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"  As if the movie itself wasn&amp;#039;t dramatic (and highly weepy) enough, apparently behind-the-scenes of Steel Magnolias was one Jersey Shore-style shitshow. Julia Roberts, who was just a 21-year-old rookie actress back in 1989, was being mercilessly bullied by director Herbert Ross, bringing her to tears on the regular.  According to Us Weekly, at this week&amp;#039;s Target Presents AFI Night at the Movies in Hollywood, Sally Field said that Ross &amp;quot;did pick on one of us severely. He never told me I couldn&amp;#039;t act...He went after Julia with a vengeance. This was pretty much her first big film.&amp;quot; Shirley MacLaine, a.k.a Weezer, another one of the movie&amp;#039;s stars, said that Roberts would be in tears and &amp;quot;would come to my house every night and say, &amp;#039;I think I&amp;#039;m terrible. What am I doing?&amp;#039;&amp;quot; Roberts got her revenge. See: Pretty Woman, Oscar for Erin Brokovich, etc. Who&amp;#039;s the national treasure now, Ross? I really wanted to beat up this Ross character until I found out he died in 2001. Oops.  The inspiring thing is that just the way the women banded together in the movie, they did the same thing in real life! When Ross would harass the actresses and tell them they had no talent, they would all get together and support each other. Shirley MacLaine says, &amp;quot;We stayed friends after the movie. We never went to the director&amp;#039;s funeral...&amp;quot; Yeah, exactly.  Photo Credit: TriStar/courtesy Everett Collections Want more musings from Rose? Follow her on Twitter. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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