Julie Delpy Reveals She Said No to a Fourth 'Before' Movie While Considering Retirement

Julie Delpy is getting candid about why she turned down a role in the fourth installment of the Before movies.

The actress starred alongside Ethan Hawke in the Oscar-nominated trilogy, which were directed by Richard Linklater.

The films follow two young strangers who spontaneously spend the night together and reunite years later in subsequent movies.

Julie spoke with the French magazine Telerama on Monday (June 21) and she discussed her frustrations with the entertainment industry as well as the reason she never signed on for a fourth Before movie.

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Julie told the outlet that she had become so dissatisfied with the film industry while working to produce her 2019 film My Zoe that she had considered retiring.

“I often think about it,” she said of leaving the industry. “A year and a half ago, I was not far from it. The hell I went through to produce my film had exhausted me. I said no to Richard Linklater for the fourth part of the Before films.”

“I thought that maybe I could go back to school. I would make a very good doctor, for example! You give me three symptoms and I tell you what you are suffering from… But I like to create, to tell stories, it’s stronger than me,” she continued.

Julie added that even having a high-profile Game of Thrones actress hasn’t been enough to get her films made.

“I have a wonderful screenplay, A Dazzling Display of Splendor, about the pioneers of Hollywood. One of the best I’ve written. A talented and well-known English actress, Emilia Clarke, is attached to the project. And yet, I’m still struggling. Nonstop. I have so many movies in my drawers that will never be shot, if you only knew! I’m fed up,” she said.

Julie revealed a few years ago that she refused to make the third film Before Midnight until she received equal pay for her work on the movie.