Josh Hartnett is the epitome of cool and has been for decades.
In the aughts, Hartnett was hot property.
We wanted to know everything.
Seemingly overnight, Hartnett stopped playing the game.
When a star couples up with another star, it’s even more enthralling.
Getting past gossip after it starts to spread can be incredibly difficult whether it’s true or not.
His lawyer, Graham Atkins, rebuffed the claims as “entirely false.”
In 2009, reports surfaced that Josh Harnett was suffering from some health issues that required hospital treatment.
According to People (viaSheKnows) Hartnett tried to downplay the episode.
“I’m fine.
I just had a little stomach bug.
[There’s] nothing to worry about …
It sounds like it was a particularly trying period, considering just how busy the star was.
Many stars take it in stride, while others struggle with the attention that fame brings.
Hartnett falls into the latter category.
(Interestingly,Ford couldn’t get along with Brad Pittwhen they worked together, either.)
The actor admitted that the drama was what sold newspapers during that era, but it was totally false.
“[W]e actually got on really well,” he explained.
“But it was misinterpreted as, ‘They don’t get along!’
It certainly wasn’t a set that was filled with tension.”
As he told Details (viaABC News): “I was on the cover of every magazine.
I couldn’t really go anywhere.
I didn’t feel comfortable in my own skin.
I was alone.”
These can often be career-defining decisions, and not everyone wants to be commercialized forever.
Hartnett was offered Spider-Man, Superman, and Batman on more than one occasion.
Not only are these jobs incredibly lucrative, but they could have seriously elevated his Hollywood status.
Given that, why did Hartnett decide it wasn’t what he wanted to do?
Was it the costumes, the stunts, or something else?
Speaking about his decisions toMetroin 2020, the actor said he simply didn’t want to become a tool.
Hartnett told Details in 2014 that things quickly went downhill.
“It got to the point where none of us were able to work together.”
The series also starred Eva Green and Timothy Dalton in lead roles, making this an impressively cast show.
When I see a role now, I’ve got to fight for it.”
That’s a talent not all actors have!
“Coming up to the city and doing an interview is a rarity,” he explained.
“Typically, I work on the films that I work on, and then I go home.”
