About this episode
Rupert Everett achieved success in his early twenties through his acclaimed lead role in Another Country and Dance With A Stranger. But much of this success was lost in a haze of sexual promiscuity and alcohol. Later in the '90s he had a fleeting brush with Holywood stardom. As an openly gay actor in movie business, did sexual descrimation rob him of a chance of becoming an A-list star? Stephen Sackur talks to Rupert Everett about his career and his film directorial debut about Oscar Wilde.