Gwyneth Paltrow’s Husband Had to Convince Her to Act Again in ‘The Politician’

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One might think that Gwyneth Paltrow didn’t need convincing to get back to acting, but she did!

Turns out, the Goop CEO’s husband Brad Falchuk needed to give her a push to return to the spotlight.

During an interview on the Today show, Gwyneth talked about her role in Netflix’s The Politician (which is co-produced by Brad).

“He had to convince me a little bit, I’ve got a pretty big day job over at goop.com, so I sorta put acting on the back burner,” she told Samantha Guthrie. “But he was writing and he was like, ‘I think I’m writing a part for you.’ And I was like, ‘I don’t think I can do a part.’ And lo and behold, here I am.”

Thank God she took the role! The actress now says it turned out to be a great experience.

“It was the best. It was really easy,” she said. “I think when you trust someone so much and you love someone so much, and they know you so well and you know them, it’s really an interesting set of characteristics to bring to a workplace. So it was really nice.”

You can take the girl out of Hollywood, but you can’t take Hollywood out of the girl!