Lily Collins has reached a crossroads in her still relatively new acting career. She’s always maintained that all of her jobs are due to her own drive and talent and not because her dad is Phil Collins. She’s a little bit defensive about nepotism and insists no one has ever made a phone call to score her an acting gig.
Then Lily’s big turn as a leading lady fell flat when the Mortal Instruments: City of Bones movie only made $31 million on a $60 million budget. The studio, Constantin, had already begun production but decided to put a sequel on hold. A few months later, Constantin has decided to go ahead with the sequel — maybe because they’ve already lost money and thought, “What the hell, why not lose more?” Perhaps the sequel will go straight to DVD.
Regardless of what’s going on with Lily’s acting, she’s doing okay with endorsements. She just replaced Emma Watson as the face of Lancome. Plus Lily gets invited to Paris fashion week where she sits on the front row with the likes of Kanye West and Kim Kardashian.
I guess Lily must feel pretty important, and now Star is running a story about her “out-of-control ego.” Ruh-roh:
Lily Collins is getting a little big for her couture britches. The actress daughter of singer Phil Collins “will completely ignore anyone who isn’t A-list,” says a source. “And at a recent party in Bel Air, she literally threw her cocktail on the carpet because she didn’t like it! Everyone was horrified.” Now Lily’s reputation is starting to precede her. “One editor cancelled a photo shoot because she heard Lily was terrible to deal with,” claims the source. “She’ll demand to bring her own stylist and is so prissy that she refuses to use a bathroom that’s been used by someone else. Her ego is going to ruin her career if she doesn’t get herself in check!”
[From Star, print edition, November 4, 2013]
Hmm, are we sure Lily didn’t throw her cocktail on the floor because it contained too many calories for her liking? I’m not even trying to be rude with that question — Lily has lost a lot of weight over the past few years. I hope she’s not really this much of a brat. It does not bode well for her career.
One thing that I do know is true: Lily needs to stop doing the “kissy” pose on the red carpet. It looks ridiculous.
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