Drew Barrymore interview on her career and one film she will never make a sequel too

Drew Barrymore is an American actress, producer, director, author, and entrepreneur. She was born on February 22, 1975, in Culver City, California, USA, into a family of actors.

Barrymore began acting at a very young age and became a popular child star in the 1980s. She has since grown up in the public eye and has had a successful career in Hollywood.

Some of her most popular films include:

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) Firestarter (1984) Poison Ivy (1992) The Wedding Singer (1998) Never Been Kissed (1999) Charlie’s Angels (2000) Donnie Darko (2001) 50 First Dates (2004) Music and Lyrics (2007) He’s Just Not That Into You (2009)

Barrymore has also produced and directed a number of successful movies and TV shows. She has won several awards for her work, including a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
“When I had my kids it was like, that changed everything,”

Drew Barrymore is an American actress, director, and producer who has a net worth of $125 million. Drew Barrymore has always been one of the most beloved actresses in Hollywood for some time. Most recently she is starring in her own amazing talk show (which they rightly pay her a ton of money for) but her days at Studio 54 when she was just 11 years old are some of her least talked about. However, recent interviews with the actor have revealed that her experiences at the infamous club were anything but positive.

The story starts when Barrymore’s mother, Jaid Barrymore, took her to the club in 1979. Although many have romanticized Studio 54 as a place of glamour and excess, it was actually a place where substances were rampant and underage children could be exploited. For Drew, this meant being harassed and subjected to inappropriate behavior by adults at the club – an experience that left a lasting impression.

. Now Drew Barrymore: ‘There will NEVER be an E.T. sequel!’. Drew Barrymore recently dashed film fans’ dreams of an ‘E.T. The Extra Terrestrial’ sequel by revealing its director Steven Spielberg told her her will never make a follow up / remake or sequel to ‘E.T. The Extra Terrestrial’.
The 48-year-old actress made her name playing Gertie Taylor in Steven Spielberg’s 1982 classic, but says the director vowed to her he would never make a follow-up to the blockbuster as he didn’t want to be “greedy” or “water down” its impact.
“Steven Spielberg became like a father to me, and I remember sitting in his hose one day and he said to me, ‘I will never make a sequel to this movie.

“And I really understood were he was coming from – (it was) something so beautiful and contained, and (he said) ‘I don’t want to be greedy and water it down in any way.’”
Drew added that despite working in the showbiz industry since she was 11 months old – when she appeared in a puppy ad – she will always feel like an outsider.

She said: “It’s so funny because I’ve been in this industry my entire life – I started working at 11 moths old, and I will never feel lie a showbiz person, like, that just isn’t who I am.”

Drew spoke about the possibility of an ‘E.T.’ sequel after it emerged there were plans for a follow-up that was co-written by ‘Jurassic Park’ director Steven, 76, and which was more like a horror flick.

It nearly got made after Universal Pictures demanded a follow-up as ‘E.T.’ made nearly $800 million at the worldwide box office on a budget of $10 million.
‘E.T. 2’ was called ‘E.T. II: Nocturnal Fears’ and was Steven wrote it with screenwriter Melissa Mathison in the year of the original’s release.

The plot sees the Taylor children – who discovered E.T. in the original – missing their alien friend, only for them to become overjoyed to find a UFO. But it turns out this breed of alien are evil man-eaters with giant red eyes and fangs, led by a being called Korel who is at war with E.T..

When the evil alien kidnaps and starts torturing the Taylor kids, E.T.’s best pal from the family Elliot lets out a wail so powerful the alien hears it in space and comes to their rescue.

Steven later said he felt if the film had gone ahead it “would do nothing but rob the original of its virginity”.