for me, and I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s purposeful if it\u2019s not for me \u2026 [but] I don\u2019t think it\u2019s done,\u201d Edebiri interjected. \u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s done at all.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHashtags might not be used as much but I do think that there\u2019s work being done by activists, by people every day that\u2019s beautiful, important work,\u201d the Emmy winner explained. \u201cThat\u2019s not finished, that\u2019s really, really active for a reason because this world\u2019s really charged. And that work isn\u2019t finished at all.\u201d<\/p>\n Garfield said that both \u201cmovements are still absolutely alive,\u201d referring to Black Lives Matter and #MeToo, while Roberts quipped that the \u201cwork isn\u2019t finished at all.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Julia Roberts, Ayo Edebiri and Andrew Garfield during an interview in Venice.<\/p>\n Fans jumped on social media to voice their outrage, with one user writing on X,<\/a>\u00a0\u201cOne thing we\u2019re not talking enough about: how Ayo Edebiri *had* to be gracious in dealing with this appalling behavior and question because she would\u2019ve been criticized for being \u2018unprofessional\u2019 or \u2018rude\u2019 or every other dogwhistle in the bag.\u201d<\/p>\n Polidoro later\u00a0took to Instagram<\/a>\u00a0to address the sitdown.<\/p>\n \u201cFollowing an interview, I have been subjected to personal insults and attacks because of a question that, for some reason, was not well received by some members of the public,\u201d she began.<\/p>\n \u201cI find it striking that those who unjustly accuse me of racism and consider themselves custodians of justice find acceptable violent language, personal attacks and cyberbullying.\u201d<\/p>\n Julia Roberts poses on Instagram. Instagram\/juliaroberts<\/p>\n Polidoro expressed that she wanted to \u201cclarify\u201d that she has interviewed \u201cpeople of every background and ethnicity.\u201d<\/p>\n She concluded that her own family is \u201cmulti-ethnic, matriarchal and feminist, with a significant history of immigration\u2026\u2026. In my view, the real racists are those who see racism everywhere and seek to muzzle journalism, limiting freedom of analysis, critical thinking and the plurality of perspectives.\u201d<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t