Director Robert Rodriguez Engaged To Rose McGowan
People magazine is reporting that director Robert Rogriguez is engaged to his girlfriend Rose McGowan. The two met on the set of his joint film with fellow director Quentin Tarantino, Grindhouse/Planet Terror. Romance blossomed between the two on the set…right under the nose of his partner/wife of 15 years Elizabeth Avellan, who is also the mother of his five children.
Isn’t that the sweetest, most romantic thing you have ever heard? No, well you aren’t alone.
From the People article:
He’s my best friend,” McGowan told PEOPLE last June. “We instantly became really good friends.”
Engagement rumors swirled for months as the couple attended Hollywood events, and recently McGowan has been sporting a large diamond ring on her wedding finger.
McGowan previously was engaged to rocker Marilyn Manson. Rodriguez is divorced from producer Elizabeth Avellan, with whom he has five children.
So Rose, who is has taken some hits in the media for having gone overboard on some plastic surgery (she’s only 33) which she claims was due in part to a car accident, rather than a self-esteem issue, swooped in an got herself a man. A man who already had a wife and five kids. There’s a name for that…is it stealthy? Close, but not quite. Sneaky, maybe? Closer, but still not right. Homewrecking slut from hell? Ding..ding..ding. We have our answer.
Nothing bothers me more than when a woman inserts herself into a marriage, rips parents from their children by using her lack of morals to seduce a married man. Sort of like what Angelina Jolie did, but without the children.
It’s also reported that Rose will be starring Rodriguez’s remake of the classic film Barbarella, made famous by Jane Fonda oh so many years ago. Sleeping with the director does have its benefits.
I read an interview with Elizabeth Avellan in the NYT. She is a class act. Despite the opportunity to slam McGowan and her ex, she took the high road and uttered nary an untoward word about either. Elizabeth talked about how they had built a small community in Austin, TX by taking their production company, Troublemaker Studios, away from expense and drama of Hollywood, and continually hiring the same crew for each of the movies she and Robert worked on together over the last 18 years. Movies that include Sin City, the Spy Kids series, Desperado and the recent Grindhouse collaboration with Tarantino.
Here she talks about her life and career after her split with Rodriguez:
If it’s a challenge to continue on with business as usual at Troublemaker now that she is no longer married to Mr. Rodriguez, Ms. Avellan isn’t showing it. While some in the Austin film world and inside Troublemaker wonder what will happen next — “There’s an enormous amount of concern,†said Louis Black, editor of The Austin Chronicle and founder of the South by Southwest Music, Film and Interactive Festival, “because these are two people that a lot of people care about†— Ms. Avellan said she never questioned whether or not to stay with Troublemaker. It’s a decision that might seem counterintuitive, given the collapse of the marriage. But considering the stakes as equal partner of a moneymaking company with grand plans — Ms. Avellan said she also hoped to expand the studio’s sound and digital facilities and bring in more commercial production — it’s an experiment she’s willing to try.
“Robert and I have been such good partners for 18 years,†she said. “So many things haven’t changed in general, just in how we handle our personal life with our children. The only thing we’re not is married anymore.â€
“He can make his movies here,†she added, “just like I can make my movies here. It’ll be good for Austin: if I bring a movie in, and Robert does a movie too, this place will be much more used. People can say, ‘Oh, it’ll never work.’ And I’m like, ‘You know what? It’ll work.’ I’m excited at the prospect of showing them — of showing the world what I do.â€
I suppose Elizabeth can take some solace in the fact that Robert and Rose are at least serious about each other and not some kind of brief tryst that broke up a good partnership. Although I am sure a Rose McGowan voodoo doll would work just as well.
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Pingback by Movies » Director Robert Rodriguez Engaged To Rose McGowan — October 12, 2007 @ 2:00 pm
That jacket looks too frilly for that hat.
The denim jacket looks too frilly for anything.
Comment by k — October 12, 2007 @ 3:18 pm
Yeah, well, he’s losing his hair, so hats/bandanas are the way to go! What a loser.
It’s too bad Elizabeth wasted 18 years on this idiot… She does seem like a class act for sure.
Comment by Bella — October 12, 2007 @ 3:32 pm
“Nothing bothers me more than when a woman inserts herself into a marriage, rips parents from their children by using her lack of morals to seduce a married man.”
It certainly bothers you more than a man who’s been married for a long time, with five kids, throw his marriage in the trash for an actress. Guys must get a free pass to screw around in your world?
Comment by Bill — October 12, 2007 @ 9:29 pm
No, that’s not it, I just don’t hold much hope in a man’s ability to withstand the seduction of a wanton tramp. Men, well, they’re just not good a certain things.
And honestly, I tend to see things from a woman’s perspective, therefore my opinion of their actions is much harsher.
Comment by D — October 13, 2007 @ 9:45 am