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.
