RELATED: Julia Roberts & Danny Moder Post Rare Photos of Twins on Their 17th Birthday. Roberts was interviewed by The New York Times in 1993 when she was still filming I Love Trouble. She described Nolte in a way that was both offensive and somewhat complimentary. “From the moment I met him we sort of gave each other a hard time, and naturally we get on each other’s nerves,” she said. She admitted that Nolte could be “completely charming and very nice,” but added, “He’s also completely disgusting. He’s going to hate me for saying this, but he seems go out of his way to repel people. He’s a kick.” RELATED: Will Smith Just Admitted He Fell in Love With This Co-Star While Married. In 1994, the Los Angeles Times reported that Nolte and Roberts did not get along on set, according to sources. Rumors included Roberts being annoyed about Nolte’s “machismo” and insulting him, and Nolte doing things to bother Roberts even more. Sources claimed that they acted with stand-ins more than with each other.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb Nolte’s rep at the time said that the actors only had little spats that were typical for co-stars. A rep for Roberts denied there was any major issue between them, and referred to a quote that Roberts had given to Entertainment Weekly: “We had great, um, high-spirited needling of each other, trying to get a rise out of each other.” At some point, Nolte responded to Roberts’ New York Times comments. According to The Independent, he told the Los Angeles Times, “It’s not nice to call someone ‘disgusting.‘But she’s not a nice person. Everyone knows that.” RELATED: For more celebrity news delivered straight to your inbox, sign up for our daily newsletter. In 2009, Roberts appeared on The Late Show and did an impression of a co-star who got mad at her during a scene. “What the [expletive] is that?” she said, mimicking the actor’s voice. “Did you not [expletive] hear me? You don’t know what you’re talking about!” OK! Magazine then reported that the person Roberts was referring to was Nolte. I Love Trouble received overwhelmingly negative reviews, earning a 22 percent on review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes. The Los Angeles Times story about the on-set rumors noted that Nolte and Roberts’ “friction may account for the less-than-sparkling chemistry that some reviewers have complained about.” RELATED: The Worst Julia Roberts Movie of All Time, According to Critics.
