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Julie Delpy says she did not flip down ‘Before’ movie sequel, fourth film was by no means in works 

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By PTI
LOS ANGELES: Following stories that Julie Delpy mentioned no to a fourth movie within the in style “Before” sequence with director Richard Linklater and co-star Ethan Hawke, the actor-filmmaker mentioned her remarks had been misinterpreted as a result of the follow-up was by no means in improvement.

Earlier within the week, in an interview with a French information outlet, Delpy had additionally talked about mulling over retirement from the movie trade.

In order to set the document straight, the actor instructed Variety that the trio – Linklater, Hawke and he or she – could not give you a ok concept to take the sequence ahead.

“What happened was that we — all three of us — agreed that we couldn’t come up with something good for a fourth one. It’s that simple. We didn’t fight. We’re not on bad terms. Everyone’s happy. It’s so much drama for nothing. We just didn’t come up with a good idea,” she mentioned.

Delpy performed Celine to Hawke’s Jesse within the 1995 film “Before Sunrise” about two strangers who meet on a practice and strike up a dialog.

A sequel “Before Sunset” was launched in 2004 and a 3rd movie “Before Midnight” was launched in 2013.

Delpy and Hawke served as producers and co-writers together with Linklater on the 2 movies.

The 51-year-old French-American actor mentioned that they had promised one another that they would not really feel “forced” to make a fourth film.

“If we didn’t find something. why push it and make a bad fourth one instead of keeping it a good trilogy?” Delpy mused.

She mentioned there was a brief trade between the trio about one concept. “But it was basically an idea that none of us liked. That was the end of it. It was half of a bad idea that went around and we were like, ‘Let’s not do it'”, Delpy added. 

Delpy is wanting ahead to the premiere of “On the Verge”, a Netflix sequence she created, co-directed and stars in about girls of their mid-40s to mid-50s.