Emma Roberts Says Aunt Julia Roberts’ Classics Are Her ‘Consolation’

Emma Roberts finds peace and luxury in seeing her aunt’s movies.

In a brand new interview with Selection printed on Friday, July 5, the 33-year-old niece of Julia Roberts revealed that in her alone time, she winds down by rewatching Julia’s classics. 

The confession got here when the Scream Queens alum was requested if the 2 may ever work collectively in a film. 

“I might love to seek out the proper venture for me and my aunt, and I do know that there will likely be one thing. Nevertheless it’s by no means been the precise factor,” she informed the publication. “She’s the very best, and I wish to do one thing together with her. We ship one another books and discuss stuff nevertheless it hasn’t been proper.”

Till that dream venture arrives, Emma is ok merely admiring her Oscar-winning aunt’s work.

“I watch her films after I’m on location and I’m on my own. I’ve films of hers downloaded on my pc that I look ahead to consolation. My Greatest Pal’s Wedding ceremony and America’s Sweethearts are my protected films,” she stated.

Julia stars because the main woman in each romantic comedies. 

Emma, the daughter of Julia’s older brother Eric Roberts, has opened up about her relationship with the veteran actress in previous interviews — all the time sustaining that there’s no stress to reside as much as Julia’s success.

“I by no means aspired to be [my aunt],” Emma informed Tatler within the journal’s March 2022 cowl story. “I really like her a lot, I really like her work, however I am simply doing my very own factor.”

Talking to Selection about her personal work, she defined how she tunes out the criticism she will typically obtain.

In her latest movie Area Cadet, Emma stars as a Florida occasion woman who turns into the one hope for a NASA house program. 

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“It’s earnest,” she informed Selection of the Prime Video rom-com. “And individuals are in all probability going to make enjoyable of that, nevertheless it’s like, what, no matter.”

Emma didn’t let the naysayers get her down as a result of she actually loved the venture, recalling how she felt “so in love” with the script. 

“I felt prefer it actually simply jogged my memory of all the films that I liked as a child and a teen, and it felt tremendous contemporary, however on the identical time actually nostalgic. All the pieces I had been studying was so darkish and miserable and felt very sort of small, and I simply wished to do one thing that felt inspiring and enjoyable and lightweight, and this was that for me,” Emma stated.

And although one in all her most up-to-date initiatives, Madame Internet, which was launched in February, didn’t attain field workplace success, Emma had no qualms about being solid.

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“I’m not intimidated by failure, and I’m not intimidated by folks having damaging ideas about one thing. I personally actually liked Madame Internet. I actually loved the film.”

“If it wasn’t for web tradition and every thing being made right into a joke, I believe that the reception would’ve been totally different,” Emma stated, including, “Folks simply make such a joke out of every thing now.”