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The Most Resilient Star in the World She's had her share of public fights, most recently the very ugly one with Stephen Bing over baby Damian. But Elizabeth Hurley isn't letting spats slow her down. Here she talks about her new indie, The Weight of Water, and brings us up to speed on her mood--from how Bing made her "sad" and why she doesn't think much of his pal James Caan to how she sometimes wishes she weren't famous and why she doesn't plan on settling down anytime soon. The last time Elizabeth Hurley was on the cover of Movieline, it was widely assumed she couldn't get any more famous. After all, she had appeared in many movies (Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, Permanent Midnight, Ed TV, Bedazzled), she had produced a few as well (Extreme Measures, Mickey Blue Eyes), she was the face of Estee Lauder, she was splashed across the covers of weeklies when Hugh Grant was arrested for canoodling with a prostitute on Sunset Blvd., and she had become one of the most photographed women in the world, being followed across the globe to jet-set locations where she lounged with Elton John and Elle Macpherson--all the while looking tan, sexy and svelte in racy Versace numbers. Then, in the latter half of 2001, Elizabeth Hurley again became the number one subject of tabloids and talk shows, upping her fame factor yet another notch. She hadn't meant to. PAGE 1 | 2 |
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Her nearly two-year-long relationship with billionaire movie producer Stephen Bing had been going along nicely until she became pregnant with his baby and he decided to bail out. Instead of settling matters privately, Bing publicly stated that he wasn't sure if the baby was his and he wanted a paternity test. Coverage of Hurley versus Bing became brutal in American papers, and even worse in English ones. One British daily called him "Bing Laden" and another printed his phone number so readers could ring him up and tell him what a heel he was. Like most celebrity scandals, Hurley's seemed like something out of a movie--too awful to be actually happening to a real person. Things calmed down, though, after Hurley gave birth to Damian Charles and the test results came in--it was in fact Bing's. Now, several months later, the media has moved on to other stories. Hurley has moved on, too. She has just completed promoting Serving Sara, the comedy she made with Matthew Perry, and she's ramping up to discuss another film, the ensemble The Weight of Water, in which she plays the temptress who stirs up married poet Sean Penn. When I meet her at a Beverly Hills hotel, she looks incredible for a 37-year-old mom--she's fit, and appears happy and rested. And she seems proud of herself for having just put her four-month-old baby to sleep. Excerpted from "The Most Resilient Star in the World," Movieline, November 2002 PAGE 1 | 2 |